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We're nominated for NEXTY Awards 2023 - Best New Sweet Snack!
We are so honored that our Issei Mochi Gummies was just selected as a NEXTY Award Finalist for BEST NEW SNACK 2023! The NEXTY Awards are called the 'Oscars of the food and beverage industry', and a...
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Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas
Here at Issei, we will be celebrating our very first holiday season as a young startup and a new brand, and we are full of gratitude to you and for you as we approach these days of Christmas and N...
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We Got Featured in a Magazine!
Founder Mika Shino gets featured in Washington Life Magazine and discusses the inspiration behind starting Issei Mochi Gummies and her vision for this company.
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It has been an exhilarating few weeks since we launched exclusively at Whole Foods Market. We sold out in many locations with people loving the gummies, received positive feedback, gained s...
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This is a photo that my dear Godsister sent to me from the Whole Foods Market stores in Santa Monica, California, when she went looking to buy them the week of our launch. She walked around the s...
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That is me in the photo, hunched over, both wrists aching with tendinitis, almost in tears from the sheer pain of repetitive cutting for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, for what seemed like endless...
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Japan, Mochis and Issei Mochi Gummies
Thank you for visiting the Issei Mochi Gummies Blog and Website. I am thrilled to connect with you! After a very long road of research and development, we are finally out in the world, sharing our ...
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Our Issei Mochi Gummies Launch Is Here!
After months of recipe testing, cooking, cutting, mixing, and preparing, Issei Mochi Gummies are finally on the shelves of Whole Foods Market with an exclusive launch in 192 stores in selected regi...
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