Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.

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A recent research report, Ingredient Watch: Debunking MSG from Mintel,1 the world's leading market intelligence agency, finds that consumers now view monosodium glutamate (MSG) positively, despite historical misconceptions about MSG rooted in xenophobia. In addition to showing that 75% of the global social media conversation about MSG is positive between 2018-2023,2 the report posits that companies that strive to destigmatize the ingredient will be seen favorably by consumers – unlocking a powerful opportunity for food companies.
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Health & Well-being, Health & Wellbeing, Nutrition
Food & Beverage, Food Service, Wellness & Sports Nutrition
While naturally rich in umami, cheese, especially aged cheeses, also tend to be high in salt. This is especially true of processed cheese products, such as flavored cheese balls. If approached by a leading CPG client to reformulate its flavored spreadable cheddar cheese “party” ball to reduce sodium and enhance flavor, the product support team at Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition would approach the challenge with the goal of attaining a 25% reduction in total sodium chloride levels, while imparting a delicious aged character to the end product.
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Health & Well-being, Innovation, Nutrition
Food & Beverage, Food Service
With millions of consumers expressing a desire to lower the amount of salt—sodium chloride—in their daily diets, stress typically has been placed on cutting out any ingredient with the word “sodium” in it. But strict removal of all things sodium means that those same consumers are missing out on one of the most effective salt-lowering solutions they can get: monosodium glutamate (MSG).
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Health & Well-being, Innovation, Nutrition
Food & Beverage, Food Service
Gallagher’s Best-in-Class Benchmarking Analysis Identified Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition as an Organization That Excels in Optimizing Employee and Organizational Wellbeing
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Diversity, Health & Wellbeing
Animal Nutrition, Biopharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Food Service, Medical Nutrition, Nutraceuticals, Regenerative Medicine, Specialty & Personal Care, Wellness & Sports Nutrition
Is MSG (Monosodium glutamate) finally coming off industry unacceptable ingredients lists? In a major step forward, the Whole30 diet – a popular 30-day food plan known for its strict rules around eating only whole, minimally processed foods – recently announced that MSG is no longer off-limits, citing current science on…
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Nutrition, Umami
Food & Beverage, Food Service
The plant-based market is projected to be worth $162 billion in the next ten years and has grown 43% in the past two years despite challenging shopping environments brought by COVID-19 (Source).
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Health & Well-being, Nutrition, Umami
Food & Beverage, Food Service
A new study published in the Journal of Food Science suggests monosodium glutamate (MSG) can be used to significantly reduce sodium while also promoting the enjoyment of better-for-you foods like grains and vegetables.
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Health & Wellbeing, Nutrition, Umami
Food & Beverage, Food Service
We are pleased to announce that effective October 1, 2020, Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc. (AANA) will merge into our affiliate company.
Animal Nutrition, Food & Beverage, Food Service
The company joins forces with Pepper Teigen, designer Zipeng Zhu, and Asian food brand Omsom to replace outdated “No MSG” signs with new “KNOW MSG” symbol
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Health & Wellbeing, Nutrition, Umami
Food & Beverage, Food Service
It wasn’t until the mid 1980s that the claims about MSG were debunked and umami was recognized as the fifth basic taste.
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Health & Well-being, Umami
Food & Beverage, Food Service
Frustrated by the lack of innovation Lynn and David founded Cambrooke in 2000 with the goal bringing best quality, more variety, and lower cost product for families suffering with inborn errors of protein metabolism
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Health & Well-being, Innovation, Nutrition
Food & Beverage, Medical Nutrition
Recently, a succession of often-overlooked vegetables – kale, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower come to mind – have been hailed as nutrient-rich “superfoods.”...
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Health & Well-being, Nutrition, Umami
Food & Beverage, Food Service