International Functional Foods Consulting

Our company name "IFFC" stands for "International Functional Foods Consulting".

IFFC is a consulting firm specializing in nutrition and beauty industries for Japan and other asian countiries.

When you think about entering other countries markets, the regulation is always a barrier since every country has a different regulation for supplement and cosmetic.

Not only the regulation. Every country has a different name for supplement or health food. 

For example, the food with health claim in Japan is called "FOSHU (food for supecified health use)". In Korea, it is called "Health Functional Food", and in China it is called "Health Food". 

The ingredients can be pharmaceuticals in other countries.

If you are looking for solution to enter the Asian nutrition or cosmetic markets, we are the right people to consult with. We cover the following services:

●Japan: FOSHU, Supplement, Cosmetic Product

●China: Health Food (food with health claim), Nutrient Food (vitamins & minerals), Novel Food, Cosmetic Products

●Korea: Health Functional Food (food with heatlh claim), Cosmetic Products

●Taiwan: Health Food (food with health claim), Cosmetic Products  And　Hong Kong &　ASEAN countries

Registration, Regulatory Advice, Business Matching, Market / Consumer Reserch, Test Marketing, etc.

 

<Parts of Our Achievement>

• Chinese health food registration for a major Japanese company
• Chinese cosmetic registration for a major Japanese mail order company
• Chinese novel food registration for a major Japanese food company
• Consulting on entering US supplement market for a major Japanese company
• Finding the Korean distributor and Korean health functional food registration for a major Japanese mail order company
• Consulting on entering Japanese supplement market for a major Korean company
• Market research and finding distributors for a major European health ingredient company (China & Korea)
• Consulting and regulatory advice for a major European supplement company (Japan)
• Business matching with Taiwan distributor for Japanese ingredient supplier

 etc.

 

 

<Our Worldwide Network>

 

 

<About Our President>

 

Nobuo Iwasawa, the president of IFFC, is the founder and the former president of Health Business Magazine, the leading industry newspaper in Japanese dietary supplement /  health food industry. He has been in the industry for more than 25 years and has a large network in / outside of Japan, from

manufacturers to retailers. He is known as one of industry business experts in Japan. He was invited as an expert speaker for  advising how to enter the Japanese market in Natural Products Expo West (Anaheim, USA), the world biggest trade show in this industry, Natural Products Expo Asia (Hong Kong), Intn'l Natural & Health Products (Seoul, Korea), and Healthplex Expo (Beijing, China).

 

<Company Information>

 

 International Functional Foods Consulting    (IFFC) Co., Ltd.

Address: 2F 1-3-10 Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo  104-0041  JAPAN                

TEL: +81-3-3552-6355

Establishment: December 2006

President: Nobuo Iwasawa

Contact: info@iffc.co.jp