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Angel Building in Yichang

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 13, 2025 - Office Building of Angel Yeast Group, the largest yeast enterprise in Asia and the second largest in the world, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on July 13, 2025

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Angel Building in Yichang

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 13, 2025 - Office Building of Angel Yeast Group, the largest yeast enterprise in Asia and the second largest in the world, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on July 13, 2025

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Angel Building in Yichang

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 13, 2025 - Office Building of Angel Yeast Group, the largest yeast enterprise in Asia and the second largest in the world, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on July 13, 2025

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Angel Building in Yichang

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 13, 2025 - Office Building of Angel Yeast Group, the largest yeast enterprise in Asia and the second largest in the world, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on July 13, 2025

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Angel Building in Yichang

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 13, 2025 - Office Building of Angel Yeast Group, the largest yeast enterprise in Asia and the second largest in the world, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on July 13, 2025

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Angel Building in Yichang

YICHANG, CHINA - JULY 13, 2025 - Office Building of Angel Yeast Group, the largest yeast enterprise in Asia and the second largest in the world, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on July 13, 2025

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Japan health minister speaks over supplements scandal

Japanese health minister Keizo Takemi speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024, over a health hazard scandal linked to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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Japan health minister speaks over supplements scandal

Japanese health minister Keizo Takemi speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024, over a health hazard scandal linked to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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Japan health minister speaks over supplements scandal

Japanese health minister Keizo Takemi speaks to reporters at the ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024, over a health hazard scandal linked to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary supplements

File photo taken in Osaka on April 7, 2024, shows pills of "beni-koji" red yeast rice dietary supplements manufactured by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Five deaths and about 250 hospitalizations have been reported to be possibly linked to the consumption of the product.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Osaka

Photo taken March 27, 2024, shows a factory belonging to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. in the western Japan city of Osaka. Five deaths and about 250 hospitalizations have been reported to be possibly linked to the consumption of the company's "beni-koji" red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary supplements

File photo taken in Osaka on April 7, 2024, shows bags of "beni-koji" red yeast rice dietary supplements manufactured by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Five deaths and about 250 hospitalizations have been reported to be possibly linked to the consumption of the product.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

OSAKA, Japan, March 29 Kyodo -Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (C) attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.(Kyodo)

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Japan's Kobayashi Pharma factory inspected amid supplement health scare

STORY: Japan's Kobayashi Pharma factory inspected amid supplement health scare SHOOTING TIME: March 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's headquarters in the city of Osaka 2. various of the recalled three products containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's beni-koji 3. various of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's products in Japan's drugstores STORYLINE: Japan's health ministry and local authorities on Saturday inspected the Osaka factory of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical following reports of deaths and hospitalizations possibly linked to its dietary supplements containing red yeast rice, known as "beni-koji." The factory in western Japan, which was making the ingredients of the product named Beni-koji Choleste Help, a type of granules advertised with the effect of lowering LDL cholesterol levels, shut down in December. However, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Osaka city government decided to carry out

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Authorities search Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's Osaka factory

Japanese health ministry officials search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. factory in Osaka, western Japan, on March 30, 2024, following reports of deaths and hospitalizations possibly linked to its red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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Authorities search Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's Osaka factory

Japanese health ministry officials search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. factory in Osaka, western Japan, on March 30, 2024, following reports of deaths and hospitalizations possibly linked to its red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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Authorities search Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's Osaka factory

Japanese health ministry officials search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. factory in Osaka, western Japan, on March 30, 2024, following reports of deaths and hospitalizations possibly linked to its red yeast rice dietary supplements.

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JAPAN-OSAKA-HEALTH-KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL-DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS-DEATH TOLL

(240329) -- OSAKA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L) speaks at a press conference in the city of Osaka, Japan, March 29, 2024. Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on Friday confirmed a fifth death related to its dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, produced by the company. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-OSAKA-HEALTH-KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL-DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS-DEATH TOLL

(240329) -- OSAKA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Akihiro Kobayashi speaks at a press conference in the city of Osaka, Japan, March 29, 2024. Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on Friday confirmed a fifth death related to its dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, produced by the company. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-OSAKA-HEALTH-KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL-DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS-DEATH TOLL

(240329) -- OSAKA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The headquarters of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is seen in the city of Osaka, Japan, March 29, 2024. Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on Friday confirmed a fifth death related to its dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, produced by the company. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-OSAKA-HEALTH-KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL-DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS-DEATH TOLL

(240329) -- OSAKA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Akihiro Kobayashi attends a press conference in the city of Osaka, Japan, March 29, 2024. Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on Friday confirmed a fifth death related to its dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, produced by the company. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-OSAKA-HEALTH-KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL-DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS-DEATH TOLL

(240329) -- OSAKA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L) and others bow at a press conference in the city of Osaka, Japan, March 29, 2024. Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical on Friday confirmed a fifth death related to its dietary supplements with red yeast rice, or beni-koji, produced by the company. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (C) attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi speaks at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (R) apologizes at a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical dietary pills scandal

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. President Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd from L) attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 29, 2024. The company said the same day it has confirmed a fifth death linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements and that it has yet to determine the substance that may be responsible for the deaths.

