Our Business
Diversified Business Centered on Sugar Beets
Our company is involved in many different businesses, including the production of sugar from Hokkaido-grown sugar beets, as well as food ingredients, compound feed, agricultural materials, real estate, and more.
In Japan, sugar beets are cultivated exclusively in Hokkaido. We collaborate closely with the local community throughout the entire process, from planting and harvesting to sugar production.
Nitten Business Overview
Sugar and Food Business
Sugar and food ingredients made from
Hokkaido-grown sugar beets
Our company manufactures and sells high-quality sugar made from sugar beets grown in Hokkaido, as well as food ingredients such as baker's yeast and oligosaccharides using sugar beet molasses.
Since our founding in 1919, we have contributed to Japan's agricultural and food manufacturing industries as a sugar refining company that uses domestic raw materials.
Feed Business
Bringing Out the Potential of Dairy Cows Through Science
To help dairy farmers ensure stable and growing operations, our research and development center has spent years developing proprietary feed products based on ruminology. We manufacture and sell these feeds. Our philosophy behind NITTEN FEED is to bring out the latent potential of dairy cows through science and provide them with feed that enables healthy and continuous production.
Agricultural Materials Business
Agricultural Materials that are Kind to Both Growers and the Environment
We handle PAPERPOT®, a material for raising seedlings, as well as related equipment and materials. PAPERPOT is an environmentally friendly, paper-based product that utilizes technology which has supported Hokkaido’s sugar beet industry for 60 years and is still used for various crops today.
Overseas Business
Bringing Japanese Technology and Quality to the World
We are expanding the use of our agricultural materials, including PAPERPOT, overseas, primarily in the organic farming sector. We are also taking steps to export DFA III, an oligosaccharide that our company is the only one in the world to have successfully industrialized, for use in animal feed. Our goal is to promote sustainable agriculture by balancing environmental considerations with productivity.
Real Estate Business
Contributing to the Lives of Local Residents
The approximately 170,000-square-meter area, which was redeveloped from part of the former sugar factory site in Obihiro City, has become the largest mixed-use commercial facility in eastern Hokkaido. Additionally, other idle land is being used for medical institutions and childcare facilities, which contribute to the lives of local residents.
Research and Development
Technology Development in Four Fields: Food, Livestock farming, Agricultural materials, and Sugar Beets
Our research department is working on the development of new products and technologies in four fields: namely, food, livestock farming, agricultural materials, and sugar beets. They are based on our original technologies, such as a technology that uses sugar by-products, biotechnology, and our unique transplanting technology, which has dramatically increased the yield of sugar beets.
