A lot of secrets ... Birth of "new original canned food" from Okayama What is used in about 60% of the ingredients? 【Okayama】

This is a new initiative to reduce food loss. A project to make canned foods using ingredients that are discarded in Okayama Prefecture is underway.

(State of the meeting) "Just put a can of fish on the tofu" "What's in it is rice, potatoes, milk, cheese, and more."

Cooks discussing recipes. These menus, such as gratin and cold tofu, are all made using certain canned foods.

(Representative of the Konohitokan Project, Chihiro Miyoshi) "Konohitokan is a canned food made from ingredients that are still edible but thrown away."

Two types of canned foods named "Konohitokan" were born in Okayama in November 2021.

"Fish" cans are made from about 60% of the ingredients, and "Niku" cans are made from about 25% of the discarded ingredients.

Chihiro Miyoshi, who runs a nail salon in Kurashiki, planned Konohitokan.

In 2020, I planned a Marche to sell bento boxes in order to liven up the restaurant that was in trouble due to the Korona-ka, and at that time, I witnessed a lot of food loss.

(Representative of Konohitokan Project Chihiro Miyoshi) "Knowing the reality that there are bento boxes that are inevitably left unsold, and foodstuffs are left behind due to the influence of corona ..."

Mr. Miyoshi, who wanted to reduce food loss, chose canned waste food as a means of doing so.

He worked with cooks who agreed with him for about a year to complete two types of canning.

(Cook Chef The Magritte Ryugo Sato, who produced Niku cans) "For the first time, I realized that there are so many waste ingredients when I talked to a meat dealer. As a cook, I was impressed by the opportunity to face the food loss problem."

(Okayama Prefecture Food and Beverage Revitalization Group Rokushikikai, which produced fish cans, Masatoshi Shibata, Vice Chairman)

"Waste ingredients are not purchased from a distance. He should spread more and more to support the local ingredients area (project)."

In fact, Konohitokan was created from the beginning not only to reduce food loss but also to solve a certain social problem. In December, Miyoshi visited Mitsu High School in Okayama City with canned food.

At this school, volunteer groups serve free meals once a week for students with various circumstances such as being unable to eat lunch.

Another purpose of Konohitokan is to help children suffering from poverty.

All the canned foods we make are distributed to children's cafeterias and orphanages, and the costs are covered by donations from support companies.

On this day, 36 cans were donated, Niku cans were used for soup, and fish cans were used for chirashizushi.

(Students who drank soup ...) "The taste is more mellow and delicious than I expected." "It's delicious enough to make as many cups as you like." it was delicious"

In 2021, the Konohitokan Project will distribute 600 cans to facilities, and in 2022, 2000 cans will be made and provided for Children's Day and Christmas.

(Representative of the Konohitokan Project, Chihiro Miyoshi) "I think Konohitokan, which involves many people, is the warmest canned food in the world. I want to create a society where children can deliver and eat and hope for the future."