Corporate History
| 1904 | Opened for operation Started production of maltose syrup |
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| 1907 | Plant moved to Sakurababa-cho |
| 1922 | Started manufacture and sales of Caramel Products under the name of “KOKUYO CARAMEL” |
| 1926 | Focused on operation of caramel production |
| 1930 | Started production of “Licorice Extract” Established Matsuhama Plant for producing a bag filter for soy sauce press and an amino acid |
| 1935 | Incorporated Ikeda Tohka Industries Co., LTD with capital of ￥1 million Kisaburo Ikeda took office as the first president |
| 1936 | Shikataro Ikeda took office as the second president |
| 1945 | Plant destroyed by war bombing |
| 1947 | Reconstructed |
| 1958 | Masao Ikeda took office as the third president Developed the closed-vessels process for Caramel |
| 1961 | Installed spray dryer and started production of Powdered Caramel Products Opened Tokyo Business Office |
| 1962 | Opened Osaka Business Office |
| 1964 | Started production of Powdered Licorice Products |
| 1965 | Started production of Natural Seasonings and Dessert Foods Opened Nagoya Branch Local Office |
| 1967 | Installed freeze dryer Opened Fukuoka Branch Local Office |
| 1971 | Started production of small packaged food products by Automatic Packing Machine |
| 1973 | Established new Matsuhama Plant (Nippon Licoce Co., LTD) |
| 1974 | Established Kantoh Plant and started operation (Kisai Foods Ind. Co., LTD) |
| 1975 | Opened overseas operational division |
| 1976 | Started production and sales of Stevia Products |
| 1977 | Completed the first term construction of Minoshima Plant |
| 1979 | Completed the second term construction of Minoshima Plant Completed extension for Kantoh Plant |
| 1981 | Sadao Mizunoue took office as the fourth president Completed the third term construction of Minoshima Plant |
| 1986 | Opened Hiroshima Business Office Opened Kagoshima Branch Local Office |
| 1987 | Constructed and opened Research and Development Center in Minoshima |
| 1989 | Established Johetsu Plant and started operation (Johetsu Foods Co., LTD) Established Kasaoka Plant and started operation (Nippon Licoce Co., LTD) |
| 1990 | Constructed a new building of Nagoya Office Completed extension of Kantoh Plant |
| 1991 | Established Tanuma Plant and started operation (Tanuma Foods Co., LTD) |
| 1992 | Established Teshiro Plant and started operation (Nippon Licoce Co., LTD) Constructed a new building of Fukuoka Branch |
| 1993 | Constructed a new building of Tokyo Head Office |
| 1995 | Completed construction of the second Plant for Johetsu Foods Co., LTD |
| 1996 | Established China Anqiu Plant and started operation |
| 1999 | Completed construction of Minoshima Delivery Center |
| 2000 | Incorporated Ikeda International Co., LTD |
| 2002 | Completed extension of the second Plant for Johetsu Foods Co., LTD |
| 2004 | Completed construction of the second Plant for Tanuma Foods Co., LTD Completed the second term construction of China Anqiu Plant |
| 2006 | Replaced a spray dryer for powdered Caramel Products in Minoshima Plant Completed extension of powder treatments process lines in Minoshima Plant Endowed and established a new chair to the medical department of Okayama University |
| 2007 | Completed extension of burnt treatment process lines in Minoshima Plant Completed extension of functional ingredient plant in Minoshima |
| 2009 | Naoyuki Ikeda took office as the fifth president |