Yamagata Foods

Yamagata Foods Co., Ltd. is a beverage manufacturer based in Nanyo, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. According to its corporate information page, it was founded in 1932 as a Western pear processing plant and today operates on two main pillars: its own brand "SUN&LIV" and OEM (contract manufacturing). Its stated wishes are to support producers and to raise the evaluation of fruit grown in Yamagata Prefecture. Its business includes original brand products, joint development, OEM beverages, OEM gelato, fruit juice, and raw materials such as fruit pulp and canned fruit flesh. Its main products are listed as fruit juice beverages, soft drinks, tea beverages, carbonated beverages, coffee, milk beverages, concentrated juice, straight juice, fruit puree, and gelato.

According to the company's corporate information page, Yamagata Foods was founded in 1932 as a Western pear processing plant. The same page states that the company has faced fruit for over 90 years and is a beverage manufacturer in Nanyo, Yamagata Prefecture, with two main pillars: its own brand "SUN&LIV" and OEM (contract manufacturing). The homepage states that an aseptic PET plant began operation in October 2022, introducing an aseptic filling system that handles everything from PET bottle molding to aseptic liquid filling, and that it contract-manufactures products for multiple major beverage makers.

A manufacturer that makes juice from Yamagata fruit, operating both its own SUN&LIV brand and OEM contract manufacturing for major beverage makers.

• SUN&LIV brand juices and gelato

• OEM beverages (PET bottles, cans, etc.)

• OEM gelato (paper cups and bulk)

• Fruit juice, fruit puree, pulp, canned fruit flesh

1. 1山形食品株式会社（サン＆リブ）｜山形県南陽市の飲料製造会社ym-foods.co.jp
2. 2企業情報｜山形食品株式会社ym-foods.co.jp
3. 3Yamagata Foodswikidata.org