TOKIOテラス 2024年10月12日 ＃98「ASTRA FOOD PLAN」
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00:00Good morning, I'm Terasu Tokio. Nice to meet you.
00:03Nice to meet you, too.
00:05Here is today's start-up.
00:07It's a food circulation start-up that challenges the hidden food loss.
00:11Hidden food loss?
00:14What does that mean?
00:18What kind of business is it to challenge the hidden food loss?
00:23We came to the head office of Astra Food Plant in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture.
00:29Astra Food Plant
00:32Hello.
00:34Hello.
00:35I'm Terasu Tokio. Nice to meet you.
00:37Nice to meet you, too.
00:39Is this your office?
00:40Yes, it is.
00:42It looks like a town hall.
00:44The inside of the company is very empty, but if you look closely,
00:48the name of the food on the whiteboard is written in multiple numbers.
00:53Is this the identity of the hidden food loss?
00:56That's right.
00:58There's a secret on the first floor, so I'll show you.
01:04On this day, she showed us an experiment requested by a food company.
01:10There's a company that makes shimeji mushrooms,
01:13but there are also plans to make mushrooms that are too big or too small.
01:18Originally, the foreign products are thrown away or used as raw materials,
01:23but we wanted to see if we could upcycle them into food.
01:26The business of Astra Food Plant is a business that converts food waste,
01:32which occurs in food factories, into a high-value powder.
01:38This is a heat-conditioning machine that the head of the company bought in March of this year.
01:45If you put shimeji mushrooms, which are finely crushed by a powder machine,
01:48in a heat-conditioning machine,
01:56What is it?
01:59It's a powder that dries in 5 seconds.
02:04It dries in 5 seconds?
02:08It's just a powder that's been dried.
02:16The flavor is amazing.
02:18You can dry it while leaving the flavor of the food.
02:22It dries quickly, so it doesn't deteriorate.
02:25The color and smell are very beautiful.
02:31The powdered food we often see at supermarkets
02:34is often made with a low-temperature heat-conditioning dryer.
02:38What Astra Food Plant has developed is a technology that dries the powder
02:43with a heat-conditioning water heater that has been heated to more than 300 degrees.
02:47Compared to a heat-conditioning dryer, it's faster and high-quality.
02:51In addition, it's a great product that can also sterilize.
02:55You can sterilize it, too.
02:56I see.
02:57With a high-temperature dryer.
02:58Yoshinoya, a large udon chain, was the first to pay attention to this technology, which had just started.
03:07This is an onion shredder.
03:10This is where you can get the most cuttings.
03:15Onions are essential for udon ingredients.
03:18The amount of onion shreds cut into slices is 700 kilograms per day at this factory alone.
03:24That's more than 250 tons a year.
03:28Onion shreds are addictive, so we can't use them as livestock feed.
03:35And it's also sterilized, so we can't use it as a waste.
03:41So we had no choice but to use it as a waste.
03:46We had no choice but to throw it away.
03:48I think it's great that Astra Food Plants was able to pay attention to this technology.
03:58When it comes to food loss, it's about food waste and sales.
04:03What Astra Food Plants is paying attention to is food loss.
04:07I'm surprised you noticed this.
04:09The amount of food waste produced at food factories, such as cabbage and Chinese cabbage, is about 20 million tons a year.
04:16That's about five times as much as food waste.
04:18So there's more food waste in the factory.
04:20The way we process onions and vegetables is very innovative.
04:26We've never had to put these kinds of equipment in the factory.
04:32So the amount of waste is reduced.
04:38Yoshinoya tested this heating device for two years and decided to introduce it six months ago.
04:45The powder of onion shreds is bought by Astra Food Plants and commercialized.
04:53Kururiko was born from discarded food waste.
04:58Now, it's sold exclusively to fans.
05:00It's popular because it's sold at bakeries all over Tokyo, including Shinisei Bakery Chain and Compadol.
05:12This is onion shreds.
05:14We sell 20 of them a day.
05:18We sell them almost every day.
