A newspaper advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle included the introduction “Kikkoman, All-Purpose Seasoning”. Thereafter we included this phrase on all Kikkoman Soy Sauce labels.
We established a sales and marketing company in San Francisco to earnestly enter the U.S. market.
Sales of teriyaki sauce began, which was developed to make the coupling of meat with soy sauce even easier.
Kikkoman entered the oriental food wholesale business by acquiring a management stake in Japan Foods Corp. (now JFC International, Inc.) in the U.S.
We established our first overseas production plant in Walworth, Wisconsin, and shipped our first “Made in the U.S.A.” soy sauce.
Kikkoman’s advancement into the European market began with the opening of a teppanyaki restaurant, DAITOKAI, in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Kikkoman opened a second production plant in the U.S., in California.
KAP and DMA jointly exhibited at Fine Food Australia 2026 in Melbourne, Australia, from August 31 to September 3, 2026. The joint booth aimed to enhance brand awareness for both brands and promote their products. The trade show attracted approximately 2,500 visitors.
Kikkoman Australia Pty. Limited と Del Monte Asia は、8月31日から9月3日までメルボルンで開催された Fine Food Australia 2026 に共同出展し、両ブランドの認知度向上と製品のプロモーションを目的としました。この食品業界の貿易ショーは約2,500人の来場者を集めました。
Kikkoman Foods, Inc. (KFI), Kikkoman Corporation's U.S. manufacturing subsidiary, has completed its third plant in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Construction began in April 2024, and soy sauce brewing started in May 2026. Shipments are expected to begin in October, and a grand opening ceremony will be held on September 18.
Kikkoman Foods, Inc. (KFI), the U.S. manufacturing arm of Kikkoman Corporation, completed construction of its third plant in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Brewing of soy sauce began in May 2026, with shipments scheduled to start in October, and a grand opening ceremony will be held on September 18 local time. The Jefferson facility follows KFI's previous U.S. plants and expands the company's domestic production capacity.