Tien Chu Ve-Tsin Chemical Limited (Chinese: 天厨味精; pinyin: Tiānchú Wèijīng) is a Chinese manufacturer of honey by-products, food chemicals and additives including monosodium glutamate (MSG).[1]
Founded in Shanghai in 1921, the firm also had operations in Hong Kong (established in 1937). Wu Zhifan became CEO of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin.[2]
Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Tien Chu Ve-Tsin became a state owned enterprise. It is currently owned by Shanghai Industrial Holdings.[3]
The Hong Kong unit became Tien Chu Ve-Tsin Chemical Limited of Hong Kong in the 1950s, but it reunited with the mainland parent firm in 1981. The factory was located in Tokwawan, Kowloon.[1]
Tien Chu was awarded a gold prize at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago.[1]
Tien Chu products are now found overseas in Chinese supermarkets and sold in plastic bags or blue and gold tins.[1]
The Tokwawan location closed and demolished in 1999 to make way for Sky Tower residential block.[4]
Rival and larger MSG maker is Ajinomoto of Japan.[1] Ajinomoto began 12 years before (1909) Tien Chu with offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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- ^ a b c d e The Tien Chu (Hong Kong) Company Limited. "香港天廚". www.tienchu.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "XU BEIHONG (1895-1953)". Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- ^ Chinese Investment in Manufacturing[dead link]
- ^ "To Kwa Wan's $6b project begins".
