Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.
We’re an insatiably curious, collaborative team of experts in culinary, food science and nutrition. Together we harness the power of amino acids to elevate the nutrition and taste of food to a whole new level of deliciousness. Field to farm to table, we focus on quality, sustainability and personalized service — bringing the joy of eating well and living well full circle.
With our broad portfolio of innovative ingredient solutions that span the savory, sweet and texture categories, we’re able to solve all types of formulation challenges.
We established our name with the world’s first umami seasoning, monosodium glutamate, and today offer a variety of savory ingredients, sweeteners, texture ingredients, amino acids, specialty ingredients and more.
Our Food Innovation Team has a virtual engagement production studio, sensory laboratory, dry/liquid seasoning laboratories and more to provide solutions that support a wide variety of projects.
We start with high quality materials, for example, locally grown cane sugar and corn. Then, we tap into our fermentation technology expertise to produce our ingredients to the absolute highest standard possible.
Through our commitment to science, we bridge the gap between great taste and nutrition to help our customers develop delicious and healthful products.
Craft indulgent and flavorful soups with our delicious ingredient solutions
Create great tasting, sugar-like formulations with our ingredient solutions.
Craft your perfect bakery treat with the highest quality ingredient solutions
Treat your confection products to superior ingredient quality
Deliver texture, enhance indulgent dairy notes or boost savory and sweet taste with our diverse ingredient solutions.
Enhance taste, improve texture, and easily bond pieces of meat, poultry, & seafood products.
Craft flavorful vegan and vegetarian products that stand out from the rest with our portfolio of taste and texture improving solutions.
Deliver delicious low sodium packaged meals with our portfolio umami rich ingredients.
Deliver bold flavor in your sauces and dressings with our portfolio of ingredients.
Keep up with the growing demand for delicious and healthful snacks.
Craft great tasting side dishes that outshine the rest.
More Than Gourmet's Culinary Grade™ products for industrial and food service applications.
Enzymes that deliver impactful texture and bonding solutions for a variety of applications
Our line of yeast-based ingredients enhance taste, is cost-effective, and label-friendly.
The world's best high potency sweetener for sugar-like taste.
Delicious sodium reduction with the essence of umami.
The highest quality amino acids to enrich your products.
The highest quality ingredients for your pharmaceutical grade products.
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Amino acids for livestock and pets
Amino acids for food
Amino acids for pharmaceuticals
High potency sweetener
Rumen-protected Lysine
Culinary-grade broths and stocks
Umami seasoning