Mizkan

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Japanese food manufacturer

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Field	Value
name	Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd.
native_name	株式会社 Mizkan Holdings
native_name_lang	ja
logo	File:Mizkan company logo.svg
logo_size	250px
image	Mizkan.JPG
type	Private KK
foundation
founder	Matazaemon Nakano
hq_location_city	Handa, Aichi Prefecture 475-8585
hq_location_country	Japan
key_people	Miwa Nakano
(Chairman and CEO)
Yuko Nakano
(President)
industry	Food
products
revenue	JPY 270 billion (FY 2022)
area_served	Worldwide
num_employees	3,700
homepage
footnotes
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Mizkan Holdings is a Japanese company that produces vinegars (including seasoned rice vinegars, balsamic vinegars, and wine vinegars), mustards, salad dressings, authentic East Asian sauces, nattō, and other food products. It is based in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, near Nagoya.

History

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.

Present

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.

In May 2014, it bought the US Ragú and Bertolli pasta and sauce brands from the British multinational Unilever for $2.15 billion.

References

"Corporate Profile". Mizkan.
"Company Overview of Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd.". [[Bloomberg L.P.]].
Lansky, Vicki. (February 2009). "Vinegar: Over 400 Various, Versatile and Very Good Uses You've Probably Never Thought Of". Book Peddlers.
"Company Overview of Mizkan America, Inc.". Bloomberg L.P..
(October 30, 2012). "Branston sold by Premier Foods to Japan's Mizkan". [[BBC News]].
"Consumer goods major Unilever sells Ragu and Bertolli brands". Japan Herald.

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