Innovating for the Future of Food and Beverage
Our Approach to Innovation
As a company with a long history pioneering food technology, including the discovery of both umami and kokumi, we provide innovative solutions to address modern challenges across a variety of culinary applications.
With our broad portfolio of ingredient solutions that span from savory to sweet, we’re able to solve all types of formulation challenges to meet evolving consumer preferences.
However, our true distinction is the collaboration we offer. Using our diverse experience, we ideate, explore, and create different pathways to solve problems.
Our cross-disciplinary team of experts reflects the food and beverage industry and complements our customers’ focus, serving as an extension of their team. Alongside local expertise, our team also has access to the Ajinomoto Group network of more than 1,700 R&D experts worldwide.
Beyond our world-class technical expertise, we invest in research to understand brands and consumers to deliver customized solutions and perspective, making us a partner of choice.
Supporting the Future of Food and Beverage
As a global pioneer of innovation, Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America is proud to support the future of food and beverage.
Our inaugural pitch competition, Next Generation Taste and Texture Technologies (NGT3) brought together startups in the food and beverage industry that create unique and innovative ingredients. We received applications from all over the world, culminating in six finalists presenting to a judges panel of industry experts at our Chicago-area headquarters.
Hear from our finalists and judges in this video:
As consumer behaviors shift, startups have a unique opportunity to collaborate with established brands to introduce innovative ingredients and technology.
In addition to NGT3, we proudly support female founders in the food and agriculture industry by partnering with Supply Change Capital to host The Female Founders in Food Tech Pitch Event (or F^3) at Future Food Tech in San Francisco on March 13th.
