MannanLife explained

MannanLife
Foundation:September 1964[1]
Num Employees:144 (as of 1 April 2020)
Industry:food processing
Homepage:http://www.mannanlife.co.jp/

is a company in Japan that sells "Konnyaku Batake" fruit-flavoured konnyaku jelly. MannanLife holds a 60 to 70 percent share of the konnyaku jelly market in Japan.

Sales of "Konnyaku Batake" were suspended from 8 October 2008 after it was reported that 17 children and elderly people in Japan had choked to death on konnyaku jelly since 1995.[2] In 2009 they released the product Lala Crush.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Corporate Overview . . MannanLife Co., Ltd. . 27 May 2020 .
  2. Article at the Japan Times, "Food maker pulls 'konnyaku' sweets", 9 October 2008. Retrieved on 13 October 2008.