Fancl Aojiru— Aojiru with lactic acid bacteria, 30 pcs

Fancl Kale Aojiru — One Stick a Day, and Why Vitamin K Is the Headline

Overview

Aojiru literally means 'green juice', and it is one of the few Japanese health habits that has not been reinvented for export. Kale is pressed, the juice is dried at low temperature into a fine powder, and a single-serve stick goes into water, juice or yogurt once a day. Fancl grows the kale in Japan and dries it with a cold air stream rather than heat, which is the reason its powder keeps the colour and the vitamin content it does.

What you are buying is a concentrated green vegetable in a convenient form: dietary fibre, chlorophyll, beta-carotene, vitamin C and E, folic acid and biotin, with psyllium-type plantain fibre added and gardenia used as the colour.

The one thing that has to be said before anything else: kale is one of the richest vitamin K foods there is, and Fancl publishes roughly 121 µg of vitamin K per stick for its kale aojiru. If you take warfarin or any other vitamin-K-sensitive anticoagulant, aojiru is on the list of things to discuss with your doctor before you start — this is a standard warning on Fancl’s own Japanese label.

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Key Benefits

• Kale grown in Japan, pressed and cold-air dried rather than heat dried
• One single-serve stick a day — no measuring, no blender, no washing up
• Dietary fibre from both the kale itself and added plantain fibre
• Beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, folic acid, biotin and B vitamins from a whole vegetable rather than from isolates
• No added dye, salt or preservative; the green comes from the kale and the gardenia colour
• Mixes into water, juice or yogurt without the grassy heaviness of cheaper barley-grass powders

Product Details

Brand	Fancl (ファンケル)
Product	Kale aojiru green drink powder, 30 single-serve sticks
Country of origin	Japan. Kale grown in Japan
Product type	Food supplement — powder for dilution
Regulatory class (Japan)	Ordinary food supplement (食品). Not a quasi-drug, not a Food with Function Claims
Serving	1 stick per day, dissolved in water, juice or yogurt
Pack	30 sticks — 30 days
Processing	Juice pressed then cold-air dried, per Fancl
Vitamin K	Fancl publishes approximately 121 µg per stick for its kale aojiru. This is the number that matters if you take an anticoagulant — see Cautions
Added fibre	Water-soluble dietary fibre and plantain (psyllium-type) fibre
Colour	Gardenia pigment (クチナシ色素), a plant colour
Animal ingredients	None declared. Suitable for a plant-based diet
Lactic acid bacteria	The product name refers to a lactic acid bacterium; the ingredient list we hold does not name a culture. We have asked for a photo of the Japanese carton and will state the strain once confirmed rather than guess
JAN code	Printed on the Japanese box. Not verified against Fancl's published data, so not stated here
Sold by	Tsujimoto Market, Kobe, Japan

Who Is This For?

• Adults who eat few green vegetables on a normal working day and want a simple daily habit rather than a regime
• People who want fibre and a green vegetable in a form that survives a commute and a hotel room
• Anyone on a plant-based diet — no animal-derived ingredient is declared
• NOT for you if you take warfarin or another vitamin-K-sensitive anticoagulant, or if you have been told to restrict vitamin K, unless your doctor agrees
• NOT a substitute for eating vegetables

How to Use

1. Tear open one stick.
2. Stir it into about 100 ml of cold or room-temperature water, juice or yogurt.
3. Stir properly — the added fibre needs a moment to disperse, and it thickens if it sits.
4. Drink it soon after mixing, and follow it with a glass of water: the plantain fibre needs liquid to do its job comfortably.
5. Keep at least two hours between this drink and any prescribed tablet, because soluble fibre slows the absorption of medicines taken with it.

Frequency: Once daily, one stick. The box is 30 sticks, so one box is one month.

Full Ingredients

Ingredients: water-soluble dietary fibre, kale (grown in Japan), starch hydrolysate, plantain (psyllium-type fibre), gardenia pigment. No added dye beyond the gardenia colour, no added salt, no preservative.

Nutrients Fancl names for this powder: vitamin C, vitamin E, B-group vitamins, beta-carotene, folic acid, biotin, chlorophyll and dietary fibre.

