Kikkoman Corporation

About

Japanese food manufacturer, established on 7 December 1917, with head offices in Noda, Chiba, and in Tokyo, and 7,911 consolidated employees as of March 2026.^[1] Its forerunner Noda Shoyu Co. Ltd. was formed in Noda by merging eight family companies.^[2] Wikipedia describes it as the world's largest soy sauce producer as of 2002, with plants in Japan, the United States, the Netherlands, Singapore and Taiwan.^[3] It owns the KIKKOMAN trademark printed on its European packs.^[4]

Referenced by

• Brand owner at point of sale for Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce 150 ml printed
  The back of the bottle reads "KIKKOMAN is a registered trademark of Kikkoman Corporation, Japan"
• Distributed by Haugen-Gruppen AS in Norway sourced
  Information owner for Kikkoman-brand products in the Norwegian Matinfo register (brand owned by Kikkoman Corporation)
• Distributed by Kikkoman Trading Europe GmbH verified
  Stated object: sale and marketing of Kikkoman products in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa; Kikkoman's European packs, which name Kikkoman Corporation as trademark owner, also name it as European distributor
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Kikkoman Less Salt Soy Sauce 150 ml derived
  Prefix 8715035 (GS1 Netherlands); no company stub states it and no source names the licensee, so the trademark owner printed on the pack is the target
• Owns Kikkoman^[5] verified
  Trademark notice on the pack; Kikkoman Corporation's own history dates the single Kikkoman brand name to 1940 (^kikkoman-history)
• Owns Kikkoman Foods Europe B.V. sourced
  Company.info, from Dutch Chamber of Commerce data, names Kikkoman Corporation as owner

Also known as

• キッコーマン株式会社 ja

References

1. ↑ Kikkoman Corporation: Corporate Profile Accessed 2026-09-11.
2. ↑ Kikkoman Corporation: History 1917-1969 Accessed 2026-09-11.
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Kikkoman Accessed 2026-09-11.
4. ↑ Open Food Facts: Kikkoman less salt soy sauce 150 ml, record and label photographs (front 2024-12-06; back, ingredients and nutrition 2025-08-03) Accessed 2026-09-11.
5. ↑ as printed on pack