President’s Greeting

President of Japan NattoKinase Association Mitsuhiro Ohta

President of Japan NattoKinase Association Mitsuhiro Ohta

Japan NattoKinase Association was founded in January 2003 by the domestic and internaional manufacturers and the dealers of functional healthy food which contains natto-derived component. Natto is a traditional food in Japan. Lately Nattokinase, Vitamin K2 (Menaquinone-7) and Bacillus subtilis natto have been attracting a lot of attention around the world. As the safety and the quality of food is stringently required in especially recent years, we work hard on our activities so that we can achieve our goals of stably supplying safe, high-quality food, raise the consumers’ awareness of health functioning of natto-derived component and enlighten the standard of the food to maintain the quality. We will continue to strive for further quality improvement with social responsibility and trust. We will also remind ourselves that these activities will eventually be beneficial for the consumers’ health and supplying secure and safe supplements. We will appreciate for your cooperation and understanding in our activities.