Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (東洋水産株式会社), best known as Toyo Suisan (東洋水産), is a Japanese company specializing in ramen noodles, through its Maruchan brand, seafood and frozen and refrigerated foods.[3] It is the fourth-largest transnational seafood corporation.[4]
History
The company was established in 1953 by Kazuo Mori as a marine products exporter, domestic buyer and distributor. Entering the cold-storage business in 1955, it began producing and selling such processed marine food products as fish sausage in 1956.
Toyo Suisan and its consolidated subsidiaries subsequently expanded operations into other business fields, including instant noodles, fresh noodles and frozen foods.
In addition to consumer-direct foods, the company also markets a diverse range of food products for the commercial food service industry, including restaurants, speciality stores and industrial food services.[4]