"SHIN Minatomirai" Venture and Large Enterprise Project Moves Toward Commercialization!
Supported by Kanagawa Prefecture's "SHIN Minatomirai," Toy Medical and Greenhouse are commercializing "Salt Offset" meals using seaweed-derived technology. Demonstrations confirmed high satisfaction and reduced urinary sodium.
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Kanagawa Prefecture is promoting open innovation and supporting commercialization through the "Business Accelerator Kanagawa (BAK)" initiative at the "SHIN Minatomirai" hub for venture growth. A project supported in FY2025 has yielded specific results from demonstration tests, and the two companies will now proceed toward commercialization.
### Project Overview
Partners: Toy Medical Co., Ltd. (Venture) and Greenhouse Co., Ltd. (Large Enterprise)
Project Name: Changing Salt Reduction Common Sense! Development of Delicious Salt-Offset Meals Using Seaweed-Derived Ingredients.
### Details
Toy Medical is a venture company possessing "Salt Offset Technology," which uses seaweed-derived alginates to adsorb dietary salt and excrete it in a form that is difficult to absorb. Collaborating with Greenhouse, which has extensive culinary expertise in operating restaurants and cafeterias, they developed "Salt Offset Menus" and "Salt Offset Jellies" that excrete salt without compromising taste or satisfaction. Demonstrations were conducted with monitors to measure effectiveness and satisfaction.
### Demonstration Results
**1. Salt Offset Menu Trial**
Menus containing alginates were tested by 25 Greenhouse employees and 57 elderly facility residents.
- 86% of participants, including nutritionists, reported being "Satisfied" or "Somewhat Satisfied."
- 75% of elderly facility residents expressed a desire for continued service.
- Greenhouse's culinary techniques overcame the technical challenge of alginates being difficult to dissolve in water, resulting in feedback that there was "almost no burden on the cooking staff."
**2. Salt Offset Jelly Monitoring**
A newly developed stick-type jelly was consumed continuously by 153 participants (including prefecture officials) for 14 days.
- Urinary sodium significantly decreased by Day 7 and remained low through Day 14, especially in groups with high initial salt intake.
- Improvements in the sensation of leg swelling were confirmed compared to before intake.
- 78% showed intent to purchase, and 64% showed intent to continue, indicating high potential as a new salt-care option.
### Future Outlook
- Gradual implementation and verification in corporate cafeterias and elderly facilities.
- Consideration of new developments in self-care products.
- Establishment of a consortium of companies and organizations working on salt reduction and deeper collaboration with local governments to realize a society where people can control salt intake while eating what they want.
### Project Overview
Partners: Toy Medical Co., Ltd. (Venture) and Greenhouse Co., Ltd. (Large Enterprise)
Project Name: Changing Salt Reduction Common Sense! Development of Delicious Salt-Offset Meals Using Seaweed-Derived Ingredients.
### Details
Toy Medical is a venture company possessing "Salt Offset Technology," which uses seaweed-derived alginates to adsorb dietary salt and excrete it in a form that is difficult to absorb. Collaborating with Greenhouse, which has extensive culinary expertise in operating restaurants and cafeterias, they developed "Salt Offset Menus" and "Salt Offset Jellies" that excrete salt without compromising taste or satisfaction. Demonstrations were conducted with monitors to measure effectiveness and satisfaction.
### Demonstration Results
**1. Salt Offset Menu Trial**
Menus containing alginates were tested by 25 Greenhouse employees and 57 elderly facility residents.
- 86% of participants, including nutritionists, reported being "Satisfied" or "Somewhat Satisfied."
- 75% of elderly facility residents expressed a desire for continued service.
- Greenhouse's culinary techniques overcame the technical challenge of alginates being difficult to dissolve in water, resulting in feedback that there was "almost no burden on the cooking staff."
**2. Salt Offset Jelly Monitoring**
A newly developed stick-type jelly was consumed continuously by 153 participants (including prefecture officials) for 14 days.
- Urinary sodium significantly decreased by Day 7 and remained low through Day 14, especially in groups with high initial salt intake.
- Improvements in the sensation of leg swelling were confirmed compared to before intake.
- 78% showed intent to purchase, and 64% showed intent to continue, indicating high potential as a new salt-care option.
### Future Outlook
- Gradual implementation and verification in corporate cafeterias and elderly facilities.
- Consideration of new developments in self-care products.
- Establishment of a consortium of companies and organizations working on salt reduction and deeper collaboration with local governments to realize a society where people can control salt intake while eating what they want.