The Ajinomoto Group’s representative technologies

Health and Well-being

A. Designing Deliciousness

1: Deliciousness evaluation

2: Deliciousness analysis

3: Deliciousness formulation

4: Deliciousness production

B. Designing Nutritional Value

5: Nutritional design

6: Applying nutritional functional materials

C. Clarifying the Benefits to Living Beings

7: Evaluation of taste receptor activity

8: Analysis of intestinal flora

9: Physiological analysis of plant growth and development

10: Evaluation of digestion and absorption

11: Skin evaluation

12: Evaluation of functional health materials

D. Evaluating Health and Nutritional Status

13: Analysis of nutritional status

14: Aminolndex® ~Risk assessment of various diseases~

Living with Society and the Earth

E. Developing Novel Enzymes

15: Enzyme screening and modification

16: Developing enzyme reaction processes

F. Searching for Fermentation Bacteria and Increasing Their Functionality

17: Designing fermentation bacteria

18: Creating high-performance bacteria for fermentation

G. Developing Fermentation Processes

19: Fermentation/cultivation

20: Designing fermentation facility

H. Purification for Product Quality

21: Purification and crystallization

Comfortable Lifestyle

I. Creating Substances with Unique Functions

22: Discovery of taste materials

23: Personal care ingredients development

24: Surface control and dispersion

J. Synthesizing Molecules Efficiently

25: Molecular synthesis

26: Precise synthesis

27: Manufacturing by special facilities

K. Making Biopolymers

28: Protein manufacturing

29: Peptide/oligonucleotide synthesis

L. Processing Powders to Control Their Properties

30: Enteric products for animal feeds

31: Granulation of powder mixtures

M. Increasing Functionality of Cells

32: Designing culture medium composition

33: Culture medium manufacturing

34: Evaluation of iPS cell culture

N. Creating New Functional Materials

35: Cosmetics formulation

36: Designing combined resin products

37: Selective adsorption of substances

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