Sahmyook Foods Explained

Sahmyook Foods
Native Name:삼육식품
Type:Private
Foundation:1978
Location:320 Panjeong-ri
Jiksan-eup
Chunan-si
Choongchungnam-do 330-811
South Korea
Key People:Jin Kyu Oh CEO
Shin Kook Park (Vice President)
Industry:Food
Products:Soy milk
Meat Substitutes
Ramen Noodles
Seaweed
Homepage:http://www.sahmyook.co.kr/

The Sahmyook Foods is a Seventh-day Adventist Church food company in South Korea that produces a large range of soy milks as well as a range of vegetarian products. Sahmyook Foods owns three factories, the oldest being in Choongnam; the second being in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk and the third being in Bonghwa-gun, Kyungbuk.[1] Sahmyook Foods has received five management awards since 2004. 60% of Sahmyook Foods market is in the United States, while 40% of its market is in Korea.[2]

History

Sahmyook Foods was founded around 1978.[3]

In 2011 the Fair Trade Commission fined Sahmyook Foods 1.5 billion won for price fixing. Sahmyook Foods, Dr. Chung's Food and Maeil Dairies control 82 percent of the soy milk market in South Korea.[4]

Products

Sahmyook Foods produces meat substitutes, ramen noodles, seaweed & soy milk products.[5] [6]

See also

References

  1. http://www.adventistdirectory.org/ViewAdmFieldSubEntities.aspx?AdmFieldID=KRUC&EntityType=F&ShowContained=-1&OffSrc=0 Food Industries
  2. https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2008-11-24/church-chat-south-korean-adventist-health-food-company-weathering-economic-storm/ Church Chat: South Korean Adventist health food company weathering economic storm
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=qm0rAwAAQBAJ&dq=when+was+sahmyook+foods+founded&pg=PA488 History Of Soy In Korea
  4. http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2932794 Soybean milk producers fined for price fixing
  5. https://sahmyook.en.ec21.com/product_list.html?type=all All Products
  6. http://sahmyookusa.com/ourproducts/ Our Products

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