KENKOUKAZOKU

NINNIKU RANOU is a traditional food in Japan.
We are the most-trusted garlic supplement
maker in Japan.

About Us

Across Japan and beyond, from southern Kyushu
We’ll empower people to live healthy lives

Since the sales launch in 1993, we’ve sold over 140 million DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU packages (*1), making it the bestselling garlic supplement in Japan for 19 consecutive years (*2) We continue our business in compliance with rigorous industrial standards throughout the process from in-house organic garlic cultivation, R&D, manufacturing, and sales to the shipment of our products, which has created trust in our company for the customers.

(*1) 1993 September 2019 March (in-house research)
(*2) Fuji Keizai Co., Ltd. H. B. Foods and Marketing handbook Garlic extract function-oriented foods 2002 - 2020

Message from CEO

Go further for future health
Healthy life for you and your family

In 1976, Kenkoukazoku started its business in Kyushu, the southernmost region of Japan. Since then, we’ve spent decades passionately pursuing the goals “support healthy life of families across Japan” and “seek a way to contribute to preventive medicine” with DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU. Organic JAS certification, GMP factory certification and collaborative researches with universities are some of our efforts to ensure the safety and security of our products. Along with that, we’ve also tackled various challenges such as reasonable pricing and developing easy-to-swallow supplements. Accumulation of such efforts turns into trust from many customers. Kenkoukazoku is a “company that always thinks of families and cares for their health” just like parents do. We take pride in our responsibility to support your healthy lives. Appreciating to the blessings from mother nature, we will make further efforts to be your partner for long.

Kenkoukazoku Co., Ltd.
CEO

Tomoko Tou

Corporate history

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1976 January: Founded as a health food sales business
1993 November: Sales launch of DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU
2003 May: DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU was certified for JHFA mark certification

JHFA mark certification
Only the health food products passed the rigorous quality and labeling standards are certified and allowed to display the JHFA mark.
Certified by Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association
2003 December: DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU became the best-selling garlic supplement in Japan
（Tokyo Shoko Research, ltd.）
2005 March: Adopted vegetarian softgel capsule Vegicaps®
2007 May: Presented clinical trial results in 61st annual meeting of Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science
2008 November: DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU gained GMP certification for food supplement

GMP product mark
This mark can be displayed only on products that are manufactured at a GMP certified factory and successfully passed individual qualification process.
2010 May: Organic JAS certification for entire in-house farm lands

Organic JAS certification logo
We are certified by the MAFF-accredited registration agency for displaying Organic JAS logo, and continuously go through rigorous annual review and inspection to hold the status.
2011 November: Kenkoukazoku Co., Ltd. builds Garlic R&D Center
2012 March: Obtained a patent for a garlic-extract ingredients in DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU
2012 June: Marked 100 million sales of DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU
2013 November: DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU Kirishima factory obtained GMP Certification

GMP Factory mark
A certification for the factories complying with quality standards to ensure proper production management and quality control over entire processes from starting materials to shipment.
2015 July: DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU was registered as a Food with function claims by Consumer Affairs Agency in Japan (first garlic product to be so in Japan)
2018 December: Number of the memberships reached 3.5 million (families)
2019 July: NINNIKU SHOUGA recorded top selling domestic ginger supplement
2020 March: Certified as “2020 Health and Productivity Management Award” （METI）

Corporate profile

Name: Kenkoukazoku Co., Ltd.
Date of establishment: 1976
Employees: 400
Business coverage: Foods and food supplement online and mail-order sales services in Japan
: Headquarters: 892-0848 10-2 Hirano-cho, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima, Japan

HQ / Kagoshima

Logistics Center / Kumamoto

Company-Owned Organic Farm / Miyazaki

Garlic R&D Center / Kagoshima

Kirishima Factory / Kagoshima

Hydrogen Water Factory / Miyazaki

Our Strength

Integrated production system
ensures safety and security

We manage integrated production systems from R&D, raw material production, and sales to shipment under our corporate mission: Empowering customers to live healthy lives for their well-beings just like parents do. We maintain these systems to focus on delivering secured food supplement products to our customers for their dietary lives.

Company-Owned
Organic Farm

We cleared a large field for our inhouse farm to fully-managed organic cultivation. All of our farms have Organic JAS certification.

Factory

Production process goes on in GMP certified factories strictly controlled throughout the processes from carrying raw materials and production to shipment.

R&D Center

Studying functionalities of <DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU> and active ingredients in garlic, and conducting sensory evaluation for the purpose of the quality control.

HQ

Managing integrated production systems from R&D, raw material and finished product manufacturing to shipments to bring safe and secure products for our customers.

Logistics

We send off more than 10,000 shipments from our logistics center every day. Each and every product is manually checked to ensure safety.

In-house Call Center

We have an in-house call center, which has won many telephone service awards. We also offer consultation with a pharmacist.

Marketing

An integrated system from production to logistic allows us to learn more from the customer’s voice and put it into product planning and development.

Safe and Secure Materials

“Raw materials for health food also must be healthy” and “our mission is to bring safe products to our customers.” Under such commitment, Kenkoukazoku is cultivating organic garlic in our farm located in Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu. We focus on our in-house farm because we can entrust our passion only to garlic which is brought up and thoroughly cared every day by ourselves.