05:20Some of our customers are repeaters, and some of them buy two of them.
05:29Kururiko, the next-generation machine, was born with new technology from Astra Food Plants.
05:34Now, various large companies are paying attention to it and testing it.
05:38You can do anything with this.
05:40Mushrooms are shiitake mushrooms.
05:42I made most of the vegetables.
05:44Onions, burdock, carrots, ginger.
05:47We also have more tea, beer, and cassoulettes.
05:51We also have a company that makes cosmetics from plants.
05:55They asked me what kind of powder we have.
06:01This business has an infinite potential for food.
06:06Kano founded this facility and focused on hidden food waste.
06:12In fact, Kano used to work at a food company called Nepure, which was founded by her father.
06:20We heated it in a steam steamer and processed it into a puree.
06:25There were apples and carrots.
06:29We cooked them at home and ate them.
06:32They were delicious.
06:34My father always talked about how they were made.
06:40He said he wanted to use this technology for the food of children all over the world.
06:46He said he wanted to make food without using additives.
06:52What a great father.
06:54He wants to help the health of people all over the world with the technology of heating steam.
06:5914 years ago, a new processing technology was born, and it became famous in the food industry.
07:06However, it failed and Tsutomu's father was cornered.
07:13My father was told by the owner to change the president.
07:18My father was forced to resign.
07:22I still regret it.
07:24I still think Nepure was so delicious.
07:27At that time, I had the idea that I couldn't heat Nepure with a steam steamer.
07:35I was still in the prototype stage.
07:38However, I realized that I could dry and roast Nepure with a steam steamer.
07:44That's amazing.
07:46This is the back of a great father I've seen since I was a child.
07:51I want to shape the feelings that my father has had.
07:54Kano-san gave his feelings to Mr. Yoshioka, who was the right-hand man of my father at the time.
08:01What is this?
08:04Is this a Sunday theater?
08:07And in 2020, he founded a company that represents Nepure.
08:12He invented a steam steamer.
08:20Now, Mr. Kano is actively working on it.
08:25It looks like he's making a hamburger.
08:29I usually mince it and mix it with this meat.
08:34I just need to mix the onions.
08:38I think it will be a material that I have never used unless I suggest how to use it to customers.
08:48It's only been a little while since the heating steamer was completed.
08:51However, there are only four companies that are still introducing it.
08:56Now, Mr. Kano is working hard on the development of the steam steamer and the development of the steamer.
09:07Recently, a local elementary and junior high school has been using the steam steamer for lunch.
09:13They are considering introducing it.
09:16What is the future of the ASTRA food plan facing hidden food loss?
09:21It's not just bread, but hamburgers, soups, and dressings.
09:25There is a possibility that it will change to various things.
09:27As the demand expands and becomes more and more delicious,
09:30customers will eat a lot and it will finally be completed.
09:33I would like to make the world a world of upcycling, not recycling.
09:46Let's make it a series of dramas.
09:51It's amazing that you've come all the way here.
09:55When I went to the manufacturer to hear about this machine,
09:59I found out that they were throwing away 5 tons of firewood every day for 500 million yen a year.
10:05I thought, there are so many.
10:07I thought it would be nice to make this into powder.
10:11Can I ask you what exactly this beer cup, coffee cup, and teacup are?
10:19We are still in the development stage.
10:22The beer cup has the scent of craft beer.
10:27It also has dietary fiber and protein.
10:30The coffee cup still has the scent of coffee.
10:34So I made it into a sweet.
10:36I see. The idea is that it will be reborn into something.
10:40That's right.
10:42What kind of scent is left?
10:44I asked you to bring onions this time.
10:48I don't know what onions are.
10:50I don't know either.
10:56It smells like onion gratin soup.
11:00I think it's going to be a space food.
11:02I think so, too.
11:04Mr. Kokubun, what kind of material is next to it?
11:08Please guess by the scent.
11:10It's hard to guess by the scent.
11:13Oh, I got it.
11:16It's burdock.
11:18I don't know if I don't know.
11:20You don't know if you don't know?
