Our History
Company History
| 1956 | Ezaki Glico Foods Co., Ltd. is founded with the launch of the seasoning product “Gluta” . |
| 1957 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. launches its wheat starch product line. |
| 1961 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. launches its vital wheat gluten product line “A-glu™”. ≫Wheat protein |
| 1972 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. launches its food coloring product line “Monas Color™”. » Food Color |
| 1982 | Glico Foods Co., Ltd. is established through the merger of Ezaki Glico Foods Co., Ltd. and Glico Ham Co., Ltd. |
| 1994 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. begins full-scale launch of modified starch products. » Modified Starch |
| 2004 | Chubu Glico Manufacturing Co., Ltd is established. |
| 2012 | Glico Foods Co., Ltd. is reorganized into two separate companies: Glico Ham Co., Ltd. and Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. inherits the “Fine Chemical” business originally launched by Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. in 2001. » Fine Chemical |
| 2012 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. launches “GMIX™” products, a line of modified starches incorporating enzyme-treated starch known as “E-Starch™”. » GMIX |
| 2015 | Chubu Glico Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Nagoya factory is certified under the Food Safety Management System FSSC 22000. E-starch was awarded the Technology Development Award 2015 by the Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience for its work titled "E-starch, a Versatile Platform to Engineer Starch Functionality." |
| 2020 | Cluster Dextrin™ was awarded the Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2020 in the Food and Beverage category as an innovative ingredient for sports nutrition. |
| 2022 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. was awarded the Gold rating in the LGBTQ initiative index "PRIDE Index 2022," sponsored by Work with Pride in Japan (also awarded consecutively in 2023 and 2024). |
| 2023 | Cluster Dextrin was awarded the "Nutrition Intelligence Manufacturing" prize by New Nutrition Business in China. |
| 2024 | Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. is certified as "KENKO Investment for Health" (also certified consecutively in 2025). |
| 2025 | Cluster Dextrin was awarded the 38th New Technology and Food Development Prize by the Japan Food Journal. |
