Ajinomoto in partnership with Mahidol University and Nature Research Custom Media organizes a Symposium in the Prince Mahidol Award Conference to promote healthy eating and nutritional profiling in a sustainable manner

Recently, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan, in partnership with the Institute of Nutrition of Mahidol University and Nature Research Custom Media, hosted a  symposium entitled "Healthy Eating and Nutritional Profiling in Asia" as a side event of the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2023: PMAC, a global health academic conference that provides opportunities for health leaders in all sectors to participate in sharing experiences and proposing solutions for human and planetary health, under the co-hosting of Thailand and many international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), etc.

Throughout the panel discussions of this symposium, which took place at the Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, Bangkok, it consisted of two main session topics, including Healthy Eating in Asia: How Can We Fight Excess Salt Intake? and Nutrient Profiling in Asia: How Can We Use Labeling to Promote Healthier Diets? which aims to consider the definition of healthy eating and nutritional profiling with a view to promoting good habits, as well as discuss nutritional issues that apply to Asian food cultures. The event began with an opening remark by Dr. Chalat Santivarangkna, Director of the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, keynote speech by Dr. Thanawat Tiensin, Chaiperson of the UN Committee on World Food Security, Permanent Representative of Thailand to the UN Agencies in Rome (FAO, IFAD, and WFP), and the panel discussions were participated in by many key speakers and health leaders from the private sector, government, and academia in all related fields, both domestically and internationally. The results obtained from this event will be the starting point for mobilizing a co-vision and framework to achieve a network-based operation to push and drive the goal of promoting sustainable good health and habits for consumers through the integration of knowledge, technology, and innovation that systematically connect the private sector, academia, the government, and related agencies in the future.

The Ajinomoto Group aims to become a "solution-providing group of companies for food and health issues" by unlocking the power of amino acids to support the healthy lives of people all around the world. We are striving to deliver our inspiration of "nutrition without compromise," which reflects the essence of Ajinomoto Group’s business operations worldwide as we so call "The Ajinomoto Group Creating Shared Value: ASV.