Is Kikkoman recommended by AI? Visibility across 5 assistants and 27 countries
Kikkoman appears in 28 AI brand rankings across 27 countries and is the #1 recommendation in 1. It is named by 5 AI assistants, with its strongest position #1 for cooking essentials in Japan (28% share).
Named by: ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok.
| Rank | Category | Market | AI share | Assistants naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cooking Essentials | Japan | 28% | 4 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | United States | 19% | 4 of 5 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Brazil | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Mexico | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Colombia | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Saudi Arabia | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | UAE | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Egypt | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | South Africa | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Turkey | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Taiwan | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Nigeria | 15% | 2 of 4 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Canada | 14.4% | 4 of 5 |
| #2 | Cooking Essentials | Global | 10.9% | 5 of 5 |
| #3 | Cooking Essentials | Sweden | 17% | 4 of 5 |
| #3 | Cooking Essentials | Spain | 13% | 4 of 5 |
| #3 | Cooking Essentials | United Kingdom | 12.8% | 4 of 5 |
| #3 | Cooking Essentials | Netherlands | 12.8% | 3 of 5 |
| #4 | Cooking Essentials | Italy | 11.4% | 4 of 5 |
| #4 | Cooking Essentials | Poland | 10.6% | 3 of 5 |
| #4 | Cooking Essentials | France | 10.4% | 4 of 5 |
| #6 | Cooking Essentials | China | 5.6% | 2 of 4 |
| #8 | Cooking Essentials | Malaysia | 4% | 1 of 4 |
| #8 | Cooking Essentials | Australia | 2.4% | 1 of 4 |
| #9 | Cooking Essentials | Vietnam | 3.2% | 2 of 4 |
| #10 | Cooking Essentials | Indonesia | 1.6% | 1 of 4 |
| #10 | Cooking Essentials | South Korea | 1.6% | 1 of 4 |
| #12 | Cooking Essentials | Thailand | 1.6% | 1 of 4 |
Questions people ask
- Is Kikkoman recommended by ChatGPT?
- Yes. ChatGPT names Kikkoman in at least one of the 28 rankings where it appears.
- Where does AI rank Kikkoman highest?
- #1 for cooking essentials in Japan, with 28% of AI recommendations. Its broadest support is in Cooking Essentials (Japan), where 4 of 4 assistants name it.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
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