Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd.

Tokiwa Phytochemical Co., Ltd. is a company in Sakura, Japan, specializing in phytochemistry. It provides products to over 2000 customers in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, health foods, and food additives. The company has research, extraction, and purification facilities on a site of approximately 50,000 m² in Chiba Prefecture.

Founded in 1949 by Dr. Matsuo Hitoshi, former director of the National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, together with Tachizaki Hiroshi. The company started manufacturing the pharmaceutical ingredient rutin. In 1957, the head office was moved to Sakura, and Tachizaki Hiroshi became president. Over the years, the company expanded into various plant extracts, including glycyrrhizin, stevia, and ginkgo biloba leaf extract. In 1982, it entered the health food field. In 2010, Tachizaki Hitoshi became chairman and Tachizaki Jin became president. The company has received various certifications and awards, including GMP certification for health food raw materials in 2010 and FSSC22000 certification in 2012.

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