Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.
The plant-based revolution continues to gain momentum, and our premium products can help. We crafted our savory taste and texture ingredients to support this type of complex formulation work and are ready to collaborate with you to create success.
Work with our team to craft the perfect ingredient solution for your plant-based protein.
Our team of chefs & scientists are here to support you through the formulation process.
Our portfolio of ingredient solutions improve texture, enhance taste, reduce sugar & salt, and more.
We produce the highest quality ingredients possible through advanced fermentation technology.
Easily create new formulas or reformulate with our ingredient solutions.
Umami & kokumi can improve the taste characteristics of your plant-based products. In foods, these impart fullness and impact taste as well as provide mildness and complexity of flavor. Our state of the art fermentation process delivers the highest quality ingredients available.
Texture and mouthfeel are critical for standing out among competitors and mimicking meat qualities can be tough. Our enzyme line was designed for the job, while also providing desirable bonding structure. No matter what texture you’re trying to achieve, we have a solution.
Explore our portfolio of products to enhance taste and texture in plant-based protein.
These products have minimal label impact and can lower sodium while increasing beefy, meat-like roasted notes and enhancing umami and kokumi flavor.
Slow simmered with pure ingredients and with attention to quality, these products deliver bold flavors while also being shelf stable.
Made from 100% virgin oil, our sesame oil is aromatic, delivers a richly complex flavor, and can be used in a variety of applications like entrees, snacks, and salad dressings.
The original soy sauce made with 100% soy and no wheat, this gluten-free authentic Japanese sauce tastes richer, and more complex than regular soy sauce. Add it to soups, gravies, sauces and casseroles for full, multidimensional, well-balanced flavor.
This enzyme preparation line improves texture for a meat-like experience as well as increases gel strength, viscosity, elasticity, and bonding.
As the world's first umami seasoning, MSG delivers impactful umami taste without imparting the original taste profile of the product. It also is an excellent vehicle for sodium reduction up to 40%.
These glutamates enhance mouthfeel and umami tastes to create a fuller, more enjoyable and expanded flavor profile while lowering sodium.
These nucleotides are versatile, easy to use, and deliver intense umami taste while reducing sodium content. These benefits are enhanced when used in conjunction with glutamates.
These food-grade amino acids are great ways of adding sweet, bitter, or umami tastes.
This product delivers a fresh ‘just picked’ sweet corn flavor and provides a beautiful bright yellow color.
Born of fermentation, mirin is an excellent umami taste enhancer while also masking off-flavors common in seafood & meat.
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.
Delicious sodium reduction with the essence of umami.
The highest quality amino acids to enrich your products.
Let us help you find the right ingredient solution for your project. Chat with a member of our sales team and request a sample today.
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