MORI & CO LTD

Company Description

For more than half a century, MORI & CO LTD basic philosophy has been to contribute to prosperous agriculture and healthy lifestyles with our creative technology.


We offer comprehensive enterprise from mushroom spawn to food products.


In 1942, our founder, and a doctor of Agriculture, Kisaku Mori succeeded in artificial cultivation of Shiitake mushroom for the first time in the world by developing a groundbreaking mushroom spawn which became a boon to the people living in the farming villages. In addition, his success of research in various nutrient component and pharmacological effect of mushrooms made a contribution to consumption rise and health enhancement of Japanese people. MORI & COMPANY,LTD, as a pioneer in the biotechnology and as a leader of the industry, inherits the spirit of "Dr. Mori" and valiantly challenges to the pursuit of new possibilities and exploitation for the future.


From research and development to production

We pursue healthy lifestyles with mushrooms from production area to dinning tables.


Since the establishment, MORI & COMPANY,LTD have focused on research and development through world's greatest genetic resource and have been working on the development of new products by setting up not only the basic research department but also the research development department in each project. In mushroom spawn development related sections, we produce various high-grade mushroom spawn like Shiitake mushroom using advanced incubation techniques. It is provided to farming villagers across the country by our sales engineers and sales representatives who have expert knowledges and rich experiences. Moreover, our factories with quality standards mass-produce a number of processed mushroom products sent to the tables nationwide.


Innovative method, "continuous production system for sawdust cultivation of mushrooms"

While we make an effort to maintain and expand traditional wood-log cultivation, MORI & COMPANY,LTD completed mass production system attributed to sawdust substrate cultivation which spread rapidly and plays an essential role in the cultivation of fresh shiitake mushrooms in recent years.


"continuous production system for sawdust cultivation of mushrooms", different from the conventional method where filling of the medium, disinfection and inoculation of fungus are processed separately, is the world's first method to spread hypha to the mushroom bed within a short period of time by operating entire process cycle consecutively. This method enable mushroom beds to increase the yield, cultivate in a short time.
Setting the factory furnished with the system at Numata-Shi in Gunma Prefecture as a basis , MORI & COMPANY,LTD provides mushroom beds to major producer across the country and support managerial backbone of shiitake mushroom business.


We develop products responding to the diversified diet.


Our food business focuses mainly on retort-packed foods which can fall in two major categories; the product form for household or retail use and the ingredient form for professional and processing use. At the former, we introduce various menus for the market introduction, and at the latter we make each little effort to create new items in convenience-store industry.

Mushrooms can make good combinations with a variety of ingredients and can be used in many dishes regardless of Western, Japanese, or Chinese. They are not only safe and good for your health because they are low-calorie and functional, but they are essential ingredients because of their good image in terms of a presence, a premium accent and a sense of the season.


MORI & COMPANY,LTD promotes product development taking advantage of characteristics of the mushrooms.