Dainippon Sugar Manufacturing

Mitsui DM Sugar Holdings, the corporate successor to Dainippon Sugar Manufacturing, is a leading Japanese producer of sugar and health-related functional ingredients. While its core business is sugar refining, the company maintains a significant presence in the life sciences sector through its development of physiological functional carbohydrates and pharmaceutical excipients. Its flagship product, Palatinose (isomaltulose), is a slow-release carbohydrate used extensively in clinical nutrition and sports medicine to manage blood glucose levels. The company also manufactures high-purity sucrose and other specialized ingredients that serve as critical excipients for the pharmaceutical industry. Through its biotechnology research, Mitsui DM Sugar focuses on the "Slow Calorie" concept to address metabolic health and obesity.