Tien Chu

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).

[2] Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Tien Chu Ve-Tsin became a state owned enterprise.

[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.

[1] Ajinomoto began 12 years before (1909) Tien Chu with offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.