date:May 23, 2014
st food company, from private equity firm Apax APAX.UL.
Mizkan, which says it is the world's leading provider of rice wine vinegar, already owns U.S. cooking wine brand Holland House and Border Foods, which makes Mexican sauces and peppers.
The pasta sauce business gives it additional annual turnover of more than $600 million and the leading brand in a market with annual sales of $2.3 billion.
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) acted as financial adviser to Mizkan, with Shearman Sterling LLP and Mori Hama