House Foods facts for kids
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House Foods head office
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Native name
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ハウス食品グループ本社株式会社
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| Traded as | TYO: 2810 |
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | November 11, 1913 as Urakami Shoten |
| Founder | Seisuke Urakami |
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Higashiōsaka, Osaka, 577-8520
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Japan
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Hiroshi Urakami (President) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 293.7 billion (FY 2020) (US$ 2.8 billion) (FY 2020) |
| JPY 11.5 billion (FY 2020) (US$ 108 million) (FY 2020) |
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Number of employees
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6,122 (consolidated, March 31, 2020) |
House Foods Corporation (ハウス食品株式会社, Hausu Shokuhin Kabushiki-gaisha) is one of Japan's biggest food companies. It started in 1913 in Osaka, Japan, as Urakami Shoten. The company began selling curry in 1926.
House Foods is the world's largest maker of Japanese curry. They are famous for their curry brands, like Vermont Curry and Java Curry. They also make many different spices. These include wasabi, shichimi, yuzukoshō, and black pepper.
The company also creates mixes for various Japanese-Western dishes, called yōshoku. These include cream stew, beef stew, chowder, and Hayashi rice. They also make mixes for mabo tofu and sundōbu-chige. You can find their mixes for Bolognese sauce, oden broth, and fried rice.
House Foods makes popular snacks like Tongari Corn and potato chips. For dessert, they offer Fruiche, pudding, sherbet, and jelly. They also produce drinks such as oolong tea, mugicha, and lassi.
Fun Facts About House Foods
House Foods owns Ichibanya, a Japanese curry restaurant chain. Ichibanya has over 1,400 restaurants around the world. House Foods also runs the Hungry Bear Restaurant at Tokyo Disneyland. They operate the Casbah Food Court at Tokyo DisneySea too.
The company is also involved in food technology. They developed a special onion called Smile Ball (or Goldies in the US). This onion won't make you cry when you cut it! Scientists at House Foods removed the part of the onion that causes tears. This invention even won an Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013.
House Foods often works with famous entertainers. They have collaborated with groups like Arashi, Hey! Say! JUMP, and AKB48. Individual stars like Takuya Kimura and Masahiro Nakai from SMAP have also worked with them. They are also known for sponsoring TV shows, like the World Masterpiece Theater on Fuji TV.
Since 2013, House Foods has been part of a larger group. This group is called House Foods Group Inc. (ハウス食品グループ本社株式会社, Hausu Shokuhin Gurupu Honsha Kabushiki-gaisha).
House Foods Around the World
House Foods has a big presence in other countries. Its company in America, House Foods America Corporation, is the largest supplier of tofu products in the United States.
House Foods America Corp. has tofu factories in California and New Jersey. Together, these factories can make 350,000 pieces of tofu every day.
In 2016, House Foods bought Ichibanya. This company runs Japan's largest curry restaurant chain, Curry House CoCo ICHIBANYA. It has more than 1,400 locations. You can find them in the United States, Thailand, China, the UK, and many other countries. Ichibanya also runs a spaghetti chain called Pasta de Coco.
House Foods also makes high-quality spices through its companies Gaban and Asaoka Spice. They produce vitamin drinks like C1000 and health products through House Wellness Foods. Other products include cellophane noodles from Malony and meat substitute foods from El Burrito Mexican Food Products Corporation. They also make ready-to-eat meals for convenience stores in Japan through Delica Chef.
See also
In Spanish: House Foods para niños
