I-Mei Foods
Taiwanese food company
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I-Mei Foods (Chinese: 義美食品) is a Taiwanese food company founded in 1934.[2] It is a well-known consumer brand in Taiwan[3] and a major milk processor.[4] I-Mei Foods Co was the top fast-moving consumer goods brand in Taiwan for 2022, its 9th consecutive year number one, with 90% of Taiwanese households having purchased an I-Mei product, according to a 2023 study by Kantar Group.[5]
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| Industry | Food |
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| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Henry Kao (Chairman)[1] |
| Products | Milk, dairy products, baked goods, snacks, candy |
| Website | eng |
| I-Mei Foods | |||||||
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| Chinese | 義美食品 | ||||||
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History
I-Mei was founded as a traditional Taiwanese confectionery specializing in pineapple cakes and mung bean cakes.[6] After World War II, they expanded finding success with a milk caramel. Based on the success of the milk caramel I-Mei expanded into the dairy industry in 1955. In the mid-1980s, it began supplying buns and dairy products to fast food chains like McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and MOS Burger.[7]
In May 2019, Costco Taiwan pulled I-Mei brand fresh milk from the shelves after a few consumers on social media questioned the freshness of the milk.[8] Milk products were returned to shelves after testing by the Health Department of Taoyuan City indicated that there was nothing off with the products.[9]
In 2019, I-Mei celebrated its 85th birthday.[10]
Subsidiaries
- I-Mei Macrobiotics (義美生機)
- I-Mei Biomedicine (義美生醫)[11]
I-Mei Gourmet Supplier
I-Mei Gourmet Supplier (義美吉盛) operates food courts in Taiwan. They operate three food courts in Taoyuan International Airport. As of 2019, Luis Ko (高志明) is the Chairman of I-Mei Gourmet Supplier.[1]
Taiwan News
Taiwan News (formerly China News[12]) is an English and Chinese-language[13] online newspaper and former print newspaper in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was purchased by I-Mei Foods in the 1997, who eventually transitioned the publication to a fully online venture. I-Mei also publishes the Chinese-language news weekly of the same name.[14]
The publication has a roster of foreign and Taiwanese reporters. It has business partnerships with Media Outreach, PR Newswire, Reuters, and Report Ocean.[15]