MannanLife

MannanLife

Founded	September 1964[1]
Headquarters	Tomioka, Gunma, Japan
Products	Konnyaku jelly
Employees	76 (as of 1 April 2006)[1]
Website	http://www.mannanlife.co.jp/

Ume-flavoured "Konnyaku Batake" made by MannanLife

MannanLife Co., Ltd. (株式会社マンナンライフ, Kabushiki Gaisha Mannan Raifu^?) is a company in Japan that sells "Konnyaku Batake" fruit-flavoured konnyaku jelly. MannanLife holds a 60 to 70 percent share of the konnyaku jelly market in Japan.^[2]

Sales of "Konnyaku Batake" were suspended from 8 October 2008 after it was reported that 17 children and elderly people in Japan had choked to death on konnyaku jelly since 1995.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} MannanLife corporate overview. Retrieved on 13 October 2008. (Japanese)
2. ^ ^{a b} Article at the Japan Times, "Food maker pulls 'konnyaku' sweets", 9 October 2008. Retrieved on 13 October 2008.

External links

• MannanLife website (Japanese)