Vitamin K, stated properly: kale is among the highest vitamin K foods in the ordinary diet, and Fancl publishes approximately 121 µg per stick for its kale aojiru. For most people that is simply a nutrient. For anyone on warfarin or a similar anticoagulant it is a clinically relevant amount, because vitamin K is exactly what those drugs work against. This is why Fancl's own Japanese label tells people on blood-thinning medication, people under a vitamin K restriction, and people under medical care to consult a doctor first.

One thing we have not confirmed. This product is listed with a lactic acid bacterium in its name, but the ingredient list we hold names no culture. We have asked our supplier for a photo of the Japanese carton and will publish the strain when it is confirmed. We would rather leave a gap here than fill it with a guess.

Cautions

• Warfarin and other vitamin-K-sensitive anticoagulants. Kale is a high vitamin K food and Fancl publishes about 121 µg per stick. Do not start aojiru without your doctor's agreement, and do not start and stop it irregularly if you are on one of these drugs — inconsistency is as much of a problem as the amount.
• If you have been told to restrict vitamin K for any reason, this product is not a good fit.
• The added plantain fibre is a bulk-forming fibre. Take it with plenty of liquid, and do not take it dry or with very little water.
• Soluble fibre slows the absorption of some medicines. Leave at least two hours between this drink and any prescribed tablet.
• Kale is a brassica. If you have a thyroid condition and eat a lot of brassica vegetables already, mention this addition to your doctor.
• Introduce it gradually if you are not used to a fibre supplement — bloating in the first few days is common and usually settles.
• Stop taking it and consult a doctor if you develop stomach upset, rash, unusual tiredness, muscle pain or dark urine.
• If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking any prescribed medication or under medical care, ask your doctor before starting this supplement.
• Do not exceed the stated daily amount. More is not better with any of these ingredients.
• Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Keep out of reach of children.
• This is a food supplement, not a medicine. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and it is not a substitute for prescribed treatment.

Package Contents

One Japanese box containing 30 individually sealed single-serve sticks of kale aojiru powder — one month at one stick a day. Japanese domestic packaging with Japanese-language labelling. No shaker or measure is needed; a glass and a spoon are enough.

Shipping & Store Notes

• Ships directly from Japan
• Processing time: 2–6 business days
• Tracking number provided after dispatch
• Import duties and taxes may apply depending on destination country
• Opened cosmetics cannot be returned for hygiene and safety reasons

Authenticity Guarantee

Every product at Tsujimoto Market is sourced directly from Japan and verified for authenticity. We never sell fakes or grey-market goods. Each order is carefully packed in Kobe, Japan and dispatched with full tracking.

FAQ

I take warfarin. Can I drink aojiru?

Ask your doctor before you start, and be honest that you intend to take it daily. Kale is one of the richest vitamin K foods in an ordinary diet and Fancl publishes around 121 µg per stick, and vitamin K is precisely what warfarin works against. The problem is not that the drink is dangerous; it is that starting, stopping and restarting a high vitamin K intake moves your INR around. If your doctor is happy for you to take it, take it consistently.

Can this replace eating vegetables?

No. A stick of aojiru is a concentrated portion of one vegetable. It has no bulk, it is one plant rather than a variety, and it does not carry the water, the volume or the chewing that make vegetables filling. Treat it as a supplement to a thin vegetable day, not as a replacement for a good one.

What does it actually taste like?

Grassy and slightly bitter, in the way kale is, but much less heavy than the barley-grass powders sold as aojiru elsewhere — Fancl's cold-air drying is the reason. In plain water it is a green vegetable drink and tastes like one. In apple juice or plain yogurt it is genuinely pleasant. If you are not sure, start with juice and work down to water.

Is it halal and is it suitable for vegans?

The declared ingredients are all plant-derived — kale, plantain fibre, starch hydrolysate, water-soluble fibre and gardenia colour — with no alcohol, gelatin or animal component named, so it suits a vegan diet. On halal, we can tell you there is no animal-derived or alcohol-derived ingredient in the published list, but the product carries no halal certification, so if certification itself is what you need, this product does not have it.

Why is the drink thicker if I leave it standing?

Because of the plantain fibre, which is a psyllium-type bulking fibre and absorbs water. That is the same property that makes it useful and the reason to drink the glass soon after stirring and to follow it with water. If it thickens more than you like, use a little more liquid rather than less powder.