11:22I feel like a new dish will be born when a powder-like thing like this is born.
11:27That's why you invented the machine.
11:31Is it already on sale?
11:33Yes, it's on sale and rental.
11:36I rent it from Yoshinoya.
11:39What kind of model is it?
11:41The staff at Yoshinoya manufactures Gururiko.
11:45We pack it and buy it again after the inspection.
11:49At first, we thought it would be a business if we sold only the equipment because we had a great machine.
11:56However, even if we brought the machine to the manufacturer who was in trouble with the disposal,
12:00I was worried about where to sell it after it became a powder.
12:05We were often told that we would introduce the machine if we had the money.
12:09That's why we decided to sell Gururiko.
12:12You must have felt a lot of satisfaction when you were learning at the business school.
12:16That's right.
12:17But it didn't show up in the results.
12:19That's right.
12:20It's a shock.
12:22It's a little progress every day.
12:24Oh, that's great.
12:26Ms. Kano, who has a patent in March of this year, has a low degree of recognition of the machine and is still having a hard time.
12:34By the way, why did Ms. Kano, who worked under her father, decide to take over the business?
12:42From here, we approach the other side of the business.
12:47You moved to your father's company.
12:50That's right.
12:51Is there a reason for this?
12:53At my father's company, we were making a product called Nepuree.
12:58It was a business that started with the consciousness that if we could buy and commercialize it,
13:05it would help farmers by purifying agricultural products outside of the project.
13:10That's a great way of thinking.
13:12In fact, I've been making this puree using a heating water purifier since then.
13:16At that time, I felt that I could change the world with food processing technology.
13:23But now that's one of the problems in the world.
13:28I think there are a lot of movements to help producers.
13:33Your father also started a business with that.
13:35That's right.
13:36My father also quit his major company and worked at 7-Eleven.
13:44Tsutomu Tsutomu was the former manager of 7-Eleven Japan.
13:49He was the original startup president who became independent at the age of 52 to change food processing technology.
13:55However, he rejected the president because of his management.
13:58Representative Kano started the company to make up for his father's regret.
14:02However, he was an amateur in food processing technology.
14:07You started something different.
14:10How did you study it?
14:12Actually, my father, Yoshioka, and I started a company together.
14:20When we were frustrated as parents, we decided to make a new device together.
14:26Yoshioka asked me if I wanted to start a company again.
14:34Did Yoshioka ask you?
14:36That's right.
14:37Wow.
14:39Drama.
14:40Drama.
14:41Yes.
14:42Five episodes.
14:46The daughter inherited her father's passion, and the technician saw the frustration of the parents.
14:52These three people created the current business.
14:56The heat-shrinkable device of patent technology was born.
15:02Is there anything important to acquire patent technology?
15:08There is a patent technician called Mr. Benrishi.
15:14Is there such a person?
15:15Yes.
15:16He makes patent paper.
15:19Do you have to think about information leakage?
15:22On the contrary, if you issue a patent, the content of the patent will be written in detail about what kind of technology it is.
15:29On the contrary, the rights will be violated, but the risk of being imitated will increase.
15:33Is that so?
15:34There is a risk of being imitated.
15:43But as long as you don't challenge yourself, there is no such thing as failure.
15:49My father has been doing that for a long time.
15:52This time, I'm not the president, but I'm going to push my daughter's back as the power of Ennoshita.
15:59This relationship is amazing.
16:02I thought my father would talk more, but he hasn't done that since he started the company.
16:09In that sense, it's a very good relationship.
16:11It may be the best relationship now.
16:13You said it was the best relationship, but was there a time when the relationship was bad?
16:16There was.
16:19Kiya thought that the bond between parents and children was deep, but in fact, there was a big loss.
16:24It goes back to 15 years ago.
16:29I quit my job right after I graduated from high school.
16:33I quit my job because I was going to quit my job.
16:36Is that so?
16:37Yes.
16:38However, I had a wedding, but it was canceled before I could get a job.
16:47Isn't the order strange?
16:50That's right.
