Dining Out Season is Here! Growing Attention on 'Stress-Free Gluten Control'. What is the New Habit Answering the True Feelings of 80% of Women?
Bright Blossom Inc. has launched 'Gluten-focused Lactic Acid Bacteria CLEAR', a supplement utilizing a new approach to gut health by digesting gluten. Aimed at consumers who want to care for their health without giving up wheat products.
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'It is stressful to endure giving up bread and pasta.'
As such voices increase, a new concept of gut health, 'tuning up while eating', is gathering attention ahead of spring, a season with more opportunities for farewell/welcome parties and dining out.
Bright Blossom Inc. (Headquarters: Suginami-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Shinichi Goto; Trade name: Sakurabiyori) launched the sale of 'Gluten-focused Lactic Acid Bacteria CLEAR', a supplement containing gluten-digesting lactic acid bacteria tailored to modern dietary habits, on February 10, 2026.
In recent years, interest in a 'gluten-free' lifestyle has been rising in Japan as well.
For modern people who routinely eat wheat-based foods such as bread, pasta, pizza, and udon, a movement to reconsider how to interact with gluten is spreading.
In a previous survey conducted by Bright Blossom, about 80% of modern young women answered that they are interested in gluten-free.
[Survey on modern girls] About 80% are interested in gluten-free!
While an increasing number of people want to reduce wheat foods from a health and beauty perspective, many also voice that 'enduring the restraint of favorite foods is stressful.'
■ Awareness survey on wheat foods (In-house survey)
(109 general women aged 30 to 50)
Based on this background, an in-house questionnaire on the awareness of wheat foods yielded the following results.
In response to the question, 'Have you ever thought about cutting back on wheat foods?', about 55% answered, 'I have thought about cutting back (often, sometimes, or already cutting back).'
On the other hand, regarding whether they find the concept of 'caring while eating' attractive rather than 'enduring not eating', about 81% answered, 'I find it attractive (very attractive, attractive, or somewhat attractive).'
From these results, the true feeling of modern women became clear:
'I have felt like cutting back, but I don't want to endure.'
■ From 'Endurance' to 'Relationship'. A new concept of gut health
In the health brand 'Sakurabiyori', rather than a simple gluten-free approach that avoids wheat, a new gut health approach of gluten digestion...
As such voices increase, a new concept of gut health, 'tuning up while eating', is gathering attention ahead of spring, a season with more opportunities for farewell/welcome parties and dining out.
Bright Blossom Inc. (Headquarters: Suginami-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Shinichi Goto; Trade name: Sakurabiyori) launched the sale of 'Gluten-focused Lactic Acid Bacteria CLEAR', a supplement containing gluten-digesting lactic acid bacteria tailored to modern dietary habits, on February 10, 2026.
In recent years, interest in a 'gluten-free' lifestyle has been rising in Japan as well.
For modern people who routinely eat wheat-based foods such as bread, pasta, pizza, and udon, a movement to reconsider how to interact with gluten is spreading.
In a previous survey conducted by Bright Blossom, about 80% of modern young women answered that they are interested in gluten-free.
[Survey on modern girls] About 80% are interested in gluten-free!
While an increasing number of people want to reduce wheat foods from a health and beauty perspective, many also voice that 'enduring the restraint of favorite foods is stressful.'
■ Awareness survey on wheat foods (In-house survey)
(109 general women aged 30 to 50)
Based on this background, an in-house questionnaire on the awareness of wheat foods yielded the following results.
In response to the question, 'Have you ever thought about cutting back on wheat foods?', about 55% answered, 'I have thought about cutting back (often, sometimes, or already cutting back).'
On the other hand, regarding whether they find the concept of 'caring while eating' attractive rather than 'enduring not eating', about 81% answered, 'I find it attractive (very attractive, attractive, or somewhat attractive).'
From these results, the true feeling of modern women became clear:
'I have felt like cutting back, but I don't want to endure.'
■ From 'Endurance' to 'Relationship'. A new concept of gut health
In the health brand 'Sakurabiyori', rather than a simple gluten-free approach that avoids wheat, a new gut health approach of gluten digestion...