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Gaban (gaban.co.jp) scores 67 out of 100 on Brand Analyzer, placing it in the Developing tier among Food & Beverage brands, Manufacturing brands, in the 15th percentile of 11356 Food & Beverage brands.
Gaban, operated by House Gaban Co., Ltd. (ハウスギャバン株式会社), is a Japanese manufacturer specializing in spices, curry products, and processed foods for the professional food service market. The company focuses on sourcing high-quality, unique ingredients and seasonings to meet the needs of restaurants and food processing businesses. Its official website provides product catalogs and recipe data downloads, positioning Gaban as a quality-focused supplier within the business-to-business food industry in Japan.
| Brand Name | Gaban |
|---|---|
| Domain | gaban.co.jp |
| Industry | Food & Beverage, Manufacturing |
| Main Competitors | S&B Foods (41/100), House Foods, Ajinomoto (71/100), McCormick & Company (82/100), Nisshin Foods (72/100) |
Moz Domain Authority 35/100 vs category average 42 / leader 95 - limited third-party links, so AI systems rarely encounter mentions of the brand.
No Wikipedia presence was found - a major gap, since Wikipedia is among the most heavily weighted sources in AI training data.
The homepage meta description reads "ハウスギャバン株式会社のオフィシャルサイトです。香辛料、カレー、加工食品、ハウスギャバンが選ぶ商品などをご紹介しています。商品カタログやレシピデータをダウンロードしていただけます。" (Meta description too short (1 words). OG description present but brief) - this is the summary AI engines are most likely to quote.
Structured data on the homepage: og:title, og:description, og:image, og:type. Adding Organization and FAQ schema would further help AI crawlers parse the brand's identity.
AI-crawler access: No robots.txt found (default: all bots allowed, but explicit file preferred) - robots.txt controls whether engines like GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read the site at all.
Content is JA-only, limiting citation in English-language AI answers.
Detected tech stack: Apache.
Social footprint: verified profiles on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, GitHub; no detected presence on YouTube - consistent profiles reinforce the brand's identity across the web.
0 Reddit mentions - community discussion signals real-world reputation to AI models.
Live results from asking a general-purpose AI assistant about the brand, checked October 2026.
When asked "What is Gaban?", Claude could identify the brand as of October 2026. Gaban is a Japanese spice and herb company, one of the oldest and most established spice brands in Japan, selling pepper, curry powder, and a wide range of dried herbs and spices to both household and commercial customers. Best known for Being a long-established, trusted Japanese spice brand, especially known for its pepper and curry powder products.
When asked "Best brands similar to Gaban?", Claude would recommend Gaban as of October 2026. It's a well-known staple spice brand in Japan that would naturally come up alongside other spice makers like S&B when discussing Japanese seasoning brands.
Common questions people ask in Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI search engines.
Gaban's main competitors in Food & Beverage: S&B Foods (41/100), Ajinomoto (71/100), McCormick & Company (82/100), Nisshin Foods (72/100).
Sources: Brand Analyzer scan
Gaban has low AI-search visibility, scoring 21/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI visibility composite (visibility 15, trust 15, recommendation 37). This estimates how likely AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity are to know, trust, and recommend the brand.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban scores 37/100 on Brand Analyzer's AI recommendation signal, indicating it is less likely to be surfaced when AI assistants like ChatGPT suggest Food & Beverage options. Recommendation depends on crawlability, structured data, and category authority.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban can improve AI discoverability by strengthening structured data (Organization and FAQ schema), maintaining an accurate Wikipedia/Wikidata entity, earning authoritative citations, and keeping content crawlable for AI bots. Brand Analyzer measures these as visibility, trust, and recommendation signals.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban offers a range of products including spices, curry products, and various processed foods designed for professional use in restaurants and food processing businesses. It also provides product catalogs and recipe data for customers.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban is the brand name of House Gaban Co., Ltd. (ハウスギャバン株式会社), a Japanese food manufacturer specializing in spices, curry products, and processed foods aimed at professional food service customers.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban manufactures and supplies spices, curry products, and processed foods, primarily for professional customers in the food service and food processing industries. It provides product catalogs and recipe data to support businesses in selecting and using its ingredients.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban's products are used primarily by professionals in the food service and food processing industries, including restaurants and food manufacturers who require high-quality spices and ready-to-use processed food ingredients.
Sources: Gaban official site
Gaban scores 21/100 for AI visibility - how well ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can discover, identify and cite the brand.
Gaban has a weak AI-visibility profile at 21/100 - a proxy for how readily ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews can recognise and cite it. Its strongest area is recommendation likelihood (37/100) and its weakest is trust (15/100). It benefits from a Wikidata knowledge-graph entry and open access for AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.). The main gaps holding it back: no clear Wikipedia entity to anchor it in LLM training data, a low Moz Domain Authority of 35/100 and thin schema.org structured data. In a live check, Claude could already identify Gaban from memory (October 2026) - a sign these signals are paying off.
The score combines seven dimensions - name quality, digital presence, visual identity, messaging clarity, trust foundation, AI discoverability, and brand authority - into a single objective benchmark.
Ranked closest to Gaban: Full Harvest (67/100), Fürstenberg (67/100), Gadot Bio (67/100), Garden of Life (67/100).
A step up - brands to learn from: Ziemann Holvrieka (71/100), Zaxby's (71/100).
Category leader: Target (97/100).
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