Manufacturing process
Factory tour
The materials used are simple and the manufacturing process is partially disclosed, but we take the time to carefully nurture our products in a way that cannot be imitated by others.
①Prepare brown sugar
First, crush the mineral-rich brown sugar to a size that is easy to dissolve.
The original is in the form of a 30 kg block.
Sugar is needed to ferment the lactic acid bacteria and yeast.
When the LATERIA is completed, the sour taste of lactic acid bacteria comes out all over, so you won’t feel it on the palate, but the brown sugar from Hateruma Island in Okinawa, which is full of minerals, is the best ingredient.
②Add water and brown sugar to a 3-ton tank.
The 3t tank is large enough to hold about 30 small women (approx. 160cm x 180cm x 150cm):
First, add the ultra-micro filtered pure water developed by NASA.
The water is 1 million times 1 the size of water, so the texture is smooth.
Then we throw in more and more of the brown sugar that we just crushed.
Then we throw in more and more of the brown sugar that we just crushed. Microbes are delicate!
Adjust the temperature so that brown sugar is easy to dissolve and lactic acid bacteria is easy to active.
Even in extremely cold Hokkaido, where the temperature can reach -20 degrees Celsius, the inside of the factory is warm.
③Add lactic acid bacteria and yeast
This is the life of Lateria. It is a lactic acid bacteria and yeast culture tank.
First, we say “Thank you” before starting to work.
The word “Thank you” is also put on the culture tank.
Like when bringing up a child, good bacteria are grown by giving them “good words.”.
The power of Kotodama (the miraculous power of language) is real.
【Unbelievable story】
It is said that anaerobic bacterium yeast which is not good at oxygen was floating on the water surface of this tank in the past.
However, after “thank you” started to be pasted, the yeast did not float and became clean.
Move from this culture tank to a 3-ton tank containing water and brown sugar.
④Wait 90 days for "fermentation"
Water, brown sugar, lactic acid bacteria and yeast. It is all in now.
This is all the ingredients.It is safe and secure using carefully selected ingredients.
What’s going to happen in the tank over the next 90 days is a fermentation called cohabitation culture of lactic acid bacteria and yeast.
Lactic acid bacteria and yeast bacteria grow on brown sugar rich in minerals as they feed while listening to classical music.
Incidentally, the bubbles on the surface of the water will soon disappear due to the oxygen contained in the brown sugar.
⑤After "fermentation," the product is transferred to "aging" tanks.
After about 90 days of fermentation and passing various tests, they are moved to a maturing tank.
The plant has 20 huge 6-ton tanks, one of the largest numbers in Hokkaido.
The tank is approximately 3.5 meters high, the same height as the second floor.
We can see the tank from the window of the office on the second floor,,,”I have a fear of heights so I freeze up in high places.”
Classical music is also played in this aging chamber until the next process.
⑥Various inspections.
After more than a year in the making, the final step in the lactic acid enzyme LATERIA is,,,
Various tests such as sensory tests that can be checked by human taste and pH tests using machines are waiting.
Not only the factory staff but also the new office workers are “inspectors” at this time because it is done by all employees.
When we hear experienced workers who have been drinking for more than a decade say, “It’s finished well,” we all feel relieved.
⑦Filling into containers
We will not use the machine even if we have to prepare 600 by tomorrow.
Since our establishment, we have been focusing on working while visually checking the condition of the liquid and the condition of the container.
Label sealing and packaging are all done by hand.
The label is made in a secret way so that no matter who does it, it can always be applied in the same way.
⑧Finished!
Stored in a warehouse with classical music until shipped.
The lactic acid bacteria are sleeping quietly and waiting.
They wake up in your stomach.
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