Sempio Foods Company
Korea's oldest soy sauce brewer and leading exporter of authentic Korean condiments, seasonings, and fermented pastes.
Sempio Foods Company is South Korea's oldest and largest soy sauce manufacturer, tracing its brewing heritage to 1946 and now the country's primary exporter of Korean condiments, seasonings, and fermented pastes to global markets. The company produces naturally brewed soy sauce (ganjang), doenjang (fermented soybean paste), gochujang (red pepper paste), and Korean noodles for both retail and foodservice wholesale channels. Sempio operates a global B2B wholesale arm under the Sempio Global brand, supplying Korean ingredient packs, foodservice pouches, and retail trade packs to Asian grocery distributors, specialty food importers, and major supermarket chains across 40 countries. All manufacturing facilities hold HACCP and ISO 22000 certification, and the company offers custom formulations and private-label sauces for wholesale buyers with minimum order requirements.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Cheongju, South Korea
- Founded
- 1946
- Website
- sempio.com
- Categories
- Pantry & Dry Goods, Specialty & Gourmet Food
- Markets
- United States, Japan, China, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia
Verified facts
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-07 Domain registry record
- standards-mark-certified (green), checked 2026-08-16 EAEU unified register of certificates and declarations
- facility-registered (green), checked 2026-08-19 BPOM (Indonesian Food and Drug Authority), public register of manufacturing facilities behind product registrations (Sarana)
Claimed certifications
- HACCP
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- EAC mark (EAEU conformity) EAEU unified register of certificates and declarations
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA