Reducing and Recycling of Waste and Byproducts

The Kikkoman Group has been striving to reduce, to reuse and to recycle waste and byproducts, such as soy sauce cake and oil, fruit juice residue, and okara (bean curd refuse), and other waste (such as sludge) through policies that target improvements in the yield ratio and the manufacturing process.

The Kikkoman Group will continuously strive to further reducing and recycling of waste and byproducts.

Animal feed made from byproduct (soy sauce cake), generated in soy sauce manufacturing

Animal feed made from byproduct (soy sauce cake), generated in soy sauce manufacturing

Cows eating the animal feed (soy sauce cake)

Cows eating the animal feed (soy sauce cake)

Fertilizer made from sludge generated at wastewater treatment facilities

Fertilizer made from sludge generated at wastewater treatment facilities

Strawberries cultivated using the fertilizer

Strawberries cultivated using the fertilizer