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Japanese food manufacturer
Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd.
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Native name
| 株式?社 Mizkan Holdings
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Company type
| Private
KK
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Industry
| Food
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Founded
| 1804
; 220 years ago
(
1804
)
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Founder
| Matazaemon Nakano
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Headquarters
| ,
Japan
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Area served
| Worldwide
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Key people
| Miwa Nakano
(
Chairman
and
CEO
)
Yuko Nakano
(
President
)
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Products
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Revenue
| JPY
270 billion (
FY
2022)
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Number of employees
| 3,700
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Website
| Official website
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Footnotes / references
[1]
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Mizkan Museum
Mizkan Holdings
(
Mitsukan H?rudingusu
)
is a Japanese company that produces
vinegars
(including seasoned
rice vinegars
,
balsamic vinegars
, and
wine vinegars
),
mustards
,
salad dressings
, authentic
East Asian
sauces,
natt?
, and other food products. It is based in
Handa
,
Aichi Prefecture
, near
Nagoya
.
[2]
History
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The company was founded in
Handa
in 1804 by Matazaemon Nakano, who began producing rice vinegar using byproducts from the production of
sake
(rice alcohol). Nakano named his company the Mitsukan Group. In the late 1970s Mitsukan expanded from Japan into the United States and began acquiring regional
condiment
companies. The group was officially registered as a corporate entity in July 1977. In 1995, in honour of its founder, the U.S. arm of the business changed its name to Nakano Foods. In 2004, the Mitsukan Group became The Mizkan Group Corporation, and Nakano Foods became Mizkan America.
[2]
[3]
[4]
Present
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Mizkan's product range includes: vinegars, seasoned rice vinegars, balsamic vinegars, wine vinegars, mustards, jellies, salad dressings, and authentic Asian sauces. The company's CEO is Miwa Nakano, and its president is Yuko Nakano.
In July 2012 the British company
Premier Foods
sold its
Sarson's
vinegar,
Haywards
pickled onion and
Dufrais
vinegar brands to Mizkan for £41m as part of a streamlining programme. Also in late 2012 the
Branston
pickle brand was sold to Mizkan.
[5]
In May 2014, it bought the US
Ragu
and
Bertolli
pasta and sauce brands from the British multinational
Unilever
for $2.15 billion.
[6]
References
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- ^
"Corporate Profile"
. Mizkan
. Retrieved
June 18,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
"Company Overview of Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd"
.
Bloomberg L.P.
Retrieved
December 13,
2018
.
- ^
Lansky, Vicki (February 2009).
Vinegar: Over 400 Various, Versatile and Very Good Uses You've Probably Never Thought Of
. Book Peddlers. p. 14.
ISBN
978-1-931863-74-2
.
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"Company Overview of Mizkan America, Inc"
. Bloomberg L.P
. Retrieved
December 13,
2018
.
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"Branston sold by Premier Foods to Japan's Mizkan"
.
BBC News
. October 30, 2012
. Retrieved
December 13,
2018
.
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"Consumer goods major Unilever sells Ragu and Bertolli brands"
. Japan Herald. Archived from
the original
on May 23, 2014
. Retrieved
May 22,
2014
.
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