History

Our story began with taste, when Professor Kikunae Ikeda from the University of Tokyo isolated glutamate from the seaweed and discovered its flavour enhancing properties in 1908. The next year, his discovery was introduced to the market in the form of the flavour enhancer AJI-NO-MOTO ® meaning the Essence of Taste (scientifically, it is termed as Monosodium Glutamate, or MSG in short.)

Today, AJI-NO-MOTO® is sold more than 100 countries, and Ajinomoto Group's 15 factories around the world are supplying about one-third of the 1.5 million-ton global markets for monosodium glutamate.

Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad started its business operations in 1961 as AJI-NO-MOTO® monosodium glutamate producer. It is also one of the very first Japanese joint-venture companies to be set up in this country. Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad has since grown into a dynamic food seasoning manufacturer marketing diverse brand name that is trusted by Malaysian for decades. Our AJI-NO-MOTO® food seasoning is an indispensable item in almost every Malaysian home.