In April 1909, Ajinomoto presented Ikeda's seasoning under the brand name "AJI-NO-MOTO" at a new product exhibition event in Tokyo, and began selling the product the next month. He created the seasoning after discovering that MSG was the source of a flavor that he called umami. Ajinomoto was created to let Ikeda, a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, sell monosodium glutamate (MSG) seasoning made from wheat that he invented and patented. was created in 1908 as a subsidiary of Suzuki Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which was founded in May 1907 by Saburosuke Suzuki II and Kikunae Ikeda. History 1907–1944: Origins and expansion The original AJI-NO-MOTO (1909) Oil painting of the Kawasaki factory from the 1910sĪjinomoto Co., Inc. Its yearly revenue in 2022 is around ¥1.36 trillion JPY or $10 billion USD. As of 2022, Ajinomoto operates in 36 countries worldwide and employs an estimated 34,198 people. The corporation's head office is located in Chūō, Tokyo. Aji-No-Moto ( 味の素, "essence of taste") is the trade name for the company's original monosodium glutamate (MSG) product, the first of its kind, since 1909. ( 味の素株式会社, Ajinomoto kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational food and biotechnology corporation which produces seasonings, interlayer insulating materials for semiconductor packages for use in personal computers, cooking oils, frozen foods, beverages, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals.
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