Who owns Yondu?
Yondu is owned by Sempio (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
- 2010
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Spices & seasonings
- Parent ticker
- KRX: 248170
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About Yondu
Yondu is a liquid seasoning Sempio launched in 2010 and calls a cooking essence. It is made entirely from plants, from fermented soybeans and a broth of Korean vegetables. In 2018 it won a NEXTY award at Natural Products Expo West, the first for a Korean food company, from more than 890 candidates, and Sempio opened a Yondu Culinary Studio in Manhattan. The range also includes Yondu Ring broth tablets made from roasted anchovy, pollack, mushrooms and vegetables.
Ownership timeline of Yondu
Where Yondu sits in Sempio
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sempio
Sempio controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in spices & seasonings, and who owns them
The 46 brands in spices & seasonings on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Patisen, with 5.
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.
🇰🇷 Yondu 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; Yondu is not one of them.
- Absolute — Maeil Dairies 🇰🇷
- Ace — Haitai 🇰🇷
- Banana-Flavored Milk — Binggrae 🇰🇷
- Buldak — Samyang Foods 🇰🇷
- Bulgaris — Namyang Dairy 🇰🇷
- Chapagetti — Nongshim 🇰🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yondu?
The parent company of Yondu is Sempio, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Korea.
Is Yondu South Korean?
Yes. Yondu originated in South Korea in 2010 and its owner, Sempio, is also headquartered in South Korea.
Is Yondu still owned by Sempio?
Yes. As of 26 October 2026, Yondu is still owned by Sempio. 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 — 연두 (Yondu) — Sempio Foods Company, Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
- [3] Sempio — 샘표 80년 (history) — Sempio Foods Company, Official document; retrieved 26 October 2026.
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