Korean food makers set sights on Europe with vegan, sugar-free offerings

Korean food makers set sights on Europe with vegan, sugar-free offerings

PARIS – South Korean food companies such as Pulmuone Corp., Lotte Wellfood Co., Ottogi Corp. and Maeil Dairies Co. are gearing up for their ex...

Hanwha Galleria acquires beverage manufacturer Pure Plus

Hanwha Galleria acquires beverage manufacturer Pure Plus

South Korea's Hanwha Galleria Corp. said on Monday its acquisition of domestic beverage manufacturer Pure Plus.Pure Plus has focused on non-alcoholi...

Paldo enters S&R, Puregold in Philippines

Paldo enters S&R, Puregold in Philippines

South Korea’s food and beverage company Paldo is strengthening its competitiveness in the Philippine market.Paldo announced on Thursday that i...

S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA

S.Korea's Vegan J. enters Amazon USA

South Korean eco-friendly cosmetic brand Vegan J. announced on Friday that it sells its products on Amazon, the largest e-commerce platform in the U...

Hanwha Galleria poised to buy drink maker Pure Plus

Hanwha Galleria poised to buy drink maker Pure Plus

Hanwha Galleria Corp., a South Korean department store operator, signed a memorandum of understanding early this month to buy a domestic non-alcohol...

Starbucks reigns in coffee republic of South Korea; Drink, play and work

Starbucks reigns in coffee republic of South Korea; Drink, play and work

In South Korea, coffee is not just something to drink. It’s a culture, in which people drink, play and work.Koreans’ love affair with co...

Korean vegan makeup brand Dear Dahlia on the market

Korean vegan makeup brand Dear Dahlia on the market

Dear Dahlia, a South Korean vegan makeup brand that operates around 300 stores across the globe, has been put on for sale for more than 100 billion ...

CJ launches new vegan dumplings in UK, Australia, Singapore

CJ launches new vegan dumplings in UK, Australia, Singapore

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has rolled out new vegan dumplings with tray packages in the UK, Australia, and Singapore. They are des...

Kombucha tea brands lure investors as diet drink market grows

Kombucha tea brands lure investors as diet drink market grows

South Korea’s medium-sized electronics components maker Phoenix Rising PTE Ltd. has agreed to invest 3 billion won ($2.3 million) in domestic ...

South Korea's whisky imports surge 50% to record high

South Korea's whisky imports surge 50% to record high

South Korea's whisky imports surged by 50% in the first half of 2023, reaching an unprecedented peak, according to trade data the Korea Customs Serv...

Starbucks to offer super-size Trenta drinks in S.Korea

Starbucks to offer super-size Trenta drinks in S.Korea

Starbucks will roll out its biggest size for iced drinks, the Trenta, next week in South Korea, which was chosen as its first overseas market to int...

CJ CheilJedang releases Buddhist temple-style vegan dumplings

CJ CheilJedang releases Buddhist temple-style vegan dumplings

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has rolled out Buddhist temple-style dumplings without meat and the five vegetables banned in Buddhism ...

AskUp aims to make life more convenient, even with highball recipes

AskUp aims to make life more convenient, even with highball recipes

Amid the generative artificial intelligence technology sensation, businesses scramble to get creative in using AI to bolster their sales, and a Sout...

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings, Veluga Brewery to digitalize Korean liquor market

HL Holdings Corp., a major South Korean automotive parts logistics specialist with a three-decade history, has joined hands with Veluga Brewery Inc....

CJ Haechandle Gochujang acquires Europe's V-Label

CJ Haechandle Gochujang acquires Europe's V-Label

CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s flagship fermented food brand Haechandle Gochujang (hot pepper paste) is set to expand into the global market, backed by its ...

Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom

Lotte Chairman to return to beverage unit's boardroom

Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin is slated to return as an inside director of Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., the group’s subsidiary and one of...

Korea’s top probiotic drink maker hy to expand global biz

Korea’s top probiotic drink maker hy to expand global biz

South Korea’s leading probiotic drink maker hy Co. is seeking to expand its health functional food business into the global market as demand f...

Namyang sees big increase in overseas sales of Chupa Chups drink

Namyang sees big increase in overseas sales of Chupa Chups drink

Namyang Dairy Products is strengthening its presence in the overseas business-to-business (B2B) market through carbonated beverages. The famous loll...

7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023

7-Eleven shows off first realistic metaverse store at CES 2023

Convenience store franchiser 7-Eleven said on Tuesday that it would display a new concept metaverse store for the first time in the industry toget...

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

Whisky imports up 62%, projected to be popular next year and beyond

As whisky became more popular in Korea, the amount of whisky imported for 10 months until October this year increased about 62% compared to the same...

CJ CheilJedang sells 3 million units of vegan food just 10 months after launch

CJ CheilJedang  sells 3 million units of vegan food just 10 months after launch

The plant-based food brand PlantTable of Korean food and biotech giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. has seen three million units in cumulative sales since i...

Intake bets on alternative meat, zero-calorie drinks for future of food tech

Intake bets on alternative meat, zero-calorie drinks for future of food tech

South Korean food tech startup Intake Corp. sells a wide range of meat alternatives, such as plant-based egg substitutes and vegan burger patties.&n...

Lotte Chilsung to tie up with startups for vegan drinks

Lotte Chilsung to tie up with startups for vegan drinks

South Korea’s Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. is set to start the vegan business along with local startups as veganism, or the practice of abstain...

Korean beauty brands rush for vegan certification

Korean beauty brands rush for vegan certification

As more consumers seek out eco-friendly products, a growing number of South Korean cosmetics brands are in a hurry to be certified as vegan.With lab...

Ottogi launches vegan tuna on rising demand for plant-based alternatives

Ottogi launches vegan tuna on rising demand for plant-based alternatives

Veganism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the food and beverage industry this year. F&B juggernauts are racing to win the hearts and tast...

Food giants vie for biggest splice of vegan pie 

Food giants vie for biggest splice of vegan pie 

Veganism, or the practice of abstaining from any animal or animal byproducts, is taking the food and beverage (F&B) industry by storm. Even...

Startups serving specific markets thrive: SaaS, fantech, veganism 

Startups serving specific markets thrive: SaaS, fantech, veganism 

Vertical service providers are dominating South Korea’s venture business ecosystem, in a study of the country’s early stage startups by ...

Cosmax strengthens eco-friendly marketing in Southeast Asia

Cosmax strengthens eco-friendly marketing in Southeast Asia

Cosmax Inc., a major South Korean original design manufacturer (ODM) for L'Oréal and other global cosmetics giants, is strengthening its ma...

K-beauty vegan rebel Dear Dahlia in Paris' Galeries Lafayette

K-beauty vegan rebel Dear Dahlia in Paris' Galeries Lafayette

South Korean cosmetics brand Dear Dahlia successfully opened a boutique in Europe’s largest department store in 2019 – just two years ...

LG Group invests $21 mn in vegan egg maker Eat Just

LG Group invests $21 mn in vegan egg maker Eat Just

LG Group plans to invest 25 billion won ($21 million) in California-based plant-based food maker Eat Just, Inc. The news follows an announcement by ...

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