Ajinomoto to Produce Glutamine and BCAA at One of World's Largest Pharmaceutical- and Food-Use Amino Acid Plants in Brazil

Annual Capacity to be Expanded by 4,000 Tons for Worldwide Supply

February 3rd, 2005 - Tokyo - Ajinomoto Interamericana Indústria e Comércio Ltda. (President: Yoshihiko Sakai, Head Office: São Paulo State, Brazil) is currently constructing one of the world's largest production facilities for amino acids for pharmaceuticals and foods (total investment: BRL 188 million/approximately JPY 6.6 billion) in Limeira, Brazil. The plant will initially produce four products: Glutamine* plus Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine, which are Branched Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs**).