Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

One month later, 'Culinary Class Wars' desserts still flying off shelves

Following the success of Netflix's 'Culinary Class Wars,' convenience stores in Korea see soaring sales of desserts and premade meals inspired by the show.

2024-11-19

Beyond ramyeon: Korean snack makers brace for a global craze

Major manufacturers like SPC Samlip and Lotte Wellfood are expanding their overseas markets and projecting substantial revenue increases.

2024-08-24

Lathered with laver

Over $670 million worth of gim was exported between January to October this year, an increase of 20.7 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Korea Customs Service on Wednesday.

2023-11-29

Food safety agency to keep current aspartame regulations

The Korean food safety agency decided to keep its current regulations regarding the use of aspartame, despite the World Health Organization's earlier classification of the artificial sweetener as a possible carcinogen.

2023-07-14

Convenience stores put freeze on ice cream prices

Korea's convenience stores are freezing their ice cream prices despite the scheduled wholesale price hike, following a series of price cuts in the food industry as part of efforts to tame rising inflation.

2023-06-29

Further food price cuts to ease cost of living concerns

Korean confectionery and bakery companies are lowering the prices of their products following ramyeon cost drops, as the government tries to contain the living costs amid inflation.

2023-06-28

Spending on snacks

Customers walk by the snack aisle at a discount store in Seoul on Monday. The rise in consumer price for manufactured food products hit 10.4 percent in February, the highest since April 2009. Bread products rose by 17.7 percent, snacks by 14.2...

2023-03-27

[TALKING TRENDS] 'Bung-sekwon'

In the old days when there were no hand warmers, bungeo-ppang helped warm frozen hands. Now the crunchy, creamy texture and sweet flavor is fading away. This winter must be colder.

2022-11-16

Haitai Confectionery & Foods opens new Asan plant, plans to go green

Haitai Confectionery & Foods started operations at its new snack-making plant with goals to make its production process more green.

2022-07-13

Palm oil ban doesn't bode well for ramyeon, snack companies

Ramyeon and snack consumers may have to prepare themselves for another price hike as Indonesia bans exports of palm oil, one of the key ingredients to make the food products.

2022-04-24