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CJ CheilJedang Corporation
CJ CheilJedang Corporation (Seoul South Korea; KRX: 097950; subsidiary of CJ Group); South Korean food and bio conglomerate; world's largest L-lysine producer (~25% global share) via fermentation biotechnology. Operates the world's first and only commercial-scale bio-based L-methionine facility at Kertih Biopolymer Park Terengganu Malaysia (80,000 MT/year; opened 2015 using genetically engineered E. coli K-12 fermenting plant sugars — producing L-methionine rather than racemic DL-methionine). CJ's fermentation-route L-methionine is chemically distinct from synthetic DL-methionine but is approved as nutritionally equivalent in poultry diets. Also produces tryptophan, threonine, and other feed amino acids globally. Pet food market interest in fermentation-derived (non-petrochemical) amino acids is growing.
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What they make
4 inputs CJ CheilJedang Corporation supplies
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chemical
L-Lysine (Essential Amino Acid Supplement) →
chemical
DL-Methionine (Essential Amino Acid Supplement) →
chemical
DL-Methionine (Essential Amino Acid Supplement) →
chemical
DL-Methionine / HMTBa (Feed-Grade) →
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Goods downstream
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Where they make it
6 facilities
CJ BioScience - Fort Dodge, Iowa →
US100,000 MT/yr; CJ BIO division; primary North American production hub; key for US supply resilience argument in anti-dumping case
CJ CheilJedang - Jombang, Indonesia →
ID100,000 MT/yr; $300M investment; also 50k MT threonine; opened 2012; Southeast Asia supply hub
CJ CheilJedang - Piracicaba, Brazil →
BR100,000 MT/yr; established 2007; South America supply hub
CJ CheilJedang Incheon Amino Acid Complex →
KRIncheon · processing
CJ CheilJedang produces feed amino acids at Incheon including methionine and threonine; CJ is the world's largest lysine and tryptophan producer, smaller in methionine; fermentation-based amino acid platform with methionine production as secondary product line
CJ CheilJedang L-Methionine Plant (Kertih, Malaysia) →
MYKertih Biopolymer Park, Terengganu · fermentation
World's first and only commercial-scale bio-based L-methionine plant; 80,000 MT/year capacity; opened early 2015. CJ uses genetically engineered E. coli K-12 fermenting plant sugars — produces L-methionine (single enantiomer) rather than racemic DL-methionine of chemical synthesis. Arkema co-located a thiochemicals (methyl mercaptan) plant at the same Kertih site as feedstock supplier. Fermentation-derived L-methionine is valued by premium pet food and organic poultry segments seeking non-petrochemical amino acids.
CJ CheilJedang Liaocheng Lysine Plant →
CNShandong · chemical-plant
Major CJ CheilJedang L-lysine fermentation facility in China; part of global production network that makes CJ the world's largest lysine producer.
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Animal Feed Amino Acids (Bio)
50%Food and Food Ingredients
35%Pharmaceutical and Functional
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Did you know2014
CJ CheilJedang — most famous globally for making Dasida beef stock, Haechandle gochujang, and being the company depicted in the price-fixing conspiracy behind the film 'The Informant!' (2009, lysine cartel) — operates the world's only commercial-scale bio-methionine facility using genetically engineered E. coli. CJ's Kertih Malaysia plant produces 80,000 MT/year of L-methionine through sugar fermentation rather than petrochemical synthesis. The company that made MSG-adjacent flavor products and participated in a billion-dollar amino acid cartel is also the only company in the world that makes chicken feed supplements from bacteria eating plant sugar instead of acrolein.
CJ BIO ↗