Ajinomoto to produce seasonings in Thailand
Sunday 07th November
TOKYO — Ajinomoto Co will build a new plant in Thailand to produce ‘‘umami’’ seasonings in response to increasing demand for food products in Southeast Asia.
Ajinomoto plans to invest about 14.7 billion yen, or 5.39 billion baht, in the new plant, located in Ayutthaya Province, close to Bangkok.
The plant will begin operation in March 2013 at an annual pace of 60,000 tons.
Ajinomoto’s global ‘‘umami’’ seasonings production will expand by 10%.
The plant, operated by Ajinomoto’s Thai subsidiary, will employ some 150 workers.
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Umami, also referred to as savoriness, is one of the basic tastes sensed by specialized receptor cells present on the human and animal tongue.
Umami (旨味?) is a loanword from Japanese meaning "good flavor" or "good taste" (noun).
[1] "Brothy", "meaty", or "savory" have been proposed as alternative translations, however.
[2][3] In as much as it describes the flavor common to savory products such as meat, cheese, and mushrooms, umami is similar to Brillat-Savarin's concept of osmazome, an early Western attempt to describe the main flavoring component of meat as extracted in the process of making stock.
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