Post Visit

Nov.15, 2024 (Friday)

09:00 Check out and take bus

10:30 Arrival in Kunshan city and visit Jofont Biotechnology (Kunshan) Co.,Ltd.

12:00 Lunch with seasonings from Jofont

13:00 Take bus

14:00 Arrival in Jiading District, Shanghai, and visit R&D of Shanghai McCormick Foods Co.,Ltd.

15:30 Take bus

16:30 Arrival at Hongqiao Airport & Hongqiao Railway Station

17:30 Back at hotel

Jofont Biotechnology (Kunshan）Co.,Ltd.

Jofont Biotechnology（Kunshan）Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1980 by Taiwan-Jofont Industrial Co.,Ltd., more than 40 years ago.  It maximizes the top-level design of the twin-engine drive strategy in the deep processing of spices, providing a complete solution for applications ranging from single spices to multi-flavor solution.

Now we have Jofont Industrial Co.,Ltd., Jofont Biotechnology Co.,Ltd., Jofont Biotechnology (Kunshan) Co.,Ltd. and Jofont Agricultural Science And Technology Development (Shangqiu) Co.,Ltd.

 Main business categories: natural spices, natural extracts, reactive meat flavor, seasoning oil/paste, dedicated flavor, functional flavor.

“Food safety, product quality, natural flavor” has been our focus since Jofont was founded. Therefore, we control the safe quality and effective ingredients of spices from the origin, establish a perfect spice purchasing system, and establish a long-term cooperative raw material factory, so as to achieve the most stringent standards. The control is fundamental but the most important part of the material, and there is a complete set of processing control.

We insist on using good natural materials with proper pre-treatment process, then use various approaches of grinding, extracting, steam sterilizing to provide safe and high quality products to our customers.

Shanghai McCormick Foods Co.,Ltd.

McCormick & Company. Inc, a leading global seasoning manufacturer, was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1889. After more than 130 years of effective development and research, its products cover four major categories of business: retail, catering, industrial, and export, covering more than 160 countries and regions worldwide. It is deeply loved and respected by customers and consumers worldwide, establishing and maintaining a popular and trusted brand image, and is well-known to everyone. In 2020, despite the impact of the global pandemic, it maintained steady growth, with global sales exceeding $5.6 billion and increasing dividends for shareholders for the 35th consecutive year.

In recent years, the research and development direction of McCormick's new products has mainly focused on health, convenience, and Chinese flavor. It has continuously made efforts and innovations in areas such as zero fat, low salt, low sugar, ready to eat, semi-finished products, and Chinese sauces, and has gained recognition from the market and consumers. In addition, flavor has been another growth point for the business development of gourmet.

In 1989, McCormick Group officially entered China and currently has multiple factories and branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wuhan. Its brands, including McCormick, DaQiao, French’s and Frank’s, have gained the trust of customers and the love of Chinese consumers. Its business has maintained steady growth and has won numerous industry awards and honors.

Shanghai McCormick settled its flagship new factory in Waigang Town Industrial Park in October 2017. The new factory began full operation in 2018. The total construction area of the new factory is about 40,000 square meters, including production buildings, chemical warehouses, sewage treatment plants, fire pump rooms, and guard rooms. The new factory in Shanghai mainly produces dry powder products such as spices, compound seasonings, and wrapping materials, as well as wet sauce products such as sauces, emulsified sauces, flavor sauces, sweet sauces, and fruit sauces. The planned total production capacity in the long term will reach 160,000 tons per year.

With the appearance of the new factory in Shanghai, there is also Shanghai TIC, with a total area of 2,700 square meters, including office area, wet and dry laboratories, flavor laboratories, analytical laboratories, research and development kitchens, application laboratories, experimental kitchens, food studios, creative centers and sensory evaluation areas. The food studio is used for product concept display, cooking and beverage production process display, product innovation activities, and internal kitchen training. The creative center is used for focus interviews, brainstorming, and internal training.