Sempio: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Sempio (KRX: 248170) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea that owns 7 consumer brands.[1][2]
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.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Sempio Foods Company (also 샘표식품, Sempio Foods)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
- Founded
- 2016
- Tickers
- KRX: 248170
- Website
- www.sempio.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
Sempio in numbers
- Sempio owns 7 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 7 brands.[1]
Everything Sempio owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 7 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Recent changes to this record
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. · Brand: Sempio
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
What brands does Sempio own?
Sempio owns 7 consumer brands tracked here, including Sempio, Yondu, Chaochai, T'Asia, Fontana and Saemine Bueok.
Is Sempio a South Korean company?
Yes. Sempio is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and was founded in 2016.
Who owns Sempio?
Sempio is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 248170 on the KRX.
Sources (2) & 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.
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