is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese snack

Snack

A snack is a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like potato chips or baby carrots—but could also simply be a smaller amount of any food item.-Snacks and health:...

 company that exports to the United States. It mainly exports candy

Candy

Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...

, but also Japanese snacks.

History

The company was founded in 1923 by Rai Winsuto in Kasugai, Aichi

Kasugai, Aichi

is a city located in Aichi, Japan. The city was founded on June 1, 1943. As of March 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 303,181 and a density of . The total area is ....

. It began as a small shop selling dried snacks such as nuts

Nut (fruit)

A nut is a hard-shelled fruit of some plants having an indehiscent seed. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts...

, peas

PEAS

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, and fruit

Fruit

In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...

. However, since then they have become a company that produces many different snack products that they export to other countries.

Products

• Gummies (In assorted flavors)
• Wasabi Nuts
• Hard Fruit Candy
• Yogurt Candy
• Throat Refreshing Candy
• Ramune Candy (assorted flavors)
• Fizzling Soda Candy (assorted flavors)
• Green Tea Candy
• Nut Products
• Wasabi Peas (Spicy)