Jakarta, January 17, 2023 - The need of hotel, restaurant and catering industry (Horeca) for innovative food additives to help make it easy the production process quite increasing in Indonesia from year to year. Responding to this need, PT AJINOMOTO INDONESIA (Ajinomoto) through the Horeca Dept has recently launched a meat improver product - "NIKUPLUS". To further introduce and experience the benefits of using the "NIKUPLUS" product in the food menu application, on Tuesday (17/01/2023) Ajinomoto invites media partners to try directly cooking a food menu using the "NIKUPLUS" product application at Dapur Umami Studio, Ajinomoto Head Office – Sunter, in an event entitled: “Lebih Dekat dengan NIKUPLUS”.
In this event, Ryo Nakamura, Head of Horeca Dept - PT AJINOMOTO INDONESIA and Wisnu Wicaksono, Corporate Chef of Horeca Dept. - PT AJINOMOTO INDONESIA, explained more detail about product knowledge and benefits of using NIKUPLUS products, also explained the benefits of various other products.
"NIKUPLUS" product is a food additive mixed with meat stabilizers which can improve the texture of meat to make it more tender and juicy, and stable for 4 hours of storage. "NIKUPLUS" can be applied to various types of meat such as chicken, duck, beef and goat. This product is also easy to apply according to cooking habits in the kitchen. Ajinomoto sees that many Indonesian people consume various kinds of animal protein as their main menu every day. In addition, the high demand in the food service industry has made the "NIKUPLUS" product a solution as a meat improver because it is very practical to use at a fairly affordable price," said Ryo Nakamura.
"This product can also be combined with other spices without changing the taste and can be applied easily in the marination or ungkep process. So, all media colleagues on this occasion will be guided by Chef Wisnu to experience the benefits of "NIKUPLUS" products through the Gyukushi application menu. For media partners and food service industry players in Indonesia who want to buy "NIKUPLUS" products, this product can be found at Ajinomoto partner distributors, wholesale supermarkets, as well as Ajinomoto Indonesia E-Commerce Official Stores such as Shopee and Tokopedia. For all media colleague and also food service industry business owner in Indonesia who want to buy "NIKUPLUS" products, this product can be found at Ajinomoto partner distributors, wholesale supermarkets, as well as Ajinomoto Indonesia E-Commerce Official Stores such as Shopee and Tokopedia," he continued.
In addition, according to Ryo Nakamura, the presence of the "NIKUPLUS" product is also one of the group's ASV (Ajinomoto Shared Value) activities, which contributes to the effective utilization of food resources in Indonesia. With "NIKUPLUS" the meat is more tender and juicy.
In the "Lebih Dekat dengan NIKUPLUS" event, Ajinomoto also invite Nazhif Gifari, S.Gz, M.Sc, Nutritionist & Lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Esa Unggul University, Jakarta. According to him, entrepreneur in food service or horeca industry also need to prioritize the health factor in creating food menus or the products they produce, apart from of course the delicious taste.
"Apart from prioritizing delicious taste on their food menu, it is good for entrepreneur in the food service or horeca industry to follow the recommendations of the Indonesian Ministry of Health regarding limiting the use of sugar, salt, fat in their products and creation of food menus," said Nazhif.
"For example, on the first menu that Chef Wisnu presented, Tori no Suimono. This simple menu also includes a source of protein from chicken, and a source of fiber is also available from vegetables such as broccoli and carrots. Then I also noticed that the use of salt are less than usual, then the Chef also added AJI-NO-MOTO® PLUS. In my opinion, using umami seasonings like MSG is also one way to reduce salt intake. This is because the sodium content in MSG is only one-third (⅓) of the sodium content in ordinary salt," he continued.
The Ajinomoto Indonesia Group is currently increasing the literacy and knowledge of all of its employees to serve as Health Providers. Health Providers consist of Health providers for Human Being and Health providers for The Earth, because the Ajinomoto Indonesia Group cares about improving the health of all people and the earth (environment).