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Kobayashi Pharma shareholders' meeting in Osaka

A Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. shareholder (R) speaks to reporters ahead of the company's annual shareholders' meeting in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 28, 2024. The company said it has confirmed two more deaths linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements which had already been implicated in two other deaths from kidney-related conditions and over 100 hospitalizations.

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Kobayashi Pharma shareholders' meeting in Osaka

A person heads to the venue of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.'s annual shareholders' meeting in the western Japan city of Osaka on March 28, 2024. The company said it has confirmed two more deaths linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements which had already been implicated in two other deaths from kidney-related conditions and over 100 hospitalizations.

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2 die, 100 hospitalized after consuming Japan drugmaker's supplements

OSAKA,Japan, March 27 Kyodo - Two people are believed to have died and over 100 hospitalized after consuming red yeast rice dietary supplements from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., the Japanese drugmaker and the health ministry said Tuesday, amid swelling safety concerns over the products.(Kyodo)

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Kyivska Perepichka cult street food place

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 10, 2024 - People line up in front of Kyivska Perepichka fast food booth on Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Open since 1981, it serves iconic deep fried sausages in yeast dough that have become the hallmark of Kyiv, popular among locals and tourists alike.

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Kyivska Perepichka cult street food place

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 10, 2024 - People eat outside of Kyivska Perepichka fast food booth on Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Open since 1981, it serves iconic deep fried sausages in yeast dough that have become the hallmark of Kyiv, popular among locals and tourists alike.

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Kyivska Perepichka cult street food place

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 10, 2024 - People line up in front of Kyivska Perepichka fast food booth on Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Open since 1981, it serves iconic deep fried sausages in yeast dough that have become the hallmark of Kyiv, popular among locals and tourists alike.

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Kyivska Perepichka cult street food place

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 10, 2024 - People line up in front of Kyivska Perepichka fast food booth on Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. Open since 1981, it serves iconic deep fried sausages in yeast dough that have become the hallmark of Kyiv, popular among locals and tourists alike.

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(HenanPixels)CHINA-HENAN-BAOFENG COUNTY-TRADITIONAL BAIJIU PRODUCTION (CN)

(231225) -- BAOFENG, Dec. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker transports distiller's yeast at a workshop of Baofeng Baijiu Co., LTD in Baofeng County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 21, 2023. Baofeng County has a time-honored brewing industry of Baijiu (Chinese liquor), and is one of the birthplaces of traditional Chinese distilled liquor. Because of the suitable temperature, autumn and winter are the busiest time for local liquor production in a year. Liquor produced in Baofeng adopts the brewing techniques that have been passed on for nearly one thousand years, with more than 100 production processes. In 2008, the traditional brewing skills of distilled liquor of Baofeng County were listed in the national intangible cultural heritage representative items. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)

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(HenanPixels)CHINA-HENAN-BAOFENG COUNTY-TRADITIONAL BAIJIU PRODUCTION (CN)

(231225) -- BAOFENG, Dec. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks the condition of distiller's yeast at a workshop of Baofeng Baijiu Co., LTD in Baofeng County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 21, 2023. Baofeng County has a time-honored brewing industry of Baijiu (Chinese liquor), and is one of the birthplaces of traditional Chinese distilled liquor. Because of the suitable temperature, autumn and winter are the busiest time for local liquor production in a year. Liquor produced in Baofeng adopts the brewing techniques that have been passed on for nearly one thousand years, with more than 100 production processes. In 2008, the traditional brewing skills of distilled liquor of Baofeng County were listed in the national intangible cultural heritage representative items. (Xinhua/Li An)

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China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt

STORY: China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: BENI SUEF, Egypt CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the yeast production expansion project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALED RAGEB, Chairman of New Beni Suef City Development Authority, Beni Suef Province 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SUN YUXIANG, General manager of Angel Yeast Egypt 4. various of Angel Yeast's production workshop STORYLINE: Angel Yeast Egypt, a subsidiary of a leading Chinese company in the yeast industry, started on Wednesday to build a new production line in a factory located in the industrial zone in Beni Suef city in Middle Egypt. Upon completion of the new line, which can produce 20,000 tons of yeast products per year, the annual production capacity in the Egyptian factory will hit 60,000 tons. The expansion line is expected to be completed and put into operation in May 2024. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KHALED RAGEB, Chairman of New Beni

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EGYPT-BENI SUEF-CHINESE YEAST COMPANY-NEW PRODUCTION LINE

(221222) -- CAIRO, Dec. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2022 shows a view of a factory of Angel Yeast Egypt, a subsidiary of a leading Chinese company in the yeast industry, in the industrial zone in Beni Suef city in Middle Egypt. TO GO WITH "China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt" (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-BENI SUEF-CHINESE YEAST COMPANY-NEW PRODUCTION LINE

(221222) -- CAIRO, Dec. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2022 shows the opening ceremony of the yeast production extension project of Angel Yeast Egypt, a subsidiary of a leading Chinese company in the yeast industry, in a factory located in the industrial zone in Beni Suef city in Middle Egypt. TO GO WITH "China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt" (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-BENI SUEF-CHINESE YEAST COMPANY-NEW PRODUCTION LINE

