- CEO
- Yoon-Se Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 199
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: major diversified
- Address
- Hamyang-gun South Korea
- IPO Date
- Sep 29, 2017
- Business
- INSAN, Inc. is a South Korea-based health food and wellness company specializing in the research, manufacturing, and commercial distribution of traditional Korean bamboo salt and bamboo salt-derived functional health products. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, the company operates across specialized health functional foods, traditional fermented condiments, personal care, and wellness hospitality sectors. The company's core product and service portfolio comprises: Bamboo Salt Products, including nine-times baked purple bamboo salt, three-times baked salt, powdered and granular table salts, and mineral-enhanced cooking salts; Traditional Fermented Condiments, including bamboo salt-infused soybean paste (doenjang), traditional soy sauce (ganjang), and red pepper paste (gochujang); Health and Dietary Supplements, featuring safflower seed powder and extract tablets, sulfur-fed duck extract, marsh snail extract, walnut oil essence, garlic-bamboo salt pills, and functional botanical health drinks; Personal Care and Hygiene Formulations, encompassing bamboo salt toothpaste, natural soaps, body cleansers, and topical skincare items; and Wellness and Tourism Services, comprising customized health retreat camps, dietary lifestyle education programs, and health tours operated through the Insan Training Institute. INSAN, Inc. serves retail consumers, direct-member networks, and commercial clients across South Korea through direct flagship branches, online commerce platforms, and home shopping channels, while distributing internationally to markets including the United States, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. In recent operational developments, the company completed construction and secured administrative operational approval for its state-of-the-art automated smart factory within the Insan Bamboo Salt Anti-Aging Regional Specialized Agro-Industrial Complex in Hamyang, expanding manufacturing capacity more than fourfold to accelerate global exports and scale business-to-business OEM and ODM partnerships. The company is advancing a multi-year project to expand the site into an integrated wellness and industrial tourism destination featuring a dedicated bamboo salt museum, educational facilities, cultural centers, and accommodation amenities, financed through strategic capital raises and equity adjustments on the KOSDAQ market.