Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese food products company headquartered in Daxi District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[2][3] As of 2008 it is the largest soy sauce manufacturer in Taiwan.[4] The Chinese-language Reader's Digest ranked Kimlan as a winner of the gold awards in 2008.[5]
History
The company was originally founded as "Datung Company" on 8 May 1936 by Mr. Han Chung. In 1970, the company was renamed as Kimlan Soy Sauce. In 1987, it was renamed again to "Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd".[6]
In 1985, reports indicated that several high-level employees who were members of the founding Han Chung family fell seriously ill after consuming raw