Kikkoman

Kikkoman Corporation
Native name
キッコーマン株式会社
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 2801
IndustryFood
Founded1603; 421 years ago (1603) (oldest establishment)[1]
December 7, 1917; 106 years ago (1917-12-07) (incorporated)
Headquarters
Noda
,
Japan
Key people
ProductsFood products, beverages, biochemical products, management services
RevenueIncrease US$3.369 billion (2014)
Increase US$123.3 million (2014)
Owner
Number of employees
5,622
Websitekikkoman.com
Footnotes / references
[2][3]

Kikkoman Corporation (キッコーマン株式会社, Kikkōman Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese food manufacturer. Its main products and services include soy sauce, food seasoning and flavoring, mirin, shōchū, and sake, juice and other beverages, pharmaceuticals, and restaurant management services. As of 2002, the company was the world's largest producer of soy sauce.[4] As of 2024, the company's motto is "To promote the international exchange of food culture."[5]

As of 2002, Kikkoman has production facilities in Japan, the United States, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Taiwan;[4] additional facilities have been reported in China and Canada.[6][permanent dead link] Kikkoman is the most popular brand of soy sauce in Japan[4][7] and the United States.[8][7] The city of Düsseldorf, Germany, is the European headquarters of the company.[9] A plant in Sappemeer began operations in 1997 and now produces over 400 million litres of soy sauce per year.[10]

  1. ^ Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2012-05-31). "History of Soy Sauce (160 CE to 2012)" (PDF). Soyinfo Center.
  2. ^ "Corporate Profile". Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kikkoman Financial Statements". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Derdek, Thomas (2002). "Kikkoman Corporation". In Pederson, Jay P. (ed.). International Directory of Company Histories. Vol. 47. Thomson Gale. pp. 203–206. ISBN 1-55862-465-1. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Message from the Management". About Us. Kikkoman. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Message from the Management". Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Factbook Business Information Fiscal 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  8. ^ "Story of Soy Sauce". Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  9. ^ GmbH, Kikkoman Trading Europe. "Contact". Kikkoman Trading Europe GmbH. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  10. ^ "Groningen in Beeld" (in Dutch). RTV Noord. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.