date:Jan 03, 2014
s, theoretically leveling the playing field between Ajinomoto and its Chinese and Indonesian rivals.
Ajinomoto North America competes for the MSG business of large-scale food processors with the likes of P.T. Cheil Jedang (CJ) Indonesia and such Chinese companies as Fufeng Group Ltd. and Meihua Holdings Group Co. Ltd.
According to the DOC, imports of MSG from China totaled an estimated $36.9 million in 2012, while imports from Indonesia were valued at $5.7 million.
Ajinomoto contends that com