16:52You had a wedding before you got a job.
16:55So you didn't get a divorce.
16:57I didn't get married and I didn't get a divorce.
17:01Did you just cosplay?
17:03That's right.
17:06Your father will be angry.
17:08I had a fight with both families.
17:11That's also a drama.
17:15This is a drama.
17:17I was in a state where I was about to die.
17:22Why did you quit your job?
17:25After I got a divorce, I listened to my father's story.
17:30I wanted to work here.
17:33I wanted to work as a housekeeper.
17:37It's strange to think about it myself.
17:40We got along pretty well.
17:42Your father was waiting for you.
17:46That's great.
17:47That's right.
17:49Are you married now?
17:51I'm married.
17:53However, I have a lot of problems with my husband.
17:58Two days after I proposed to him,
18:02I moved to Niigata because I wanted to work as a housekeeper.
18:08So I moved to Niigata.
18:11Her husband is not a member of the local community.
18:15She is currently living with her husband in Tokyo and Niigata.
18:21However, it seems to be a meaningful life to come up with new ideas.
18:27I'm training with my employee in Tanada, where my husband is now.
18:32The house on the far left is my husband's house.
18:35It's lively.
18:37This is the place where I live.
18:40I rent a house in Tanada.
18:43I do housework there.
18:47It's my first time.
18:49I'm not good at housework.
18:51I help each other there.
18:53I do housework regardless of whether it's up or down.
18:56It's a team building training.
18:58I see.
19:00While living a business life in the countryside,
19:04Kano had another face.
19:08That's great.
19:10You're a professional.
19:12How many episodes will this be?
19:15I have too many life experiences.
19:23Kano is the representative of ASTRA Food Plan,
19:27which aims to eliminate hidden food waste and aim for a sustainable cycle of food.
19:32In fact, she had another face.
19:38I've been playing the violin since I was five.
19:41How many years?
19:43I've been playing the violin for 32 years.
19:46That's how long I've been playing the violin.
19:52Kano is the representative of the 18-year-old Amateur Public Orchestra,
19:57which plays the violin.
20:00On this day, a big rehearsal was held for the concert two weeks later.
20:07Kano plays the violin as a hobby,
20:10but there is another reason why she continues to play the violin.
20:16It's like climbing a mountain.
20:18I think it takes a lot of mental care to make a career.
20:23When I was a salaryman,
20:25I worked to enjoy my hobby.
20:28But now it's a little different.
20:30There is a concert per person.
20:33The president always looks ahead.
20:45It's been four years since she gave up her father's thoughts.
20:48Now that she's a manager,
20:50her way of thinking about music has changed.
20:53She is planning a concert that will be useful to people.
20:57Are you planning it?
21:00Are you planning it?
21:03It's a concert in a rural area.
21:06I also play in a welfare facility.
21:11I deliver music to people.
21:15That's what I'm doing.
21:18My business and my way of thinking
21:21can contribute to society.
21:26Many of the members are from Fukushima prefecture.
21:29She holds concerts in Fukushima every year.
21:33She wants to contribute to society through music.
21:39It's a hobby, but it's like a life work.
21:43It's also a way of life.
21:45I can't imagine my life without an orchestra.
21:51I'm sorry.
21:57How many episodes will it be?
22:00I've had too many lives.
22:03I think it's a company from now on.
22:06What are your future visions and goals?
22:09After the food waste is dried up and stored,
22:14we have to change it into a delicious product.
22:17If we don't do that, we won't be able to reduce the food waste.
22:22I think it's a great company to protect the environment.
22:27Please do your best.
22:30When you make a drama, you should play a father.
22:34If I play a father, I'll be a handsome father.
22:37To be continued.
22:41Next time, we start with a festival in Sapporo that connects Japanese tradition to the future.
22:48It's really interesting.
22:49Yes, it is.
22:51We will expand the festival to a place where you can feel the festival from the center of Japan.
22:57It's an image of Uppunbara City.
23:00If a car is about to pass by, you can say,
23:02It's dangerous!
23:04You can say anything.