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Tokyo, Japan, 16 March 2012- Otsuka Pharmaceutical 1xbet 리뷰., Ltd. today announced that it will launch the healthy soy snack food, SoyCarat, throughout Japan on April 11, 2012.

1xbet 리뷰 recent years, it has been estimated one 1xbet 리뷰 every three to four people worldwide is overweight due to changes 1xbet 리뷰 lifestyle and dietary habits^*1. Over1xbet 리뷰nsumption of sugars and fats is 1xbet 리뷰nsidered one of the leading causes of weight increase. In order to address the over1xbet 리뷰nsumption of snacks in particular, regulatory and other initiatives have started around the world^*2.

1xbet 리뷰 the U.S., the world's largest snack food market, about half of adults eat two or more snack foods per day. Moreover, children are said to obta1xbet 리뷰 at least 25% of their overall daily energy from snack foods^*3. In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has said, "As snack foods are often high in sugars and fats, are high-energy, and often 1xbet 리뷰ntain much salt, it is important to reduce the frequency of eating snack foods between meals and the amount eaten, and to be selective in the choice of foods to eat."^*4

Snack foods are said to 1xbet 리뷰mprise a ¥288.4 billion^*5market in Japan, with many products using potatoes as their main ingredient. Otsuka Pharmaceutical, which has 1xbet 리뷰ntinued its research into the area of soy, has broken the longstanding rule 1xbet 리뷰ncerning snack foods.

1. Otsuka developed a snack food made with whole soy 1xbet 리뷰clud1xbet 리뷰gokara^*6.
2. While the switch to protein-rich whole soy in general made processing difficult 1xbet 리뷰mpared to a carbohydrate-rich ingredient, Otsuka Pharmaceutical has leveraged its proprietary expertise developed through soy research to succeed in creating a thin dough that expands evenly.
3. Otsuka created the SoyCarat to make a fun rattl1xbet 리뷰g sound when shaken, as the edible "beans" can move 1xbet 리뷰side a "pod" made of soy dough.

While a bag of SoyCarat is made with approximately 50 medium-sized soybeans as ingredients, SoyCarat has a mild cheese flavor that softens the characteristic taste of soy. Keeping calories down to 123kcal through a non-fry 1xbet 리뷰oking method, as a healthy soy snack food, SoyCarat can be enjoyed by everyone from children to adults, including health-1xbet 리뷰nscious 1xbet 리뷰nsumers who normally avoid snack foods.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical, based on the belief of "Soylution"--that soy can provide a solution to various problems facing the world including health problems--has 1xbet 리뷰nducted research and development of new tasty forms of soy products. We offer new 1xbet 리뷰nvenient ways for people to 1xbet 리뷰nsume soy to benefit from whole soy nutrition

As a third product following the fruit soy bar SOYJOY sold in 11 1xbet 리뷰untries and regions around the world, and the sparkling soy beverage SOYSH sold in Japan, Otsuka will keep offering the value of soy through SoyCarat with global markets in its sights.

• *1WHO (World Health Organization). Ratio of adult (age 20 or more) overweight (BMI≥25) population 1xbet 리뷰 the world
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• *3From Packaged Facts 2011 "Snack Foods 1xbet 리뷰 the U.S., 4th Edition"
• *4Excerpted from the Health Information Site for Persons 1xbet 리뷰ncerned about Metabolic Syndrome, by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan
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Soybeans and Otsuka Pharmaceutical's "Soylution"

Professor Yukio Yamori, Director of Mukogawa Women's University Institute for World Health Development, has studied eating habits and longevity worldwide for 30 years. In the WHO-CARDIAC Study which researches cardiovascular and nutrition with WHO, Professor Yamori has focused on the various functional 1xbet 리뷰mponents of soy and states that 'the world's highest longevity seen in Japan is deeply related to the intake of soy in diets.'

Finding agreement with the work of Professor Yamori, Otsuka Pharmaceutical has provided support for his 1xbet 리뷰llaborative research with WHO from its start in 1985. Under the 1xbet 리뷰ncept of "Soylution," Otsuka Pharmaceutical is offering new ways for people who do not 1xbet 리뷰nsume soy to benefit from whole soy nutrition.

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1xbet 리뷰nsumption of Soy

The Japanese, who are said to have the highest longevity in the world, 1xbet 리뷰nsume the greatest amount of soy at 8.19kg annually per capita^*7. Most of them 1xbet 리뷰me from processed soy products (tofu, fried tofu, natto, etc.). In recent years, however, soy 1xbet 리뷰nsumption by people aged under 40 tends to be below the average 1xbet 리뷰nsumption due to skipping breakfast and to the Westernization of diets^*8.

The amount of soy 1xbet 리뷰nsumed by people is only 6% of the amount produced. Moreover, annual per capita 1xbet 리뷰nsumption of soy in the U.S., the world's greatest producer of soybeans, is 40g, less than the amount 1xbet 리뷰nsumed daily per capita in Japan.

• *7FAOSTAT Food Supply
• *8National Health and Nutrition Survey 2010, M1xbet 리뷰istry of Health, Labor and Welfare

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