Report Summary

Introduction
This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Dried Food in Japan.  It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share data.  The databook supplies actual data to 2006 and full forecasts to 2011.

Scope of this Report
-  Contains information on 4 categories:  Dessert Mixes, Dried Pasta/Noodles, Dried Ready Meals and Rice
-  Provides market value, volume, expenditure and consumption data by market, segment and subsegment
-  Includes company and brand share data by categories

Research & Analysis Highlights
The market for Dried Food in Japan decreased between 2001-2006, growing at an average annual rate of -0.3%.

The leading company in the market in 2006 was Kitoku Shinryo Company Limited.  The second-largest player was Itami Sangyo with Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. in third place.

Key Reasons to Read this Report
-  Discover the major quantitative trends affecting the Dried Food markets
-  Understand consumers' consumption and expenditure patterns
-  Understand the future direction of the market with reliable historical data and full five year forecasting 

Report Outline

Chapter 1    Executive Summary

1.1    Summary Market Level - Dried Food
    1.1.1  Market Value
    1.1.2  Market Value Forecast
    1.1.3  Market Volume
    1.1.4  Market Volume Forecast
    1.1.5  Market Segmentation
    1.1.6  Market Share
1.2    Summary category level - Dessert Mixes
    1.2.1  Market Value
    1.2.2  Market Value Forecast
    1.2.3  Market Volume
    1.2.4  Market Volume Forecast
    1.2.5  Market Segmentation
    1.2.6  Market Share
1.3    Summary category level - Dried Pasta/Noodles
    1.3.1  Market Value
    1.3.2  Market Value Forecast
    1.3.3  Market Volume
    1.3.4  Market Volume Forecast
    1.3.5  Market Share
1.4    Summary category level - Dried Ready Meals
    1.4.1  Market Value
    1.4.2  Market Value Forecast
    1.4.3  Market Volume
    1.4.4  Market Volume Forecast
    1.4.5  Market Share
1.5    Summary category level - Rice
    1.5.1  Market Value
    1.5.2  Market Value Forecast
    1.5.3  Market Volume
    1.5.4  Market Volume Forecast
    1.5.5  Market Share

Chapter 2    Introduction

What is this report about?
How to use this report
Market Definition
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables

Chapter 3    Market Overview

3.1    Value Analysis, 2001-2006
3.2    Value Analysis, 2006-2011
3.3    Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006
3.4    Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011
3.5    Volume Analysis, 2001-2006
3.6    Volume Analysis, 2006-2011
3.7    Company & Brand Share Analysis
3.8    Distribution Analysis
3.9    Expenditure & Consumption Per Capita

Chapter 4    Leading Company Profiles

4.1    Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd.
4.2    Nestle S.A.

Chapter 5    Category Analysis - Dried Pasta/Noodles

5.1    Value Analysis, 2001-2006
5.2    Value Analysis, 2006-2011
5.3    Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006
5.4    Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011
5.5    Volume Analysis, 2001-2006
5.6    Volume Analysis, 2006-2011
5.7    Company & Brand Share Analysis
5.8    Distribution Analysis
5.9    Expenditure & Consumption Per Capita

Chapter 6    Category Analysis - Dried Ready Meals

6.1    Value Analysis, 2001-2006
6.2    Value Analysis, 2006-2011
6.3    Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006
6.4    Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011
6.5    Volume Analysis, 2001-2006
6.6    Volume Analysis, 2006-2011
6.7    Company & Brand Share Analysis
6.8    Distribution Analysis
6.9    Expenditure & Consumption Per Capita

Chapter 7    Category Analysis - Dessert Mixes

7.1    Value Analysis, 2001-2006
7.2    Value Analysis, 2006-2011
7.3    Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006
7.4    Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011
7.5    Volume Analysis, 2001-2006
7.6    Volume Analysis, 2006-2011
7.7    Company & Brand Share Analysis
7.8    Distribution Analysis
7.9    Expenditure & Consumption Per Capita

Chapter 8    Category Analysis - Rice

8.1    Value Analysis, 2001-2006
8.2    Value Analysis, 2006-2011
8.3    Value Analysis, US$ 2001-2006
8.4    Value Analysis, US$ 2006-2011
8.5    Volume Analysis, 2001-2006
8.6    Volume Analysis, 2006-2011
8.7    Company & Brand Share Analysis
8.8    Distribution Analysis
8.9    Expenditure & Consumption Per Capita

