Ajinomoto Foods Europe

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 15 official records from 11 official sources are on file. 6 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 2003. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-20. Internet Archive (Wayback)
• The inspection report describes the site: La société AJINOMOTO FOODS EUROPE est spécialisée dans le secteur agroalimentaire. Son activité principale est la production d’acides aminés par bio-fermentation, à l’aide de bactéries, non pathogènes et non génétiquement modifiées, à partir de substrat présent dans différentes matières premières sucrées. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société AJINOMOTO FOODS EUROPE est spécialisée dans le secteur agroalimentaire. Son activité principale est la production d’acides aminés par bio-fermentation, à l’aide de bactéries, non pathogènes et non génétiquement modifiées, à partir de substrat présent dans différentes matières premières sucrées.. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-06-01. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-13. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-06-01: 12 control points, 2 with follow-up: L'exploitant précisera dans la procédure de gestion documentaire ou dans la procédure de: proposed Demande d'action corrective, Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request for corrective action), 2 mois; L’exploitant précisera les dispositions retenues pour formaliser les actions de surveillance,: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant, Demande d'action corrective (request to the operator for supporting documents). The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. effective since 2008-01-08. EEA Industrial Emissions Portal (IED), EU-wide permit register
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-08-19. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-10-15. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-26. OpenSanctions
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-26. OpenSanctions
• Business email on the company's own domain (record type: corporate-mail-on-domain) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows the domain runs its own email rather than a free mailbox. It describes the domain, not who owns it. checked 2026-08-26. Mail server of the company domain
• EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-08-26. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 2 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-08-19. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Authorised Economic Operator in the EU customs register (record type: aeo-certified) [official record; status green] Customs granted trusted-trader status after auditing its procedures. checked 2026-08-30. EU AEO register (European Commission)
• Line of business as recorded in the state register: 21.10Z (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-08-19. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-08-26. Domain registry record
• Mentioned in independent media (record type: media-mention) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The press has written about it. A fact, not an endorsement. checked 2026-07-18. GlobeNewswire
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2026: revenue €292.5M, profit -€22.5M. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2026-03-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France

Relationships

6 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 2 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• AJINOMOTO FOODS EUROPE: Site named in the record, registry number 051.02362. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• 48 RUE DE NESLE, 80190 Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise: Site inspected. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• AJINOMOTO FOODS EUROPE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise: Holds the site's permit. EEA Industrial Emissions Portal (IED), EU-wide permit register

Candidates, not confirmed

• ajinomoto-europe.com: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

Product-specific import rules not established for the catalog category Thực phẩm khô và đồ dự trữ: neither the company's own description nor an official activity code shows that its own goods are of this kind. A catalog category alone is our classification, not proof of what the company makes or sells.

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)