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Uni President Enterprises Corporation

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Type
  
Public (TWSE: 1216)

Number of employees
  
188,931 (Worldwide)

Headquarters
  
Tainan, Taiwan

Founded
  
1967

Subsidiaries
  
Uni-President China

Industry
  
Food production

Website
  
Official website

Founder
  
Kao Ching-yuen

Revenue
  
456 billion TWD (2013)

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Products
  
Dairy product Beverages Snack foods Instant noodles

Stock price
  
1216 (TPE) NT$ 56.90 -0.10 (-0.18%)31 Mar, 1:30 PM GMT+8 - Disclaimer

Interview with alex c lo president of uni president enterprises corporation


Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (TWSE: 1216) (traditional Chinese: 統一企業公司; simplified Chinese: 统一企业公司; pinyin: Tǒngyī Qǐyè Gōngsī; Wade–Giles: T'ung-i Chi-yeh) is an international food conglomerate based in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the largest food production company in Taiwan as well as Asia, and has a significant market share in dairy product, foods and snacks, and beverages markets. It is also responsible for running Starbucks, 7-Eleven, Mister Donut and Carrefour in Taiwan. In addition, Uni-President also has subsidiaries in Mainland China and Thailand.

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Furthermore, Uni-President is also the owner of Uni-President Lions, a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Food safety incidents

In 2001, the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FSA) found in tests of various sauces including soy sauces that some 22% of samples contained a chemical carcinogen called 3-MCPD at levels considerably higher than those deemed safe by the European Union as well as 1,3-DCP its derivative.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ, formerly ANZFA) followed FSA research and took actions. "President Creamy Soy Sauce" from Taiwan is on the ban list in the second round testing.

References

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation Wikipedia