Chapter 9    Country Comparison

9.1    Value
9.2    Volume
9.3    Market Share

Chapter 10    New Product Development

10.1    Product launches over time
10.2    Recent product launches

Chapter 11    Japan Socioeconomic Profile

11.1    Country Overview
11.2    Key Facts
11.3    Political Overview
11.4    Japan Economic Overview

Chapter 12    Japan Macroeconomic Profile

12.1    Macroeconomic Indicators

Chapter 13    Research Methodology

13.1    Methodology overview
13.2    Secondary research
13.3    Market modeling
            Creating an initial data model
            Revising the initial data model
            Creating a final estimate
            Creating demographic value splits
13.4    Primary research
13.5    Data finalization
13.6    Ongoing research

Chapter 14    Appendix

14.1    Future readings
14.2    How to contact experts in your industry

List of Tables

Table 1: Dried Food category definitions
Table 2: Dried Food distribution channels
Table 3: Japan Dried food value, 2001-2006 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 4: Japan Dried food value forecast, 2006-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 5: Japan Dried food value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 6: Japan Dried food value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 7: Japan Dried food volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m)
Table 8: Japan Dried food volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m)
Table 9: Japan Dried food brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 10: Japan Dried food value, by brand 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 11: Japan Dried food company share by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 12: Japan Dried food value, by company, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 13: Japan Dried food distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 14: Japan Dried food value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 15: Japan Dried food expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 16: Japan Dried food forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 17: Japan Dried food expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 18: Japan Dried food forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 19: Japan Dried food consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg)
Table 20: Japan Dried food forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg)
Table 21: Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. Key Facts
Table 22: Nestle S.A. Key Facts
Table 23: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value, 2001-2006 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 24: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value forecast, 2006-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 25: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 26: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 27: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m)
Table 28: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m)
Table 29: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 30: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value, by brand 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 31: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles company share by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 32: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value, by company, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 33: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 34: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 35: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 36: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 37: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 38: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 39: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg)
Table 40: Japan Dried Pasta/Noodles forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg)
Table 41: Japan Dried Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 42: Japan Dried Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 43: Japan Dried Ready Meals value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 44: Japan Dried Ready Meals value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 45: Japan Dried Ready Meals volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m)
Table 46: Japan Dried Ready Meals volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m)
Table 47: Japan Dried Ready Meals brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 48: Japan Dried Ready Meals value, by brand 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 49: Japan Dried Ready Meals company share by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 50: Japan Dried Ready Meals value, by company, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 51: Japan Dried Ready Meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 52: Japan Dried Ready Meals value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 53: Japan Dried Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 54: Japan Dried Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 55: Japan Dried Ready Meals expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 56: Japan Dried Ready Meals forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 57: Japan Dried Ready Meals consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg)
Table 58: Japan Dried Ready Meals forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg)
Table 59: Japan Dessert Mixes value, 2001-2006 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 60: Japan Dessert Mixes value forecast, 2006-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 61: Japan Dessert Mixes value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 62: Japan Dessert Mixes value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 63: Japan Dessert Mixes volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m)
Table 64: Japan Dessert Mixes volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m)
Table 65: Japan Dessert Mixes brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 66: Japan Dessert Mixes value, by brand 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 67: Japan Dessert Mixes company share by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 68: Japan Dessert Mixes value, by company, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 69: Japan Dessert Mixes distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 70: Japan Dessert Mixes value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 71: Japan Dessert Mixes expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 72: Japan Dessert Mixes forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 73: Japan Dessert Mixes expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 74: Japan Dessert Mixes forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 75: Japan Dessert Mixes consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg)
Table 76: Japan Dessert Mixes forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg)
Table 77: Japan Rice value, 2001-2006 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 78: Japan Rice value forecast, 2006-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Table 79: Japan Rice value, 2001-2006 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 80: Japan Rice value forecast, 2006-2011 (US$ m nominal prices)
Table 81: Japan Rice volume, 2001-2006 (Kg m)
Table 82: Japan Rice volume forecast, 2006-2011 (Kg m)
Table 83: Japan Rice brand share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 84: Japan Rice value, by brand 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 85: Japan Rice company share by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 86: Japan Rice value, by company, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 87: Japan Rice distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Table 88: Japan Rice value, by distribution channel, 2005-2006 (JA£¤ m nominal prices)
Table 89: Japan Rice expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 90: Japan Rice forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (JA£¤, nominal prices)
Table 91: Japan Rice expenditure per capita, 2001-2006 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 92: Japan Rice forecast expenditure per capita, 2006-2011 (US$ nominal prices)
Table 93: Japan Rice consumption per capita, 2001-2006 (Kg)
Table 94: Japan Rice forecast consumption per capita, 2006-2011 (Kg)
Table 95: Global Dried food market value, 2006
Table 96: Global Dried food market split (value terms (US$ m), 2006) Top 5 countries
Table 97: Global Dried food market volume, 2006
Table 98: Global Dried food market split (volume terms, 2006) Top 5 countries
Table 99: Leading players - Top 5 countries
Table 100: Japan Dried Food new product launches (reports) and SKUs, by company (Top 5 companies), 2006
Table 101: Japan Dried Food new product launches (reports), by flavor and fragrances (Top 10 flavors), 2006
Table 102: Japan Dried Food new product launches (reports), by Ingredients (Top 10 Ingredients), 2006
Table 103: Japan Dried Food new product launches (reports), by Package tags or Claims (Top 10 claims), 2006
Table 104: Japan Dried Food new product launches (reports) Recent 5 launches
Table 105: Japan Key Facts
Table 106: Japan population, by age group, 2000-2005 (millions)
Table 107: Japan population forecast, by age group, 2005-2010 (millions)
Table 108: Japan population, by gender, 2000-2005 (millions)
Table 109: Japan population forecast, by gender, 2005-2010 (millions)
Table 110: Japan real GDP, 2000-2005 (JPY bn, 2005 prices)
Table 111: Japan real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (JPY bn, 2005 prices)
Table 112: Japan nominal GDP, 2000-2005 (JPY bn, nominal prices)
Table 113: Japan real GDP, 2000-2005 (US$ bn, 2005 prices)
Table 114: Japan real GDP forecast, 2005-2010 (US$ bn, 2005 prices)
Table 115: Japan consumer price index, 2000-2005 (2000=100)
Table 116: Japan consumer price index, 2005-2010 (2000=100)
Table 117: Japan exchange rate, 2000-2005

