Taisho Pharmaceutical Begins Marketing Glucocare Powder, Specified Health Food for Inhibiting Rise in Blood Sugar Level.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 26, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Taisho Pharmaceutical has begun marketing Glucocare Powder Stick, a new product for the company's food for specified health use (FOSHU FOSHU Foods for Specified Health Use (Japan) ) series Livita, across Japan. The new product, which contains resistant dextrin dextrin, any one of a number of carbohydrates having the same general formula as starch but a smaller and less complex molecule. They are polysaccharides and are produced as intermediate products in the hydrolysis of starch by heat, by acids, and by enzymes. , helps moderate sugar absorption after meal and inhibits a sharp rise in the blood sugar level. The new product is to be taken by dissolving in water, either hot or iced. Available in a pocket-sized package, the product is convenient to take along. A 30-pack box sells for 2,940 yen ($25). The company expects to achieve 200 million yen ($1.7 mil) in sales in the first year. Source: JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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