Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
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Uni-President Enterprises Corporation 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.
Furthermore, Uni-President is also the owner of Uni-President Lions
, a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League
.
found in tests of various sauces including soy sauce
s 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.
Tainan
Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. 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
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...
, 7-Eleven
7-Eleven in Taiwan
In Taiwan, 7-Eleven is owned by President Chain Store Corporation under Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. The first 7-Eleven convenience store in Taiwan was opened in 1980, however, it was not until 1986 the company began to profit. 7-Eleven is the most popular convenience store on the island;...
, Mister Donut
Mister Donut
Mister Donut is a fast food franchise founded in the United States in 1956. The primary offerings include donuts, coffee, muffins and pastries. After being acquired by Allied Lyons in 1990, most North American locations became Dunkin' Donuts. Today its main market is in Japan, where it has more...
and Carrefour
Carrefour
Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
in Taiwan. In addition, Uni-President also has subsidiaries in China and Thailand.
Furthermore, Uni-President is also the owner of Uni-President Lions
Uni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
, a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League
Chinese Professional Baseball League
The Chinese Professional Baseball League , or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003...
.
Sauces contamination
In 2001 the United Kingdom Food Standards AgencyFood Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food throughout the United Kingdom and is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest...
found in tests of various sauces including soy sauce
Soy sauce
Soy sauce is a condiment produced by fermenting soybeans with Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds, along with water and salt...
s that some 22% of samples contained a chemical carcinogen
Carcinogen
A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that is an agent directly involved in causing cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes...
called 3-MCPD at levels considerably higher than those deemed safe by the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
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.
See also
- Uni-President ChinaUni-President ChinaUni-President China Holdings Limited is the largest juice drinks producer and the third largest instant noodles supplier in China. It is the Mainland China subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation , the largest processed food producer in Taiwan. It engages in the manufacture and sale...
- Dream MallDream MallDream Mall , located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the largest shopping mall in Taiwan and the largest in East Asia. It is built and operated by Tungcheng Development Corporation , a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, Taiwan's largest food conglomerate that also runs subsidiaries in...
- Science NoodlesScience NoodlesScience Noodles are a brand of ramen that is marketed in Taiwan by the Uni-President Corporation. Unlike normal instant noodles, they are usually eaten without cooking the noodles. Instead, a the bag is crushed with the ramen noodles inside, and seasoning added using the included spices....
- T & T SupermarketT & T SupermarketT & T Supermarket is a Canadian supermarket chain which sells primarily Chinese and Asian foods. The supermarket chain is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia. In 1993, the first T & T was opened in Burnaby's Metropolis shopping centre in Metro Vancouver.With rapid expansion, T & T is now...
- former Canadian joint venture between Uni-President and 99 Ranch Market99 Ranch MarketAlthough most of its customers are ethnic Chinese Americans and Taiwanese Americans, shoppers also include recent immigrants from China, ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, and others. The chain sells a wide range of imported food products and merchandise from Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, ...
of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, now owned by Loblaw CompaniesLoblaw CompaniesLoblaw Companies Limited is the largest food retailer in Canada, with over 1,400 supermarkets operating under a variety of regional banners, including the namesake Loblaws. LCL is headquartered in Brampton, Ontario...
.