【Award Report】NINZIA Wins Second Award at 'Knowledge Innovation Award 2025'

Kobe City, Japan – March 20, 2026 – NINZIA Inc. (Kobe City, CEO & CRO: Masahiro Yoritama) announced today that its disaster food project, 'NINZIA BOSAI', has been awarded the Runner-up Grand Prize at the '13th Knowledge Innovation Award' held at the Knowledge Theater, Grand Front Osaka.

This award recognizes innovative technologies, businesses, and research that contribute to solving social issues, selecting projects based on perspectives of industry, research, and social implementation.

NINZIA previously won the Grand Prize at the 10th Knowledge Innovation Award in 2023, making this their second award.

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Award Overview Event Name: Knowledge Innovation Award 2025 Award Name: Runner-up Grand Prize Award Date: Friday, March 20, 2026 Venue: Knowledge Theater, 4th Floor, North Building, Grand Front Osaka Organizer: General Incorporated Association Knowledge Capital

The Knowledge Innovation Award is held to recognize innovative activities by participants of Knowledge Capital, aiming to promote the creation of new industries and social value. The awards are decided after a public presentation and final judging by finalists selected through documentary screening and secondary screening, from a wide range of applicants including companies, universities, research institutions, organizations, and individuals.

Continuous Efforts Recognized as 'Second Award' Since winning the Grand Prize at the award three years ago, NINZIA Inc. has continued to promote the social implementation and commercialization of its technologies, not just keeping them in the research and development phase.

This award values not only innovative ideas but also the 'creation of value through continuous activity' based on the following key evaluation criteria:

* Advancement of food tech R&D centered on unique material technology. * Tackling social issues across multiple domains such as health, dietary restrictions, and disaster preparedness. * Business development progressing from demonstration to implementation. * Expansion of social impact and potential for future domestic and international deployment.

This Runner-up Grand Prize signifies the recognition of NINZIA's sustained efforts and deepening of its initiatives since the initial award, serving as proof of its continuous achievement in the award.

NINZIA Inc.'s Initiatives NINZIA Inc. operates a food tech business aimed at 'eliminating eating constraints,' utilizing its unique material 'Ninzia Paste' based on Japan's traditional ingredient, konjac, and its texture engineering technology.

The company promotes an integrated approach of food material development, product development, and social implementation to address complex modern challenges such as health issues in an aging society, accommodating dietary restrictions, and improving food environments during disasters.

In the disaster preparedness domain, under the 'NINZIA BOSAI' brand, they are working to build a sustainable food infrastructure by proposing new forms of disaster food that blur the lines between normal and emergency times.

About the Knowledge Innovation Award The Knowledge Innovation Award is held to recognize innovative activities by Knowledge Capital participants, promoting the creation of new industries and social value. Evaluation criteria include innovative ideas, technical ingenuity, entertainment value, social impact, business potential, global reach, and brand value enhancement through continuous activity.

Future Outlook Under its mission of 'Making your 'eating' freer,' NINZIA Inc. will further accelerate the R&D and social implementation of food tech utilizing konjac-derived materials.

Moving forward, in the health, disaster preparedness, and well-being domains, the company aims to solve social issues through food, create new value, and expand its presence both domestically and internationally as a Japanese food tech innovator.

About NINZIA Inc. NINZIA Inc. is a food tech company that researches and develops next-generation food products that are not limited by dietary restrictions or physical conditions, centered around konjac-derived materials and proprietary texture engineering technology. Focusing on health and disaster preparedness, the company strives to achieve well-being through food. It pursues the potential of 'Konjac,' a traditional Japanese plant-based ingredient, to enable everyone to enjoy eating and enhance their well-being, overcoming 'eating restrictions' such as those related to diabetes, obesity, and allergies. The company deploys techniques for binding and texture creation that do not rely on sugar, fats, or animal-derived ingredients as 'Texture Engineering Technology,' aiming to solve global health challenges with Japanese food technology.

**Company Profile:** Company Name: NINZIA Inc. (formerly Sydecas Inc.) Location: KiP, 56 Naniwa-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture Representative: Masahiro Yoritama, CEO & CRO Business Description: Texture engineering that creates 'new forms of food'. Official Website: https://ninzia.jp/ Online Shop: https://store.ninzia.jp/ Japan Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ninzia.jp/

Product Details & Purchase (Official Online Shop): https://store.ninzia.jp/pages/bosai_curry