MSC Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, production, marketing, and sale of various food additives in South Korea. Its product portfolio includes carrageenan, a polysaccharide that is used in food systems, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other applications; agar-agar, a non-digestible polysaccharide for making jellies, cookies, tissue culture, and bacteriological cultivation bases; natural food colors; concentrated juices produced from fruits and vegetables; and extracts from various cereals and herbal medicine materials, as well as others. The company also offers polyethylene telephthalate bottling and spout-pouch filling lines for filling various beverages; seasonings produced from cereals, fisheries, and vegetables; and natural, mixed, and coated spices, as well as herbs, oils, and oleoresins. In addition, it provides flavors for use in soft drinks, frozen desserts, confectionaries, coffee, meat and poultry products, and seafood products; functional food ingredients; and sauces, as well as offers fertilizers. The company also exports its products. The company was formerly known as Myeong Shin Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MSC Co., Ltd. in December 1997. MSC Co., Ltd. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Yangsan, South Korea.
