Long-Term Care Meals, Meals for Elderly, and Therapeutic Foods

Processed foods manufacturers, Food delivery/home food delivery service providers

I   Noteworthy Market Trends

1. Long-term care meals, meals for elderly, and therapeutic foods markets are some of the few markets expanding
2. Aging society and increasing number of single households are driving the markets
3. The elderly has come to stay at home as a result of the long-term care policy and integrated community care system.
4. Sarcopenia, frailty, and locomotive syndrome has been drawing attention
5. Ever increasing are insurance benefit payment and number of people certified as long-term care needed and support needed
6. Status of the elderly and online shopping
7. Seniors who have a strong interest in food
8. "Smile Care Meals" suggested and promoted by MAFF 
9. Processin food manufacturers have enhanced their elderly meals business
10. Healthy lunch boxes, therapeutic take-away meals, and take-away meals have expanded the market
11. Convenience stores, CO-OP, and restaurants have fully entered the market
12. Mail Order systems may become the main channel of providing long-term care meals
13. Diversifying high density liquid diet or thick liquid foods into various forms
14. Influx of newly entered market players due to expansion of water replenishing market
15. Attention-attracting preventive foods, increasing items
16. Future outlook of long-term care meals, meals for elderly, and therapeutic foods

II   Market Analysis on Long-Term Care Meals

1. Market Trends

1. Soft meals (Meals for persons having difficulty in chewing)
2. Meals for persons having difficulty in swallowing
3. Thick liquid foods

2. Trends in Market Players

1. Processed foods manufacturers
2. Meal delivery companies
3. Food home delivery service providers

3. Trends in Products

1. Meals for persons having difficulty in swallowing
2. Soft meals (Meals for persons having difficulty in chewing)
3. Thick liquid foods

4. Transition of Market Size (FY2011 - FY2015)）
5. Market Share by Category (FY2015)
6. Problems and Challenges
7. Future Market Perspectives
8. Forecast of Market Size (FY2016 - FY2020)

III   Market Analysis on Meals for Elderly (Cooked or processed foods delivered through home meal services)

1. Market Trends
2. Trends in Market Players

1. Processed foods manufacturers
2. Meal delivery companies
3. Food home delivery service providers

3. Trends in Products
4. Transition of Market Size (FY2011 - FY2015)）
5. Market Share by Category (FY2015)
6. Problems and Challenges
7. Future Market Perspectives
8. Forecast of Market Size (FY2016 - FY2020)

IV   Market Analysis on Therapeutic Foods (Cooked or processed foods served at hospitals, nursing facilities and home meal services)

1. Market Trends

1. Meals for hospitalized patients and for the elderly admitted to a long-term care facility
2. Food home delivery services
3. Processed foods

2. Trends in Market Players

1. Processed foods manufacturers
2. Meal delivery companies
3. Food home delivery service providers

3. Trends in Products

1. Energy-control food
2. Fat-control food
3. Protein-control food

4. Transition of Market Size (FY2011 - FY2015)）
5. Market Share by Category (FY2015)
6. Problems and Challenges
7. Future Market Perspectives
8. Forecast of Market Size (FY2016 - FY2020)

V   Profiles of Leading Companies

• 39 Processed foods manufacturers
• 31 Food delivery/home food delivery service providers