Mitsukan / Tamanoi Vinegar Drinks (Kurozu Black Vinegar)

Mizkan / Tamanoi (Kurozu) · Japan (Fukuyama/Kagoshima)
Beverages Functional Ambient Established export

Japanese drinking vinegars - Mizkan and Tamanoi's kurozu (amber rice black vinegar) and fruit-vinegar concentrates - are exported as functional health beverages diluted with water or soda. Kagoshima-brewed kurozu is prized for amino acids and traditional jar fermentation. The drinks target the wellness market overseas as a digestive/health tonic. They ship shelf-stable as concentrates or RTD bottles.

The supplierTypical: major Japanese vinegar makers; Tamanoi specializes in Kagoshima kurozu black vinegar.
Why it sells abroadTraditional jar-fermented kurozu functional drinking vinegar

Buyer's brief ✓ SOURCES VERIFIED

CertificationsFSSC 22000 / Halal (select) / Organic (select): not independently verified for the kurozu drinking-vinegar SKUs here. Mizkan is the largest bottled-vinegar supplier in the US (confirmed). Kurozu made from 100% Japan-grown brown rice (confirmed). Restate Halal/Organic as unverified for these SKUs.
Pack formatsConcentrate bottles 500ml/900ml; RTD bottles; sachets.
Shelf life12-24 months.
StorageAmbient/cool; refrigerate after opening (RTD).
Minimum orderTypical: case / pallet
Lead timeTypical: 4-6 weeks
CapacityTypical: large vinegar-brewing capacity
Container loadTypical: FCL ambient
PricingTypical: mid-tier per bottle
OEM / private labelPrivate-label CONFIRMED — Mizkan offers the broadest private-label vinegar range in the US (consumer + foodservice). (Applies to Mizkan vinegars; Tamanoi separate.)
Wholesale & MOQTrue
Key exporters & distributorsMizkan Holdings, Tamanoi Vinegar, Asian-grocery importers
Export regulationFood/beverage import compliance; acidity labeling
Market demandGrowing Western interest in drinking-vinegar wellness
How to source itGrocery/health importers and distributors; Mizkan private-label division.
Verified sourceshttps://www.mizkan.com/private-label/private-label-products/vinegars/; https://mizkan.asia/products/consumer/kurozu-rice-vinegar
MakerMizkan Holdings / Tamanoi Vinegar Co., Ltd.
OriginJapan (Fukuyama/Kagoshima)
CategoryBeverages / Functional
Available inWorldwide
HandlingAmbient
Price tierMid
ChannelMass
Export readinessEstablished export
HS code2202
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