(221222) -- CAIRO, Dec. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An employee works at a factory of Angel Yeast Egypt, a subsidiary of a leading Chinese company in the yeast industry, in the industrial zone in Beni Suef city in Middle Egypt, Dec. 21, 2022. TO GO WITH "China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt" (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

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EGYPT-BENI SUEF-CHINESE YEAST COMPANY-NEW PRODUCTION LINE

(221222) -- CAIRO, Dec. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An employee works at a factory of Angel Yeast Egypt, a subsidiary of a leading Chinese company in the yeast industry, in the industrial zone in Beni Suef city in Middle Egypt, Dec. 21, 2022. TO GO WITH "China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt" (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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EGYPT-BENI SUEF-CHINESE YEAST COMPANY-NEW PRODUCTION LINE

(221222) -- CAIRO, Dec. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 21, 2022 shows a factory of Angel Yeast Egypt, a subsidiary of a leading Chinese company in the yeast industry, in the industrial zone in Beni Suef city in Middle Egypt. TO GO WITH "China's yeast company expands production up to 60,000 tons in Egypt" (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)

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Yamanashi Pref.'s 'miracle wine' goes on sale

KOFU, Japan - Bottles of "Akaike Maboroshi Yeast 2013," dubbed the "miracle wine" made with yeast in the waters of Lake Akaike near Lake Shoji, one of the Fuji Five Lakes at the base of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, are shown at Shirayuri Winery in Koshu in the prefecture. They were put on sale on Sept. 9, 2014. Lake Akaike makes an appearance only once in several years after heavy rain.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto, western Japan, watch the sake fermentation process as "koji" malted rice and yeast are mixed on Feb. 28, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Malt, yeast from space station used for 'shochu' spirit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A line of bottled ''shochu'' distilled spirit made using rice malt and yeast kept on the International Space Station is displayed at Kagoshima University in Kagoshima, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2012. The university and an association of distillers in Kagoshima Prefecture said they have jointly developed the shochu named Uchu Dayori.

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German brewer enjoys nightlife in China's Foshan

STORY: German brewer enjoys nightlife in China's Foshan DATELINE: Nov. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: FOSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Benny and Foshan related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BENNY, German brewer living in China STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): BENNY, German brewer living in China "My name is Benny. I'm from Germany. (I've lived in) China now 10 years. Lived in quite a lot of cities. And now exactly one year I'm in Foshan. We have everything we need in Foshan. And it's a really nice city. For making beer, we basically need four ingredients, water, malts, hops, yeast. So this is the first step of making beer. It all starts here. The hops. We still have inside it. We will gather all in the middle. And then you have the hot works. And then we send it over here to the storage and fermentation room. Here, this is all our tanks where we have beer inside, where we can store it. The smaller ones here are 1,000 litters (each). The bigger one here is about 2,000 litters. L

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U.S. Gulf Coast region celebrates carnival season

STORY: U.S. Gulf Coast region celebrates carnival season DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cake store 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLE MILIAN, Store owner 3. various of the King cake STORYLINE: The carnival season in Louisiana and parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast region from Jan. 6 is filled with celebrations with food, drinks, parades, and parties. Nicole Milian, a native New Orleans, and her husband moved to Houston in 2018. They opened the storefront of Crescent City Connection in Webster in 2021. The traditional King cake is their main product. The traditional king cake should be a yeast dough and braided into an oval shape, she said. It will be decorated with icing and sugar in purple, green and yellow---the Mardi Gras colors. SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLE MILIAN, Store owner "In New Orleans, we place one baby (doll) and whoever gets the baby is the king of the day. It's kind of just something fun that kids like." Xinhua News Age

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Master brewer uses Italian rice in bid to produce new sake

Chief sake brewer Yoshinao Shintani mixes yeast with steamed Italian rice at his sake storehouse in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on March 5, 2015, in an attempt to produce rice wine from the grain produced in Biella, northern Italy. Volunteers there plan to produce rice wine as a way to revitalize the town. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Sake" rice wine brewed with LED-radiated yeast

Naoki Okahisa of the Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center in western Japan poses for photos on Sept. 29, 2015, with bottles of "sake" rice wine brewed with a new type of yeast exposed to ultraviolet rays from light-emitting diodes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LED-radiated "sake" rice wine yeast developed

Undated photo shows an ultraviolet light-emitting diode irradiator, developed by the Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center in western Japan, which has been used to grow a new type of yeast for brewing "sake" rice wine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamanashi Pref.'s 'miracle wine' goes on sale

KOFU, Japan - Bottles of "Akaike Maboroshi Yeast 2013," dubbed the "miracle wine" made with yeast in the waters of Lake Akaike near Lake Shoji, one of the Fuji Five Lakes at the base of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, are shown at Shirayuri Winery in Koshu in the prefecture. They were put on sale on Sept. 9, 2014. Lake Akaike makes an appearance only once in several years after heavy rain. (Kyodo)