Who owns Sempio?
Sempio is owned by Sempio Foods Company (South Korea, KRX: 248170).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sempio Foods Company Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART, 13 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sempio Foods Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇰🇷 South Korea, Seoul
- Origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Founded
- 1946
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 248170
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Sempio
Sempio is the soy sauce and fermented-sauce brand Sempio has made since 1946. The mark was filed on 11 May 1954 as registration No. 362, which the company says is the oldest trademark still in use in Korea. It standardised the composition of its soy sauce in 1962, revived traditional Joseon ganjang in 2001, and in 2002 became the first sauce maker to adopt HACCP. All its doenjang, gochujang and ssamjang are made in Yeongdong, North Chungcheong.
Ownership timeline of Sempio
Where Sempio sits in Sempio
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Sempio brand portfolio (7) →
Other brands owned by Sempio
Sempio controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 95 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6; Sempio has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Hon Tsuyu | Kikkoman | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Sempio
Sempio is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2016. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as KRX: 248170.
Sempio Foods is a South Korean food company best known for soy sauce and other fermented sauces (jang). It also makes the Yondu cooking essence, Baengnyeon Dongan black vinegar, Fontana Western foods, T'Asia Asian foods and Ziller jerky. The Sempio business began on 20 August 1946. The present company was split from Sempio Corporation on 1 July 2016 to take over its food business and was relisted on the Korea Exchange on 9 August 2016; Sempio Corporation holds 49.38%. In 2025 jang made up 233.3 billion won, or 51.3%, of sales, and other products 221.7 billion won.
🇰🇷 Sempio 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; Sempio is not one of them.
- Absolute — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Ace — Haitai 🇰🇷
- Banana-Flavored Milk — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Buldak — Samyang Foods 🇰🇷
- Bulgaris — Namyang Dairy 🇰🇷
- Chapagetti — Nongshim 🇰🇷
Official recalls involving Sempio products
1 recall notice from government regulators matched to Sempio. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Cardboard boxes containing pouches of 31.75-oz (900 g) “Sempio Korean Ginseng CHICKEN STEW CLASSIC”; Cardboard boxes containing pouches of 31.75-oz (900 g)… — USDA FSIS, · High - Class I
Reason given: Import Violation
Recalling firm: Sempio Food Services Inc.
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sempio?
The parent company of Sempio is Sempio Foods Company, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Sempio South Korean?
Yes. Sempio originated in South Korea in 1946 and its owner, Sempio Foods Company, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Sempio still owned by Sempio Foods Company?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Sempio is still owned by Sempio Foods Company. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & 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] Sempio Foods Company Business Report (사업보고서) for fiscal year 2025, filed with DART — Sempio Foods Company, Stock exchange filing, published 13 March 2026; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [2] Sempio — 샘표 80년 (history) — Sempio Foods Company, Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [3] Sempio — 샘표 장류 (fermented sauces) — Sempio Foods Company, Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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