The Japanese sausage market is mainly divided between the five major manufacturers, with Ito ranking second in 2015 with a market share of about 17%. In 2016, Ito Ham merged with Mikyu, one of the top 10 meat processing companies in Japan, and the two merged to become the largest player in the Japanese ham sausage market.
 
Ito's main Vienna sausage, is a relatively small sausage, the traditional preparation method is to chop pork and beef and marinate, add appropriate seasonings, and fill it with natural casing, but now the main ingredient of Vienna sausage is pork, less beef, Ito's Vienna sausage is made of high-quality pork, the meat is fragrant, and the lamb casing used is properly salted, and the taste is crispy.
 
Ito Vienna sausages include original, shiso, garlic and smoky flavors, in which the smoky flavor is smoked using traditional techniques to make the raw materials of the sausage more flavorful and full of meat. The perilla flavor is relatively light, the garlic flavor is relatively strong, and the original meat flavor is the most sufficient, all of which are worth trying.