| Type | Public (TWSE: 1216) |
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| Industry | Food production Food distribution Chain stores Online stores |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Founder(s) | Kao Ching-yuen |
| Headquarters | Yongkang District, Tainan City, Taiwan |
| Products | Dairy product Beverages Snack foods Instant noodles |
| Revenue | NT$46.025 billion (2007) |
| Employees | 4,994 |
| Subsidiaries | President Chain Stores COSMED books.com.tw Dream Mall |
| Website | Official website |
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| Traditional Chinese | 統一企業公司 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 统一企业公司 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 China and Thailand.[1]
Furthermore, Uni-President is also the owner of Uni-President Lions, a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League.
In 2001 the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency 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. This included Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (統一企業公司) creamy soy sauce from Taiwan.
After the UK ban, the companies continue to use the fast soy protein hydrolyzation method instead of slow traditional fermentation, but modify production and filter out contaminants to meet standards. This means that there are still some residues of 3-MCPD, but for 1,3-DCP, its derivative there is no standard, scientists said that cancer found in reproductive cells caused by 1,3-DCP could be passed on to children who have never consumed the products.[2]