President and founder, Maria Keating, was former President of Fuji Foods USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Fuji Shokuhin Kogyo (now owned by Japan Tobacco), with responsibility for both the manufacturing operations as well as creating a commercial U.S. flavor, meat & poultry broth market. Ms. Keating ran the U.S. manufacturing businesses, selling to food service and branded manufacturing leaders in the USA and Asia.