Company History
Product History
Founded on the current site of Kamada Soy Sauce
(Honmachi, Sakaide)
(Honmachi, Sakaide)
1789
Trademarked the 
symbol (TM No. 19025)
symbol (TM No. 19025)1903
1963
Began development of dashi and soup base made from soy sauce
Provided soup base for sanuki udon at Osaka Expo ‘70
1970
Began full-scale mail-order sales
1987
Jointly developed the Dashi Soy Sauce 300ml paper cartons for mail-order sales
Established the mail-order sales company
Kamada Foods International, Ltd.
Kamada Foods International, Ltd.
1994
1996
Jointly developed with Toppan Inc. the 300ml paper carton with cap spout for dining table use (Less Sodium Dashi Soy Sauce)
1997
Developed the 200ml paper carton series with spout caps for dining table use for mail-order sales
Established the Hokkaido Branch Office and Salmon Shavings Plant in Obihiro, Hokkaido
1998
The 200ml paper carton series won The Japanese Food Division Prize at the 37th Japan Packaging Competition (JPC), sponsored by The Japan Federation of Printing Industries. The paper carton also won the Good Packaging Award at the 1998 JPI Japan Packaging Contest, sponsored by The Japan Packaging Institute
Launched the official online sales website
1999
Developed jointly with The Hokkaido Tokachi Regional Food Processing Technology Center our original "Whole smoked salmon" made from buna salmon which has low utilization after spawning
Launched "Salmon Dashi Soy Sauce" using our original “Whole smoked salmon"
Launched "Salmon Dashi Soy Sauce" using our original “Whole smoked salmon"
Established a sales subsidiary, Kamada Canada (KC) in Ottawa, Canada
2001
Kamada Soy Sauce acquires ISO 9001 certification for the Main and Minato factories that includes design, development, manufacture and sales of soy sauce, processed soy sauce products and noodle soup base
2002
2004
Developed the economical 500ml paper carton with a one-touch cap spout
Closed Kamada Canada (KC)
Established a sales subsidiary, Kamada America (KA) in Bellevue, Washington US
Established a sales subsidiary, Kamada America (KA) in Bellevue, Washington US
2005
2006
The 500ml paper cartons with one-touch spout caps won The Japanese Food Division Prize at The 45th Japan Packaging Competition (JPC) sponsored by The Japan Federation of Printing Industries
Established the Mushroom Production Division in Obihiro, Hokkaido
2007
HACCP certification acquired for seafood processing facilities at Minato Factory
2008
Began production and sales of "Tokachi Mushrooms”
2009
Established Kamada Mushroom Co., Ltd. (an agricultural corporation)
Completed construction of the Deep Underground Water Extraction Plant in Otofuke, Hokkaido
Began manufacture and sale of “Taisetsu Water”
Completed construction of the Deep Underground Water Extraction Plant in Otofuke, Hokkaido
Began manufacture and sale of “Taisetsu Water”
2010
Trademarked the 
symbol
symbol2017
Renewed all types of paper cartons
Kamada Soy Sauce Honmachi Factory acquires HACCP certification for seafood processing facilities
2019
KAMADA SOY SAUCE Inc succeeded the mail-order business of Kamada Foods International Ltd.
2021
Completed Kamada Home
2023
