Ice Cream Blender BJ: A Simple Approach To Enjoy Fresh Ingredients

Ice Cream Blender BJ

Okanetsu Industry Co., Ltd., an agricultural machinery maker with a 70 year history in Okayama Prefecture, has developed an ice cream blender called BJ.

Designed with the motto of "keeping things simple so you can enjoy ingredients as they are," BJ makes it possible for anyone to easily make layered ice cream desserts with fruits and vegetables.

Creating opportunities for growth

Japanese farmers are now striving to diversify under Japan's "sixth industrialization," a government effort to encourage agricultural producers to branch out into processing, sales and distribution. Okanetsu Industry, which prides itself on reaching out to farmers and responding to their needs, developed BJ with this in mind.

In addition to offering farmers an opportunity for growth, it is being used in Okayama Prefecture and other places around Japan to revitalize local regions. The shops in Okayama, Fukuoka, Osaka, Nagano, Saitama and Kanagawa Prefectures (see list below) which serve BJ-made ice cream are also helping to promote locally grown produce.

BJ Features

Packed with the goodness of natural ingredients and easy for anyone to make

Easy to use: Simply pour in ingredients and blend
Instant grinding: Hard and frozen fruits are no match for BJ since it uses a farm tractor motor.
Direct: With its simple construction, it delivers the taste of the ingredients directly.

Change the combinations for limitless possibilities

Just pick your frozen and fresh ingredients and blend!
You can make original ice cream desserts customized to your shop
Perfect for cafes using local produce and farmers who are proud of their fruit

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Pricing and Specifications

The 2018 Good Design Award-winning BJ-70 is now being offered for the discounted price of 700,000 JPY (excl. tax).

There's also a standard model, the SF-071, available for 500,000 (excl. tax)

Specifications

Dimensions: 325 mm X 545 mm X 710 mm
Weight: 60 kg
Power supply voltage: AC100-240V
Power consumption: 950W
Operation: button switch

Buy a BJ

If you're interested in a BJ at home or at your shop, you can buy one online here.

Please note that Okanetsu Industry can only ship to addresses within Japan, so you'll need to go through a forwarding service if you're considering having one delivered to you abroad.

Shops

If you want to see the BJ in action and help contribute to the local agriculture too, you can visit one of these six shops:

Kanagawa Prefecture: 小田原牧場アイス工房 (神奈川県小田原市曽我別所194) Odawara Bokujō Aisu Kōbō (194 Soga Bessho Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Saitama Prefecture: ほっとすぽっと秩父館（埼玉県秩父市宮側町18-2) Hotto Supotto Chichibukan (18-2 Miyakawacho, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture)
Nagano Prefecture: 上田道と川の駅おとぎの里（長野県上田市小泉字塩田川原2575-2）Ueda-Michi to Kawa no Eki Otogi no Sato (2575-2 Koizumi Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture)
Osaka Prefecture: MARUTOME the Juicery（大阪市北区梅田3-1-3ルクアB1F）(B1F LUCUA 3-1-3 Umeda, Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
Okayama Prefecture: スイーツパーラー十字屋商店（岡山県真庭市中396-1）Sweets Parlor Jyujiya Shop (396-1 Naka, Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture)
Fukuoka Prefecture: 響灘緑地グリーンパーク（福岡県北九州市若松区竹並1006）Hibikinada Green Park (1006 Takenami, Wakamatsu Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture)