Who owns Buldak?
Buldak is owned by Samyang Foods (South Korea, KRX: 003230).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Samyang Foods Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Samyang Foods Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 2012
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Pasta
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 003230
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Buldak
Buldak, meaning fire chicken, is Samyang Foods' spicy stir-fried noodle brand, launched in April 2012 as Buldak Bokkeummyeon, or Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen. The brand's sales exceeded one trillion won by July 2019, and it has grown into variants such as Carbonara and 2x Spicy, Buldak hot sauces, and tteokbokki. Samyang credits Buldak with building a new stir-fried noodle segment in Japan and calls it the origin of the fire noodle challenge.
Ownership timeline of Buldak
- Current owner Samyang Foods [1] reported
Where Buldak sits in Samyang Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Samyang Foods
Samyang Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in pasta, and who owns them
The 121 brands in pasta on Brandtree belong to 63 owners. The largest is Ebro Foods, with 15; Samyang Foods has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bertagni | Ebro Foods | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Indomie | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Camil | Camil | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Mimee | Dufil Prima Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Don Vicente | Molinos | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Corticella | Newlat Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Chikin Ramen | Nissin Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| La Cantonesa | CMI | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
About the owner: Samyang Foods
Samyang Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1961. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 003230.
Samyang Foods was founded in 1961 and in September 1963 produced Samyang Ramen, the first instant ramen made in Korea. It has been listed since 1975 and reported 2025 consolidated sales of 2.35 trillion won and operating profit of 524.2 billion won, with noodles and snacks making up 91.7 per cent of sales, much of it abroad on the strength of Buldak. It makes noodles in Wonju, Iksan and Miryang and is building a factory in China due for completion in January 2027.
Samyang Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇰🇷 Buldak and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 237 brands that began in South Korea. 12 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Buldak is not one of them.
- Absolute — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Ace — Haitai 🇰🇷
- Banana-Flavored Milk — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Bulgaris — Namyang Dairy 🇰🇷
- Chaochai — Sempio 🇰🇷
- Chapagetti — Nongshim 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Buldak?
The parent company of Buldak is Samyang Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Buldak South Korean?
Yes. Buldak originated in South Korea in 2012 and its owner, Samyang Foods, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Buldak still owned by Samyang Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Buldak is still owned by Samyang Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Samyang Foods Co., Ltd. Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — Samyang Foods Co., Ltd., Stock exchange filing, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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