List of Figures

Figure 1: Japan Dried food value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 2: Japan Dried food category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011
Figure 3: Japan Dried food volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m)
Figure 4: Japan Dried food category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011
Figure 5: Japan Dried food company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Figure 6: Japan Dried food distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 7: Japan Dried pasta/noodles value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 8: Japan Dried pasta/noodles category growth comparison, by value, 2001-2011
Figure 9: Japan Dried pasta/noodles volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m)
Figure 10: Japan Dried pasta/noodles category growth comparison, by volume, 2001-2011
Figure 11: Japan Dried pasta/noodles company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Figure 12: Japan Dried pasta/noodles distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 13: Japan Dried ready meals value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 14: Japan Dried ready meals volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m)
Figure 15: Japan Dried ready meals company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Figure 16: Japan Dried ready meals distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 17: Japan Desert mixes value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 18: Japan Desert mixes volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m)
Figure 19: Japan Desert mixes company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Figure 20: Japan Desert mixes distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 21: Japan Rice products value & value forecast, 2001-2011 (JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 22: Japan Rice products volume & volume forecast, 2001-2011 (Kg m)
Figure 23: Japan Rice products company share, by value, 2005-2006 (%)
Figure 24: Japan Rice products distribution channels, by value, 2005-2006(JA£¤ m, nominal prices)
Figure 25: Global Dried food market split (value terms, 2006) Top 5 countries
Figure 26: Global Dried food market value, 2001-2006 (Top 5 countries)
Figure 27: Global Dried food market split (volume terms, 2006) Top 5 countries
Figure 28: Global Dried food market volume, 2001-2006 (Top 5 countries)
Figure 29: Map of Japan
Figure 30: Annual data review process