Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. brings together businesses and expertise across amino acids, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and biopharma, medical nutrition, animal nutrition, regenerative medicine, and specialty and personal care. Across these areas, we apply science, technology, research, and specialized expertise to support a wide range of products, applications, and customer needs.

We combine scientific expertise, industry knowledge, and research and development capabilities to develop solutions for specific applications and customer needs. Our capabilities span amino acid-based products and ingredients for food, pharmaceutical, feed, specialty, and personal care applications.

No. Food and beverage is one part of our business. Our work also spans amino acids, pharmaceuticals and biopharma, medical nutrition, animal nutrition, regenerative medicine, and specialty and personal care. This breadth allows our scientific and technical expertise to support a diverse range of industries and applications.

Our strength comes from the range of expertise and capabilities across our businesses. From amino acid science and nutrition to biopharma, regenerative medicine, taste science, and specialty applications, our teams bring specialized knowledge to the markets they serve. In amino acids, this also includes capabilities in manufacturing, quality, regulatory support, traceability, and supply-chain resilience.

Our businesses serve food and beverage, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, medical nutrition, animal nutrition, regenerative medicine, specialty, and personal care markets. Our products, technologies, ingredients, and solutions support applications ranging from everyday consumer products to specialized healthcare and life science applications.

Amino acids are an important area of scientific and technical expertise across Ajinomoto Group. Within Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, amino acid products and expertise support pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, IV, cell culture media, medical nutrition, food and beverage, personal care, and other applications.

Ajinomoto Group’s amino acid network combines geographically distributed manufacturing and purification capabilities with multiple manufacturing locations for many amino acids. Its integrated production supports traceability and supply resilience, helping reduce exposure to country-specific, third-party, and production-related supply risks. This resilience is particularly important for customers using amino acids in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, IV, and other critical applications.

Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers require consistent access to amino acids that meet specific quality, regulatory, and application requirements. To support a resilient supply chain, Ajinomoto Group’s amino acid supply strategy includes multiple production locations, alternative sources for many amino acids, traceability, and business continuity planning.

Our amino acid business combines pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical expertise with strong quality, regulatory, technical, and supply-chain capabilities. Depending on the application, support can include pharmaceutical-grade amino acids, regulatory support, customized packaging, quality documentation, and solutions designed around specific customer requirements.

Our medical nutrition businesses focus on specialized nutritional needs and applications. This work brings together knowledge in nutrition, amino acids, science, and product development to support people with specific dietary and nutritional requirements.

Our work in regenerative medicine and life sciences applies specialized scientific and technical expertise to complex applications. Through businesses focused on these areas, we support customers working to advance technologies and products across evolving health and life science markets.

Our Specialty & Personal Care business supports applications across personal care, beauty, and specialty markets. Our expertise includes technologies such as surfactants, humectants, and other functional solutions that can support cleansing, moisturization, conditioning, and product performance. We work with customers to understand their formulation goals and identify solutions suited to their specific applications.

Our food and beverage teams work with manufacturers on challenges involving taste, texture, nutrition, formulation, and product development. Support can include taste science, ingredient and solution development, application expertise, and technical support based on the needs of the product.

How we work with customers depends on the industry, application, and challenge. Our teams take a collaborative approach to understand individual needs and connect customers with relevant products, technologies, solutions, scientific knowledge, and specialized expertise from across our businesses.

Start by telling us about your application, product, or technical challenge. We can help connect you with the appropriate team to discuss relevant ingredients, technologies, technical resources, and potential next steps.