Direc tor, Repres entative Exec utive Offic er,
Pres ident & Chief Exec utive Offic er
Oc tober 14, 2025
- In Latin America, we engage in wide-ranging businesses within Food and Bio & Fine Chemicals. We have high growth atop a solid business foundation that includes brands with firm roots in the region.
- Ahead of the COP30 meeting in Brazil in November, we plan to accelerate our sustainability efforts with a focus on "AminoScience." We will generate positive impacts together with business growth.
- Heading toward 2030 and beyond, we will promote organic growth in our existing businesses along with the development and expansion of new businesses. We will accelerate growth by strengthening our intangible assets and deepening global collaboration, and will connect this to the sustainable enhancement of our corporate value and to the realization of ASV and our Purpose of contributing to the well-being of all human beings, our society, and our planet.
The Latin America Division's organizational structure is centered on Brazil and Peru. Closely cooperating with Group-wide business departments and corporate departments, the Division's headquarters flexibly shoulders regional operations.
Ajinomoto do Brasil
Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos Ltda.
Ajinomoto del
Perú S.A.
Colombia Branch
Sazonadores del Pacifico
C. Ltda. (Ecuador)
Bolivia Branch
Chile Branch
Argentina Branch
Ajinomoto de México, Sociedad. de R.Ltd. de C.V.
Latin America Division Headquarters
Mexico
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Argentina
(Ownership 51％）
Company name | Ajinomoto do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos Ltda. |
Year of establishment | 1956 |
Location | Head office: São Paulo Plants: Limeira, Laranjal Paulista, Valparaiso, and Pederneiras Branches: Argentina, Colombia |
Business description | R&D, manufacture, and sales for the Seasonings and Foods and the Bio & Fine Chemicals businesses |
Number of employees | Approximately 3,000 (As of March 31, 2025) |
Representative: Naoko Yamamoto
Main products:
Seasonings and Foods
SAZÓN®
flavor seasoning
MID®
powdered juice
Bio & Fine Chemicals Amino acids for pharmaceuticals and foods
Materials for agricultural use AjiPro®-L lysine formulation
for cows
Pictures from Ajinomoto do Brasil
Company name | Ajinomoto del Perú S.A. |
Year of establishment | 1968 |
Location | Head Office: Lima; Plant: Callao Branches: Chile, Bolivia Subsidiary: Ecuador |
Business description | R&D, manufacture, and sales for the Seasonings and Foods business |
Number of employees | Approximately 1,500 (As of March 31, 2025) |
Main products:
Seasonings and Foods
Representative: Iwao Nishitani
AJI-NO-MOTO®
umami seasoning
Aji-no-men®
instant noodles
Doña Gusta®
flavor seasoning
AJI-NO-SILLAO®
liquid seasoning
Pictures from Ajinomoto del Perú
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Our business extends widely across the Food business and the Bio & Fine Chemicals business.
◎: Manufacture and sales
: Sales
ー : None
Segment | Business | Brazil | Peru | Other (Bolivia, Colombia, etc.) | |||||||||
Food | BtoC | ◎Seasonings, soups, powdered juice, frozen foods, etc. | ◎Seasonings and instant noodles |
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BtoB | ◎MSG and specialty products for foodservice | ◎MSG and specialty products for foodservice |
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Intra-Group supply (MSG internal sales) | ◎MSG | - | - | ||||||||||
Bio & Fine Chemicals | Amino acids for pharmaceuticals and foods, personal care ingredients, value-added livestock feed, agricultural services, etc. | ◎Amino acids, lysine formulation for cattle, agricultural materials, etc. |
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Intra-Group supply (bulk amino acid internal sales) | ◎Amino acids | - | - |
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The Division operates throughout Latin America, exporting from Brazil and Peru to s ites across Latin America and to the Ajinomoto Group worldwide.
Colombia
Instant noodles,
AJI-NO-MOTO®, etc.
Mexico
Flavor seasonings,
AJI-NO-MOTO®, etc.
MSG and amino acids for the Ajinomoto Group worldwide
Ecuador
AJI-NO-MOTO®,
Flavor seasonings , etc.
Bolivia
Flavor seasonings, Instant noodles,
AJI-NO-MOTO®, etc.
Peru Brazil
MSG
Amino Acids
Chile
Instant noodles, AJI-NO-MOTO®,
Flavor seasonings, etc.
Argentina
AJI-NO-MOTO®,
Flavor seasonings, etc.
Major product flows
Exports from Brazil to Latin America (Food & Amino Acids)
Exports from Brazil to
outside LATAM (MSG & Amino Acids) Exports from Peru to Latin America (Food)
In addition to continuous high business growth in Brazil and Peru, our core countries in Latin America, we will further grow our business in neighboring countries.
CAGR (FY2018-2024) | |
Other neighboring countries | 18% |
Peru | 14% |
Brazil | 8% |
Brazil
Peru
Our Sales in Latin America*
Other neighboring countries (Bolivia, Colombia, etc.)
FY2024
approx. 125 billion JPY
FY2018 FY2020 FY2022 FY2024 FY2030
Forecast
*Including intra-Group sales. All currencies are converted to BRL for the graph.
Ajinomoto Group products enjoy extremely high market shares and recognition in Brazil and Peru.
Product market share Recognition rate
Brazil
Tempero SAZÓN® flavor seasoning approx. 70%
Source: Nielsen
AJI-NO-MOTO® umami seasoning
Brazil
74.6
Peru
93.0
0
20
40
60
80
100 (%)
Flavor seasonings
Brazil
SAZÓN®
95.8
Peru
Doña Gus ta®
90.8
0
20
40
60
80
100 (%)
Brazil SAZÓN®
Peru
Doña Gusta®
Peru
AJI-NO-MOTO®
umami seasoning approx. 98%
Doña Gus ta® flavor seasoning approx. 80%
Aji-no-men® instant noodles approx. 98%
Source: Kantar
Source: Survey conducted by the Ajinomoto Group (2025)
Online survey of 500 general consumers per country
(men and women aged 20-69)
Many cultural commonalities exis t within Latin America, making area-wide initiatives effective. As in the ASEAN region, "umami" food culture is readily accepted, and cons iderable room exis ts for expanding the Ajinomoto Group's bus ines s .GDP*: approx. 6 trillion USD
Population*: approx. 700 million Employees: approx. 4,500
Latin America
GDP*: approx. 4 trillion USD
Population*: approx. 700 million Employees: approx. 13,000
ASEAN
* Based on 2024 IMF and World Bank data
Latin America | ASEAN |
approx. 90 billion JPY | approx. 400 billion JPY |
Our Seasonings and Foods business FY2024 sales (outside sales only)