Manufacturing / Ihara-shi
Creating vinegar to suit every need, making a "healthy, rich food culture" a reality. Our A-Coop vinegar is a high quality, original agricultural co-op product, with no added preservatives, flavours o
"Thank you for 80 years ..."
The best agricultural practices, the best vinegar.
The founder of our company, Kitsuji Katayama was, at the time of the Russo-Japan War, employed at Mitsui Products transporting materials to Manchuria. After the war ended, financial groups became bigger and more powerful, resulting in farmers becoming more and more dissatisfied with their situation, a situation that greatlly affected Katayama as he came to see the contradictions in the world. It was at this time, the farmers began to unite in protest, initiating the beginnings of the manufacturers union movement across Japan. Katayama was in sympathy with this movement, and even became friends with the leader of the manufacturers union.
It was at this time, through the rationalization of table vinegar, that his parents developed a ground-breaking, rich new vinegar. Through this new "Profitable Vinegar" Katayama was given the chance to play a part in the united movement, so began in 1918 to s
Company Name | Taiko Industries Co., Ltd. |
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Address |
〒715-8691 1858-3 Nishi Ebara-cho, Ibara-shi, Okayama 715-8691 |
TEL | +81-866-62-0138 |
FAX | +81-866-62-8928 |
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Established | 1918 |
Capital | 30,000,000 yen ($1=100yen) |
Employees | 56 |
Annual Sales | 1,450,000,000 yen |
The above listed are our main products.
However, we also stock a wide range of other vinegars such as pure rice, apple, pon (orange) vinegar, non oil dressings, fruit pon, unpolished rice etc., so please contact us with any queries you may have.