Suncheon city in South Korea to develop and commercialize fermented beverages such as green tea and plum

Published 2022년 11월 22일

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Suncheon City and Jeollanam-do have opened the Southern Coastal Fermented Food Industry Support Center, a facility designed to develop and commercialize fermented beverages from local agricultural products like green tea and plums. The center, built at a cost of KRW 11.3 billion, will initially employ 10 staff members and have an annual operating cost of approximately 800 million won. It will focus on the production of kombucha, a globally popular fermented drink, and is expected to contribute to the growth of the domestic kombucha market. The city also plans to designate the Seungju-eup area as a special fermentation zone in 2024 to further support the fermented food industry.

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On the 18th, a completion ceremony was held at the Fermented Food Industry Support Center in the southern coast of Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do, with Suncheon Mayor Noh Gwan-gyu (sixth from the right) in attendance. Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do, announced on the 21st that it had a completion ceremony for the Southern Coastal Fermented Food Industry Support Center and started full-scale operation. The South Coast Fermented Food Industry Support Center will develop and commercialize various agricultural products such as green tea and plums produced in the southern provinces as fermented beverages. The South Coast Fermented Food Industry Support Center, which was selected for the 2019 contest by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, was built in Pyeongjung-ri, Seungju-eup, Suncheon-si, with a total floor area of 2264m², with a total project cost of KRW 11.3 billion. The center consists of a production building (1139m²) and a research/corporate support building (1125m²). ...

Source: Donga