Who owns Hon Tsuyu?
Hon Tsuyu is owned by Kikkoman (Japan, TSE: 2801).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kikkoman Group Corporate Report 2025, Kikkoman Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kikkoman Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Noda
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1995
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2801
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hon Tsuyu
Hon Tsuyu is the Kikkoman tsuyu soup base launched in 1995, which took the company from soy sauce into other Japanese seasonings and opened its entry into the tsuyu soup base market. The Koi Dashi Hontsuyu version performed steadily in Kikkoman's latest reported year, helping the Food Products Division grow its sales in Japan.
Ownership timeline of Hon Tsuyu
Where Hon Tsuyu sits in Kikkoman
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kikkoman
Kikkoman controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 95 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Kikkoman has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Chaochai | Sempio | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: Kikkoman
Kikkoman is a publicly listed company headquartered in Noda, Japan, founded in 1917. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2801.
Kikkoman is a Japanese soy sauce maker formed in 1917, when eight brewing families in Noda and Nagareyama merged to create Noda Shoyu Co., the predecessor of today's company. It began marketing in the United States through a San Francisco sales company in 1957 and shipped its first American-made soy sauce from Walworth, Wisconsin in 1973. Its soy sauce is now used in more than 100 countries, and it says North American sales far exceed those in Japan. The group also holds the Del Monte processed food rights for much of Asia, the JFC Asian food wholesale business, soymilk and Manns Wine.
🇯🇵 Hon Tsuyu and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Hon Tsuyu is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hon Tsuyu?
The parent company of Hon Tsuyu is Kikkoman, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Hon Tsuyu Japanese?
Yes. Hon Tsuyu originated in Japan in 1995 and its owner, Kikkoman, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Hon Tsuyu still owned by Kikkoman?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Hon Tsuyu is still owned by Kikkoman. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Kikkoman Group Corporate Report 2025 — Kikkoman Corporation, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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