Knorr is a German food and beverage trademark based in Heilbronn, Germany, founded in 1838 and owned by the British-Dutch corporation Unilever since 2000, who acquired Knorr's original parent company Best Foods, with the exception of Japan, where it is made under license by Ajinomoto. It produces dehydrated soup and meal mixes, bouillon cubes and condiments.
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Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation with a global presence, specializing in three main business areas: seasonings and food products, frozen culinary items, and a diverse healthcare and specialty chemicals portfolio. Its Seasonings and Foods division offers an extensive range of sauces and seasonings, featuring well-known brands such as AJI-NO-MOTO, HON-DASHI, Cook Do, Ajinomoto KK Consommé, Pure Select Mayonnaise, Ros Dee, Masako, Aji-ngon, Sazón, Sajiku, and CRISPY FRY. This segment also provides tailored ingredient solutions for both consumer packaged goods and the food service industry. Beyond culinary staples, it includes popular instant noodle brands like Knorr Cup Soup and YumYum, various coffee products under the Birdy and Blendy labels, the Birdy 3in1 powdered drink, MAXIM products, and Chyotto Zeitakuna Kohiten items. Additionally, it supplies gift sets and office amenities, including coffee vending machines and tea servers. Within the Frozen Foods segment, the company produces a variety of convenient meal options such as Chinese dumplings, cooked rice dishes, noodles, desserts, shumai, and processed chicken products. The Healthcare and Other segment demonstrates significant diversification. It supplies amino acids for a range of applications in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries, alongside sports nutrition products and personal care ingredients. This division also provides sterile products and specialized contract manufacturing services for pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients. A notable offering is the Ajinomoto Build-up Film, an advanced interlayer insulating material crucial for semiconductor packages. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. was established in 1909 and maintains its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
Bizim Mutfak is a Turkish food brand owned by the Ajinomoto Group, offering soups, bouillon, seasoning mixes, noodles, and dessert products.
Kikkoman Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of food products in Japan and internationally. It offers soy sauce, soy sauce soup bases, and Del Monte seasonings; soy milk and Del Monte beverages; mirin and wines. The company also manufactures and sells canned fruits, corn products, and tomato ketchup; health foods; and purchases and sells oriental food products, as well as other products. In addition, it produces and sells clinical diagnostic enzymes, hygiene test agents, hyaluronic acid, as well as chemical products; and offers real estate rental, transportation, logistics, and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as Kikkoman Shoyu Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kikkoman Corporation in 1980. Kikkoman Corporation was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Noda, Japan.
Kerry Group plc is an Ireland-based food ingredients and consumer foods company. It supplies taste, nutrition, and functional ingredients to food, beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and also produces branded consumer foods in selected markets.
Lipton Teas and Infusions B.V. is a Dutch multinational company headquartered in Amsterdam that produces tea and various herbal drinks.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is a global company that produces food products, umami seasonings such as MSG, and nutritional items centered around amino acids and "AminoScience." It serves consumers worldwide by offering food and health solutions, while also applying its technology to sectors like semiconductor manufacturing and healthcare.
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