Company Profile

Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd. engages in the food ingredient, food and chemical improving agents, health care, consumer and commercial products, and vitamins businesses in Japan. It offers dressing, such as non-oil dressings; seaweed; and extract, seasoning, soup, soup stock, retort-packed food, salad-related products, seafood, meat extracts, and cut wakame. The company also provides food improving agents, including food emulsifiers, processed oils, natural colorants, and vitamin E, emulsification, anti staling, foaming, coagulation, anti-sticking, texture improvement, coloring, nutritional enhancement, and antioxidant to food manufacturers; and chemical improving agents for anti-fogging, plasticization, lubrication, anti-static, thickening, cleaning, mold release, dispersion, and antioxidant. In addition, it offers health care products comprising crocetin, a natural yellow colorant; mekabu fucoidan, a viscous ingredient; carotenoids; vitamin; and improving agents, such as pork extract. The company was formerly known as Riken Vitamin Oil Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd. in 1980. Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.