Who owns Jongga?
Jongga is owned by Daesang (South Korea, KRX: 001680), which has owned the brand since 2006.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Daesang Corporation: Food Business and company introduction. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Daesang Corporation reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Category
- Food › Fresh produce › Fresh vegetables
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 001680
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Jongga
Jongga is Daesang's fresh-food brand, best known for kimchi. Daesang describes it as a specialty brand that reinterprets fermentation, quality and nature in Korean food, and says it took over Jongga in 2006 and merged it with Chungjungone in 2017. The company renewed the Jongga brand identity in 2022 and has run kimchi events in Busan and Tokyo.
Ownership timeline of Jongga
Where Jongga sits in Daesang
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Daesang
Daesang controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fresh vegetables, and who owns them
The 16 brands in fresh vegetables on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Grimmway Produce Group, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bunny-Luv | Grimmway Produce Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Backyard Farms | Mastronardi Produce | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Eisberg | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Fresh Express | Chiquita | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Edible Garden | Edible Garden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Mann Packing | Fresh Del Monte | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Local Bounti | Local Bounti | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Freshmark | Shoprite Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
About the owner: Daesang
Daesang is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1956. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 001680.
Daesang Corporation is a Seoul-based food and fermentation company that says it was founded in 1956. Its English site describes general-food brands Chungjungone and Jongga, plus Miwon, and the affiliates Daesang Wellife (Wellife and Nucare) and Chorocmaeul, an organic retailer. The company recounts that Miwon and Sewon merged to form Daesang, that it took over Jongga in 2006, and that it acquired the US firm Lucky Foods in 2023. Lucky Foods is not listed because its brands were not named in the documents used. Its holding company is Daesang Holdings, which the history page mentions.
🇰🇷 Jongga and other South Korean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 185 brands that began in South Korea. 7 of them (4%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Jongga is not one of them.
- Absolute — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Banana-Flavored Milk — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Buldak — Samyang Foods 🇰🇷
- Chapagetti — Nongshim 🇰🇷
- Cheesy Ramen — Otoki 🇰🇷
- Choco Pie — Lotte 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Jongga?
The parent company of Jongga is Daesang, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Jongga South Korean?
Yes. Jongga originated in South Korea and its owner, Daesang, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Since when has Daesang owned Jongga?
Daesang has owned Jongga since 2006.
Is Jongga still owned by Daesang?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Jongga is still owned by Daesang. 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] Daesang Corporation: Food Business and company introduction — Daesang Corporation, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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