Calbee Kaitsuka Sweet Potato is a company located in Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture, dealing exclusively in sweet potatoes. The company was launched in 1975 as a sweet potato wholesaler, mainly engaged in sales to baked sweet potato vendors. In 1996, the company name was changed to Potato Kaitsuka Ltd.
In order to meet the strict demands of professionals in the sweet potato business, our president himself visits the producers to ensure that only top quality potatoes are delivered to customers.
Today, Calbee Kaitsuka Sweet Potato is supplied with sweet potatoes from about 600 farms in the Rokko region of Ibaraki Prefecture, centering around Hokota city, and sells about 24,000 tonnes of sweet potatoes a year.
On top of supplying baked sweet potato vendors, we recently began the wholesale of processed sweet potatoes to meet the various needs of customers such as deli product manufacturers, confectionary manufacturers, supermarkets and department stores, and this business area has gained a favorable reputation.

Against the backdrop of increasing awareness about health and the environment, Calbee Kaitsuka Sweet Potato has been searching for an agricultural method that uses low pesticides and is not dependent on chemical fertilizers. After much consideration as to what would be the fastest way to achieve this goal, we established our own research farm near the company in 2003.
Most companies are usually dependent on public organizations to conduct such experiments, but Calbee Kaitsuka Sweet Potato has taken on this challenge? what could be said to be an act going against the current trend to slim down operations to ensure that we quickly and surely reflect the needs of our producers and customers. This also shows the true determination and commitment of Calbee Kaitsuka Sweet Potato.