Company-Owned Organic Farm

In 2003, we cleared a land for an in-house farm in Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu. At that time, people said pesticide-free organic cultivation of garlic, which is prone to diseases and vulnerable to temperature fluctuation, is impossible. However, our enormous efforts on organic garlic cultivation bore fruits. We have expanded our farm in dozens of locations, totaling over 500,000 square meters.

Organic Cultivation

All of our farms acquired Organic JAS certification, which will be given only to the farmlands without pesticide and agrichemical usage continuously from more than 2 years before the sowing/ planting. Our original brand “Ninniku-ou (Garlic King)” made from organic garlic was given credit for its taste and safety from professional chefs.

Manufacturing Method and R&D

International safety standards are adopted to ensure product safety while carrying out joint research with universities to gain deeper scientific understanding about functionalities of our products. We are also introducing state-of-the-art production technologies for relentless quality improvement.

HACCP and GMP standards compliancy
of product quality

Manufacturing factories dedicated to DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU are adopting HACCP, a hygienic control system proposed by NASA. Our factories and products gained GMP certifications by the Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association. Vegetarian softgel capsules used for our products are also checked for quality following the GMP, an international standard for pharmaceutical product quality control.

Kirishima factory <DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU>
/ Kagoshima

Studies on functionalities of ingredients in
collaborative research with universities

Garlic R&D center, founded in 2011, holds collaborative research studies on the functionalities of garlic products, such as DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU, together with Nihon University and Kagoshima University. In the course of such studies, Garlic & Yolk became the first garlic health food product to be recognized as a “Food with functionality” thanks to the scientific evidences that revealed its functionalities. The study results also allowed us to obtain a patent in relation to that.

Introducing top level technologies to the industry

“Micro nano bubble generation” was introduced to produce SENJUNOMIZU NEO, a hydrogen-added natural water from the Kirishima Mountain Range in southern Kyushu. The technology generates nano level hydrogen bubbles through ultra-highspeed rotation that allows hydrogen gas to dissolve to the maximum level at ordinary temperature and pressure. Sophisticated aluminum foil pouches and Aluminum-contained spouts prevent Hydrogen gas from leaking out.

Products

We have a variety of products ranging from the best-selling DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU and traditional health
food in Japan (such as black vinegar, ginger, and hydrogen water) to globally popular supplements such as
Lutein and EPA.

About OEM

We offer OEM service of all
products with the OEM mark.

Supplements

DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU

Best selling supplement, containing organic garlic, yolk and flaxseed oil
DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU KIWAMI

Doubled active ingredients with organic garlic, yolk and DHA. Supreme supplement supervised by academic experts
DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU KOTSUBU

DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU in small capsules. Easy to swallow for children and elderly people
TABERU NINNIKU RANOU

Granulated DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU for versatile usage such as cooking
TSUBODUKURI JUKUSEI KUROZU NINNIKU

Food supplement containing organic garlic, organic black vinegar and organic black vinegar mash
NINNIKU SHOUGA

Popular supplement containing organic garlic and pesticide-free ginger
KASHIKOKU TORITAI
DHA & EPA

Food supplement containing DHA and EPA from seaweeds
KUROZU SHOUGA

Food supplement containing organic black vinegar and pesticide-free ginger
GLUCOSAMINE RICH

Glucosamine acid from vegetables helps support joint function
BLUEBERRY

Vision supplement containing pesticide-free Bilberries from the EU
40SAI KARANO
LUTEIN & BERRY

Premium vision supplement containing Lutein and pesticide-free Bilberries from the EU
PEPOKABOCHA

Help treat urinary inconsistency with vegetable extracts such as cucurbita pepo seed extract and soy isoflavone
MULTIVITAMIN

Multi-Vitamin supplement containing 12 essential Vitamins
TABERU YOUSAN
CALCIUM NEO

Food supplement containing calcium and folic acid (Yogurt flavor)
KINOUSEIHYOUJISHOKUHIN DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU

DENTOU NINNIKU RANOU supplement for high blood pressure (Functional Foods )
KINOUSEIHYOUJISHOKUHIN ICHOULEAF

Brain aid supplement containing Gingko leaf extract to boost memory (Functional Foods )
KINOUSEIHYOUJISYOKUHIN LUTEIN & ZEAXANTHIN

Lutein supplement for vision care (Functional Foods )
BOTANIGRACE

Powder coenzyme supplement that prolongs the activity of internal enzymes

Food & Other Ingredients

KOUNOUDO NANO SUISOSUI SENJUNOMIZU NEO

Hydrogen-added natural water from kirishima
SATSUMAKUROBUTA KEEMA CURRY

Authentic keema curry with aromic garlic and tasty Kagoshima black pork
KUROBUTA SUMIBIYAKI

Great charcoal-grilled Kagoshima black pork
KUROBUTA NANKOTSUNI

Collagen-rich Kagoshima black pork stew
KUROBUTA KAKUNI

Kagoshima black pork stew with special sauce
KUROBUTA MAZEGOHANNOMOTO

Ready-to-mix ingredient to add to warm cooked rice
KATSUO FURIDASHI

Salted bonito soup stock packet
GENEN KATSUO FURIDASHI

Authentic bonito soup stock packet 90% reduced salt
DENTOU SATSUMA KUROZU

Slowly-fermented and aged over a year black vinegar from fukuyama-cho, Kagoshima
KUROZU SANBAIZU

Well-balanced seasoning of black vinegar, soy sauce and sweet cooking sake
NINNIKU SHOUYU

Soy sauce from home-grown soybeans with organic garlic