He is not alone, though. Numerous Japanese companies are now offering edible plates, trays, chopsticks, straws, coffee cups and other utensils in response to growing public concern about marine ...

A waterless, edible toothpaste created by a businessman ... the product can be swallowed with no adverse health effects, Teshima said. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) picked ...

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Edible massage oils can be a delightful, sensual enhancement to any intimate experience. These specially formulated oils are designed to be massaged into the skin, creating a smooth, silky feeling ...

Soaps play a vital role in keeping clean. They are salts made from the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils (triglycerides). Fat molecules contain three ester links. These can be hydrolysed when ...

Recycling food scraps back into food you can eat sounds disgusting at first. But I'm sure everyone hearing about Japan's way of tackling waste would want to know how the process works and how the ...

To prevent the oil and water from separating (and thus the food spoiling), soap-like chemicals called ... They are made by reacting edible oils with glycerol. While they form ester links with ...

The diversification of the use of edible oils into a biofuel has led to the commodity becoming an increasingly important part of the agriculture complex. Palm oil is the most commonly produced ...

The number of foreign residents in Japan is booming. The Internal Affairs Ministry says the figure reached 2.49 million in 2018. But a new survey finds that only one in five Japanese people have ...

The downpour drenched the Noto Peninsula on Saturday, triggering landslides and washing away people and homes, Japan’s national broadcaster said. By Yan Zhuang and Miharu Nishiyama Six people ...

In the edible oil category, the SEA data showed that import of crude pall oil declined to 4,32,510 tonnes last month from 7,05,643 tonnes in September last year, while refined palm oil shipments ...