Tokyo food firm opens R&D centre to capture China’s growing bakery market

Tokyo-based food ingredient company Nagase recently opened the Nagase Food Ingredients Food Development Center in Xiamen, China. 

Nagase R&D in Xiamen, China

The new centre will be used to develop recipes, conduct presentations and sponsor seminars related to food ingredients handled by the Nagase Group.

Jointly operated and managed by Hayashibara Co (Okayama, Japan), a manufacturing subsidiary of the Nagase Group, and Shenzhen Nagase, it is the first such facility to be opened overseas under Hayashibara's development project, which has been under way at two L'Plaza laboratories in Okayama and Tokyo. The main target of this facility is the growing Chinese bakery market. The facility will help Nagase to quickly identify the needs of, and propose food ingredients to, local food manufacturers, mainly in the bread and confectionery market. At the same time, this facility will provide a platform for food development specialists to conduct research and will serve as a base for joint businesses with local manufacturers. Nagase said with this initiative, the company hopes to expand its presence in the food industry of China’s Fujian Province and other parts of the country.