For over 130 years, Morishita Jintan has been a pioneer in preventive health solutions that combine traditional oriental medicine with innovative technology. It has developed its unique seamless capsule technology and global presence.
Oriental medicine has been more advanced than Western medicine for centuries. Prevention is better than cure, and Japan's Morishita Jintan is a prime example.
After more than 130 years of developing innovative solutions based on the belief that the gut and oral cavity are closely linked to health, Morishita Jintan now consists of five divisions: consumer products, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) in the encapsulation field, research and development of new natural ingredients, the pharmaceutical division, and the international business division.
Morishita Jintan developed the "Nitan Seiyaku" in 1905, at a time when medical care was not as advanced as it is today and people were dying from colds and food poisoning. Based on the concept of disease prevention, Hiroshi Morishita, the founder of the company, launched "Nitan Seiyaku" as a comprehensive health care medicine to protect gastrointestinal health by using 16 kinds of herbal medicines. Today, the product is known and loved by people as "silver granulated Nitan," coated with 16 kinds of herbal medicines in silver foil and positioned as a mouth freshening agent.
Later, based on the idea that liquid should have a higher absorption rate in the body than solids, the company began researching encapsulation technology, which is the basis for the current seamless capsule technology.
The company's seamless capsule technology is characterized by its ability to adjust the particle size from 0.5 to 8 mm and its true spherical shape, making it easy to swallow. Furthermore, its multiple structure allows it to encapsulate not only lipophilic substances, but also hydrophilic substances and powdered ingredients. In addition, the thickness of the coating is adjustable, making it possible to control the strength and texture of the coating.s
The company is using this technology in its own products, and is expanding its supplement business in Asian countries such as China and Vietnam, centering on "Bifina," which contains the probiotic Bifidobacterium bifidum.
Collaboration with other industries is essential to the evolution of seamless capsule technology, according to the company's president. In recent years, the company has expanded the scope of its technology into the inedible field, including the joint development with L'Oreal Japan of "active delivery capsules" containing cosmetic useful ingredients. In the future, the company intends to explore the possibility of using seamless capsule technology to solve social issues, regardless of whether they are in edible or inedible fields.
Morishita Jintan believes that the intestines and oral cavity have a strong correlation with health, and Morishita Jintan plans to focus more on these two areas in the future.
Since people of all ages have problems in these two areas, the company says it will continue to invest in research and development to solve these issues and provide products and solutions that benefit society.
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