Rice gelée Shown at SIAL Paris 2018 and Paris Restaurant

Paris, France (November 2, 2018) – Leading global manufacturer of engines and industrial equipment, Yanmar, has ventured into the food industry, with subsidiary, Yanmar Agri Innovation revealing its gluten-free Rice gelée ingredient. Yanmar Agri Innovation showed Rice gelée at the world’s largest food innovation exhibition, SIAL Paris 2018, over October 21 to 25, and also held a tasting event at a local restaurant for local and international press. Rice gelée, a natural gluten-free food product made from just rice and water, was met with great interest at its first outing outside of Japan.

In the runup to SIAL, Yanmar enlisted Michelin-starred Restaurant PAGES to hold a media event for local and international press on October 18th featuring a selection of dishes using Rice gelée. With Restaurant PAGES sharing Yanmar’s aim to revitalize agriculture and increase rice consumption, Yanmar approached PAGES owner-chef Ryuji Tejima to devise a menu that could showcase Rice gelée’s unique potential. In the demonstration that followed, Tejima explained Rice gelée’s unique properties and prepared an original Rice gelée-based menu of: Gluten-free Buckwheat Galette, Cream Curry Soup with Springy Gluten-free Bread, Brioche Muffin Burger, and Sukiyaki Beef with Chinese Bread, for the assembled press to sample.

Visitors to SIAL Paris 2018 learn about Rice gelée at Yanmar's booth.

Yanmar looks to continue its efforts to reinvigorate agriculture, creating new value-added propositions for rice itself, to increasing consumption of the grain. To this end, Yanmar will spearhead efforts to promote use of Rice gelée at food manufacturers and restaurants, as well as through sales direct to the public at its premiummarche.com website: https://premiummarche.com/ (Japanese).

※Rice gelée is a gel-like food ingredient made from just rice and water. With superb moisture retention and emulsification properties and its utility as a thickening agent, it is a useful gluten-free ingredient to improve texture in breads and cakes, act as a binding ingredient in hamburger or noodles and can meet a diverse range of needs in a wide variety of foods.

Yanmar demonstrates a range of recipes st PAGES restaurant in Paris

Yanmar

With beginnings in Osaka, Japan, in 1912, Yanmar was the first to succeed in making a compact diesel engine of a practical size in 1933. Then, with industrial diesel engines as the cornerstone of its enterprise, Yanmar has continued to expand its product range, services, and expertise to deliver total solutions as an industrial equipment manufacturer. As a provider of small and large engines, agricultural machinery and facilities, construction equipment, energy systems, marine equipment, machine tools, and components, Yanmar’s global business operations span seven domains.

On land, at sea, and in the city, Yanmar’s mission of “providing sustainable solutions focused on the challenges customers face, in food production and harnessing power, thereby enriching people's lives for all our tomorrows” is a testament to Yanmar's determination to provide us with “A Sustainable Future.”

For more details, please visit the official website of Yanmar Co., Ltd.: https://www.yanmar.com/global/about/

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