Here is the deal:
>1,481,000 kg of dried blueberries exported from the USA to Japan in 2016.
>>This converts to 3.26 million lbs.
>>Multiply this by the 3.5 lbs needed to make one lb. of dried blueberries = 8.15 million lbs of blueberries utilized!
Demand determinants:
Beauty - Confectionery and Totally new products are leading the way in 2017!
>Beauty. Grocery and convenience stores market dried blueberries in health and beauty sections along side slimming and products with health and beauty association. (Beauty from Within)
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| Blueberries for skin care and beauty. |
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| Asahi is one of the leading food and beverage companies in Japan and now have designed products with blueberries as a ingredient along with other beauty-identified ingredients. |
>Confectionery. On the food industry side, Japanese companies are integrating dried blueberries into confectionery (panned blueberries) ice creams and traditional Japanese confectionery (wagashi).
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Dried blueberries are integrated into cheese cake bar called "mazuko."
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Take a walk in any park in Tokyo and you will understand why quality natural pet foods are the rage. Pampered little-white dogs are everywhere. Watch this category!
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So, can we say that Japan is the biggest importer of blueberries from USA? No doubt it is a nutritional source of fiber and Japan being the biggest producer of many things in the world, is getting benefits from blueberries too.
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