CJ BIO inaugurates natural savory flavor manufacturing facility in Indonesia

29 May 2020 --- Supplier of fermentation-based bio-products, CJ BIO, officially inaugurated a natural flavor ingredient manufacturing facility in Jombang, Indonesia at a recent opening ceremony. The new production facility will allow CJ BIO to produce thousands of tons of TasteNrich, the new innovative natural culinary solution platform. It will assure a sustainable supply for customers and strengthen CJ’s position in the savory solution space.

“We are proud to offer a sophisticated natural culinary solution to meet the increasing demand for healthier, sustainable and safe products. This was possible by the virtue of the intimate communication with our global customer based on CJ’s world-leading fermentation technology and experience over the last 40 years,” says BongSoo Hah, Head of CJ BIO.

“TasteNrich is differentiated from the other existing products and is fully in line with today’s consumer expectations for authenticity and naturalness.”

Consumers today are paying more attention to their health, especially what they eat every day and where it comes from. Food safety, trust, transparency and sustainability are the highlighted key-features, reflecting on consumers’ expectations, notes the company. 

TasteNrich enables food product developers and manufacturers to achieve clean label and worry-free claims such as non-GMO, non-allergen, non-animal and Halal/Kosher certified as well. 

As a natural savory flavor, it upgrades authentic flavor by delivering richness and fullness in culinary applications. It can be used in a wide range of all food categories such as sauces, seasonings, soups, noodles, and HMR, but also innovative products such as plant-based meat alternatives and vegetarian food.

“In response to the changing needs of the food industry and consumers, we have created TasteNrich with our world-class biotechnology capability and constant efforts towards innovative technology at our R&D center. We will reach the top of the natural savory market by providing healthier and more tasty solutions with TasteNrich,” states Lance Choi, Business Executive of Human Nutrition and Health business at CJ BIO.     

CJ CheilJedang, a Korean food company based in Seoul, runs two business areas; Food and Bio, with annual sales of KRW 13 trillion (US$ 10.6 billion) in 2019. CJ BIO has been a leading bio-company producing amino acids and nucleotides, which are key building blocks for the animal nutrition and human nutrition business. 

Edited by Gaynor Selby