RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY ARE A JAPAN BASED FOOD EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY. THEY ARE PIONEERS IN THE FIELDS OF STRESS FREE BAKERY AND ENCRUSTING EQUIPMENT. FOR DECADES THEY HAVE PRODUCED EQUIPMENT WHICH MANUFACTURES VARIETIES OF STEAMED BREAD, THAT ARE POPULAR IN THEIR HOME AND SURROUNDING ASIAN MARKETS. THEY HAVE BROUGHT THEIR EXPERTISE OF MAKING STEAMED BAO AND HIRATA BUNS TO EUROPE AND THE UK. WITH RECENT CLINICAL STUDIES BEING MADE INTO ASIAN STEAMED BREADS HAVING A LOWER GLYCEMIC INDEX VALUE (GI) THAT WESTERN STYLE BAKED BREADS THEY ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR WITH CONSUMERS IN EUROPE. BAO BUNS OR NIKUMAN ARE ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST POPULAR 'FOODS-TO-GO' AND ARE FOUND IN NEARLY ALL CONVENIENCE STORES WITH A VARIETY OF FILLING AND FLAVOURS. TRADITIONAL FILLINGS ARE STILL POPULAR WITH AN INCREASE IN CURRY FILLINGS AND PIZZA STYE FILLINGS. RHEON HAVE SEVERAL SOLUTIONS FOR MAKING TWIST TOP BAO BUNS DEPENDING ON THE CAPACITY AND SIZE REQUIRED.