Sun Capital buys Japanese snack maker

Sun Capital’s recently established Japanese affiliate has completed its first deal with the acquisition of “Fruit Jelly” snack maker Tarami.

Japanese fruit snack maker Tarami has been acquired by Sun Capital Partners Japan, the Tokyo affiliate’s first deal since its September establishment by Florida-based private equity firm Sun Capital Partners. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Shigeru Utsugi, managing director of Sun’s Tokyo affiliate, said Tarami “holds the leading market position in the Japanese fruit jelly cup sector”.

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