As conger eel contains a variety of nutritive components such as Vitamin A, unsaturated fatty acid, collagen, etc., it is fishery products which are considered as a representative health food. We met SUCHEON LEE, the representative of WOOJIN MOOLSAN Co., Ltd,
Among a lot of abalone production companies, there is an abalone processing company which is making efforts to improve the value of abalone in a major producer Wando responsible for 70% of the domestic abalone production.
Laver in South Korea is a representative marine product which has continuously topped the list of export items among marine products. Last year, the exports of marine products in South Korea reached 2.5 billion dollars, the highest record, and exports of laver which ranked first among them was about 600 million dollars.
Recently, the HMR(Home Meal Replacement) market has grown rapidly due to COVID-19 as well as an increase in single-person households and a trend for pursuing convenience. As the domestic HMR market size is as much as 4 trillion won, food companies including major companies are rushing into the HMR market.
Among a lot of sea cucumber processing companies in South Korea, there is the representative company which widely promotes the excellence of Korean wild sea cucumer with an unique quality and marketing. We met Kyungjin Kim, the representative of Ching Do Won, the leader of K-sea cucumer loved by the Chinese market.
Seocheon-gun of Chungcheongnam-do is Korea’s representative traditional laver production area. The rich water resources of Geumgang River, well-developed tidal mudflat, and low temperature from cold and dry winter northwestern wind provide natural advantage to ensure the development of laver aquaculture industries.
As its name implies, seaweed or sea vegetable is full of fresh ocean flavor and different nutrients. In the past, it was consumed mainly in Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Japan. Recently, however, its nutritional value is being reassessed all over the world including the U.S.A. and Europe. Laver is the representative case.
Among many marine products beloved by Koreans, mackerel is the one that brings us nostalgic memories of those good old days back. Even when having a light pocket, we can put this good fish in the cart without hesitance, and it is full of nutrients such as an unsaturated fatty acid that the whole house can eat fully.
Sea cucumber with abundant nutritions is called ‘the ginseng of the sea’. It is alkaline rarely among animal food and is considered health food with a variety of effects including an anti-cancer effect, nutrition supply, the prevention of anemia and skin care, but it goes bad so fast that it is hard to be processed and distributed.
The status of fishcake is changing, which has been a good side dish for four
seasons and a symbol for street snacks in winter. It is considered as an excellent
export item with Korea's fishcake exports surged more than twofold in 10 years
from $ 22 million in 2008 to $ 57 million in 2017. Nowadays
