Our History
Company History
| 1956 | Ezaki Glico Foods Co., Ltd. is founded with a launch of seasoning product “Gluta” . |
| 1957 | Launches wheat starch products. |
| 1961 | Launches a vital wheat gluten product, “A-glu™”. ≫Wheat protein |
| 1972 | Launches a food coloring product, “Monas Color™”. » Food Color |
| 1982 | Glico Foods Co., Ltd. is established from a merger of Ezaki Glico Foods Co., Ltd. and Glico Ham Co., Ltd. |
| 1994 | Starts the launching modified starch products in earnest. » Modified Starch |
| 2004 | Chubu Glico Manufacturing Co., Ltd is established. |
| 2012 | Glico Foods Co., Ltd. splits into two separate companies: Glico Ham Co., Ltd. and Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. Inheriting the “Fine Chemical” business started at Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. in 2001 to Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. » Fine Chemical |
| 2012 | Launches “GMIX™” products that are modified starch and incorporates enzyme-treated starch called “E-Starch™”. » GMIX |
| 2015 | Chubu Glico Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Nagoya factory achieves the Food Safety Management System FSSC 22000 Certification. Wins the Technology Development Award 2015 in the Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience as a title of "E-starch, a Versatile Platform to Engineer Starch Functionality." |
| 2017 | Cluster Dextrin™ is certified as a Halal ingredient of MUI. |
| 2018 | Cluster Dextrin is certified as a Kosher ingredient of OK Kosher Certification. » Cluster Dextrin |
| 2020 | Cluster Dextrin wins the Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2020 in the food and beverage category as innovative ingredient for sports nutrition. |
| 2021 | Glico Nutrition receives the bronze pride in the LGBTQ initiative index "PRIDE Index 2021"sponsored by"work with Pride"in Japan. |
