#dextrin

iokevinsiokevins
2023-11-21

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This appears to represent a tea-based drink advertising its ingredient of indigestible dextrin, which is "created with the aim of supplementing dietary fiber, which tends to be deficient in many diets."

What does the Ẇ (Capital Letter W with Dot Above) represent? 🤔 It seems repeated at the top without the dot above it. May represent a Suntory-specific branding, perhaps? Or regulatory?

Full 500 mL plastic bottle of Japanese Suntory Lemon Cha Toshitsu Taisaku (green tea), on a gray diatomaceous-earth coaster on an off-white desk mat on a maple desk. 

The bottle has light-green cap and clear plastic covered by a mostly green label. The label background from top-to-bottom: Red (10%); gold (10%); white (5%), then light-green transitioning to dark green and then to light-green again (75%).

Japanese text and translation in English follows, from top-to-bottom.

White on red background: Wのはたらき ("How W works").

Black on gold background: 脂肪 糖質 ("Fat", "Carbohydrate")

Red 機能性表示食品 / 届出番号 E38 ("Foods with functional claims / Notification number E38") on outside border of white double circle, with Ẇ (Capital Letter W with Dot Above) at center.

Black on white, repeated under "fat" and "carbohydrate": の吸収を抑える ("suppresses the absorption of")

Black on large gold circle: 茶 ("tea").

Gold on dark-green: 機能性表示食品 ("Foods with functional claims").

White on red: 京都 ("Kyoto") followed by white on dark-green background: 福寿園 "Fukujuen".

White on dark-green: 伊右衛門 ("Lemon").

White line divider with gold outline of 3 overlapping, vertical tea leaves at center.

White on medium-green: おいしい 糖質対策 ("Delicious sugar countermeasures").

White line divider, then black on light-green: 難消化性デキストリン(食物繊維): "Indigestible dextrin (dietary fiber)".

Footer, in black on light-green: 生活は、主食、主菜、菜を基本に、食事のバランスを。("A balanced lifestyle is based on staple foods, main dishes, and vegetables.")

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