{"id":80768,"date":"2026-08-26T18:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/80768\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:21:12","slug":"kapi%ca%bbolani-cc-japan-culinary-partnership-innovates-healthy-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/80768\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapi\u02bbolani CC\u2013Japan culinary partnership innovates healthy snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading time: 2 minutes\"\"Students from Kapi\u02bbolani CC culinary program and Fukuoka Prefecture.<\/p>\n

Kapi\u02bbolani Community College culinary students and their peers from Japan\u2019s Fukuoka Prefecture took their latest creations out of the kitchen and directly to Hawai\u02bbi consumers as part of an international food innovation project.<\/p>\n

The student teams presented three prototypes at the KCC Farmers Market in August. Each combines ingredients from Fukuoka and Hawai\u02bbi to create healthy products that reflect the flavors and agricultural resources of both places. Marketgoers sampled the creations and shared their reactions, giving students firsthand insight into consumer preferences.<\/p>\n

\"\"Matcha Hawaiian Honey Granola Bar by the students of Kapi\u02bbolani CC<\/p>\n

The three products were:<\/p>\n

Furikake Granola Bites
\nMatcha Hawaiian Honey Granola Bar
\nAmanatsu Aloha Confiture, a jam made with Japanese yellow citrus<\/p>\n

\u201cThis experience has changed the way I think about developing food for people from different backgrounds, especially by considering what flavors and ingredients are meaningful to them,\u201d said Kapi\u02bbolani CC culinary student Kaydence Langness. \u201cWe hope to introduce our product to a wider audience, from international tourists to local people. Their feedback will help us better develop a product.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking concepts to market<\/p>\n

The Hawai\u02bbi portion builds on work that began earlier this summer in Fukuoka, where Kapi\u02bbolani CC students collaborated<\/a> with Japanese students to develop food concepts. The Fukuoka students traveled to Hawai\u02bbi in August, refining recipes before sharing them with the public.<\/p>\n

\"\"Preparation of the amanatsu confiture, a jam made with Japanese yellow citrus.<\/p>\n

At the farmers market, the teams gathered responses to flavor, aroma, texture and overall appeal and considered how the results could guide the next stage of development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a challenging experience for our students, and they really stepped up,\u201d said Kapi\u02bbolani CC culinary associate professor Lauren Tamamoto. \u201cWe want students to see that culinary careers go beyond the kitchen. Through experiences like this, they gain hands-on skills in product development, marketing and consumer research that prepare them for the many opportunities in today\u2019s changing food industry.\u201c<\/p>\n

The collaboration is part of a three-year food innovation partnership between Kapi\u02bbolani CC and the Fukuoka Prefectural Government.<\/p>\n

\u2014By Lisa Yamamoto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading time: 2 minutesStudents from Kapi\u02bbolani CC culinary program and Fukuoka Prefecture. Kapi\u02bbolani Community College culinary students and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51642,51645,13107,51654,32082,51652,51653,51040,11564,51655,30754,51643,2165,10040,51638,10039,10038,51641,5244,51639,41905,41932,8,51646,41929,51648,41928,51647,41930,51640,51651,51656,51649,814,51644,41931,30825,51650,10037,41934,41966,41935,41933],"class_list":["post-80768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-agricultural-resources","tag-amanatsu-aloha-confiture","tag-august","tag-consumer-research","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-associate-professor","tag-culinary-careers","tag-flavors","tag-food-industry","tag-fukuoka-prefectural-government","tag-fukuoka-prefecture","tag-furikake-granola-bites","tag-hawaii","tag-hawaii-college","tag-hawaii-consumers","tag-hawaii-higher-education","tag-hawaii-university","tag-healthy-products","tag-international-exchange","tag-international-food-innovation-project","tag-international-tourists","tag-island-college","tag-japan","tag-japanese-yellow-citrus","tag-kapiolani-cc","tag-kapiolani-cc-culinary-student","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kaydence-langness","tag-kcc","tag-kcc-farmers-market","tag-lauren-tamamoto","tag-lisa-yamamoto","tag-local-people","tag-marketing","tag-matcha-hawaiian-honey-granola-bar","tag-oahu-college","tag-product-development","tag-randy-paulino","tag-uh","tag-uh-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uhcc","tag-university-of-hawaii-community-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}