History of
Oral Care Foods
Continual Commercialization of New Materials Created by Nutritional Research Laboratory
In 2001, Glico established a new business division around the pillars of the health food business and new materials business. The developments of each laboratory are utilized throughout the group to commercialize products mainly in the health field, while promoting sales to overseas and other external users as raw materials for foods, cosmetics, reagents, and other products.
2003
POsCAM
Due to the fact that oral health is the basis of overall health, we developed Phosphoryl Oligosaccharides of Calcium (POs-Ca) to enhance the remineralization of the early stages of cavities. Based on this, the dental gum “POsCAM” was commercialized and was first launched through dental channels in 2002, and a year later in 2003 was approved for labeling as a Food for Specified Health Uses and released for general sale.
2005
BREO
This is a tablet-type candy that removes tongue grime, which is one of the causes of bad breath. The development of this product began with an inquiry about whether there was a way to remove grime from the tongue to prevent aspiration pneumonia in the elderly. This led to the prevention of bad breath through the removal of tongue grime, and the use of pineapple-derived proteolytic enzymes led to the collection and improvement of in-house test data, which led to the launch of the product.
2008
POs-Ca
POsCAM is re-launched with new flat-style packaging and a new name, POs-Ca.
2008
Glico exhibited the product at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit under the new name POs-Ca
Since the active ingredient of POs-Ca is made from Hokkaido potato starch, Glico offered about 50,000 samples at the International Media Center.
2008
POs-Ca TV Commercial Demonstrating Recrystallization
A darker purple color is evidence that calcium has increased in the fluid.
2011
Japan Society of School Health Recommends POs-Ca
With the approval of the recommendation, POs-Ca was included in the list of school health supplies and books in the bulletin distributed to elementary, junior high, and high schools nationwide, and permission was also received for on-site classes and other activities for educational purposes.
2011
Dental Gum POs-Ca F
This product was born from the feedback and collaboration of many people involved in preventive dentistry. With each chew, calcium and fluoride ions spread throughout your mouth.
2023
Current POs-Ca and BREO Product Range
“POs-Ca,” “POs-Ca F for Dental Use,” “BREO SUPER,” and “BREO-EX”