Fast Facts Riken Vitamin
Giving people a better life through the power of nature
Over our history, researchers have carefully extracted active ingredients from natural materials, and used them to develop a wide array of products.
Much of the comfort and delicious taste we experience in our daily lives, are indeed gifts of nature.
This shows that nature has the power to give people a better quality of life.
Based on our policy of effectively utilizing natural materials, Riken Vitamin will continue to contribute to a better quality of life using our unique technologies.
Riken Vitamin began with vitamin A.
Riken Vitamin's origin was the Vitamin Department of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
In 1917, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Rikagaku Kenkyusho or RIKEN), the first private research institute in Japan, commercialized its method for vitamin A extraction and marketed the product with great success.
In 1938, Riken Eiyo Yakuhin Co., Ltd. was established as a specialty company to industrialize the achievements of the Pharmaceutical Department, including vitamin A. Later, the division specializing in vitamin A branched off, and was established in 1949 as Riken Vitamin Oil Co. Ltd.
An advertisement for vitamins from 1938.
Bringing solutions nurtured in Japan to the world
Established
1949
Domestic
Branches and Factories
Total 11 Bases
Number of Employees
966
*As of
March 31, 2024
Overseas Subsidiaries
Total 10 Bases
A dinner table favorite
「 Dressing 」
Non-Oil
Dressings
No.1
Did you know...?
“Non-Oil Dressing”
is a category we pioneered
and popularized.
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「 Japanese Soup Stock Granules 」
Handy! Tasty!
Enjoy the flavor of the natural ingredient!
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「 Wakame Seaweed 」
For over 40 years since its launch Cut dried
wakame
for household use No.1shareInstant
Wakame Soup No.1share
Ventures born from extracting, refining, and concentrating Vitamin A
We enrich people’s lives with the expertise we gained in our vitamin A business.
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Food
Dressing
Seaweed
Extract / Seasoning
Dressing
Seaweed
Extract / Seasoning -
Improving Agents
Food Improving Agents
Chemical Improving Agents
Food Improving Agents
Chemical Improving Agents -
Health Care
Raw material for pharmaceuticals
Raw material for functional food
Raw material for pharmaceuticals
Raw material for functional food
Initiatives toward the future
We study seedlings to help solve the challenges facing the seaweed industry.
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Climate Change
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Labor shortage(Aging population, lack of successors)
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Post-quake reconstruction
We also promote research and development for reducing food loss,
initiatives to lighten our environmental footprint, and educational activities around food and eating.
