Kimlan Foods
{{Short description|Taiwanese food products company}}
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| name = Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd.
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| trade_name = Kimlan
| native_name = 金蘭食品股份有限公司
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| former_name = Datung Company
| type = Private
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| industry = Food
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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1936|5|8}}
| founder = Han Chung
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| hq_location = Daxi, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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| key_people = Zhong Chunming 鍾淳名 (Chairman){{cite web|url=https://www.tqf.org.tw/BoardOfDirectors|access-date=26 April 2025|publisher=台灣優良食品發展協會|title=台灣優良食品發展協會 第11屆理、監事名冊|language=zh|archive-date=15 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115231816/https://www.tqf.org.tw/BoardOfDirectors|url-status=live|quote=鍾淳名{{space}}{{space}}{{space}}金蘭食品股份有限公司董事長|trans-quote=Zhong Chunming, Kimlan Foods Co. Ltd. Chairman}}
| products = Soy sauce
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| website = {{URL|http://www.kimlan.com/|www.kimlan.com}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| child = yes
| s = 金兰食品股份有限公司
| t = 金蘭食品股份有限公司
| p = Jīn Lán Shí Pǐn Gǔ Fèn Yǒu Xiàn Gōng Sī
| poj = Kimlân si̍tphín kó͘hūniúhān kongsi
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Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd. ({{zh|c=金蘭食品股份有限公司}}) is a Taiwanese food products company headquartered in Daxi District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.kimlan.com/en/e_images/d_2.gif |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222184323/http://kimlan.com/en/e_images/d_2.gif |archive-date=2013-12-22|publisher=Kimlan Foods|access-date=November 9, 2012|quote=No. 236, Jieshou Road, Dasi, Taoyuan, Taiwan|title=Address}}{{cite web|website=AmCham Taiwan|publisher=American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan|url=https://member.amcham.com.tw/kimlan-foods-co-ltd|title=金蘭食品股份有限公司|trans-title=Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd.|access-date=28 April 2025|quote=335桃園市大溪區介壽路236號|trans-quote=236 Jieshou Rd., Daxi District, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 335|url-status=live|archive-date=28 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428084034/https://member.amcham.com.tw/kimlan-foods-co-ltd}} As of 2008 it is the largest soy sauce manufacturer in Taiwan.{{cite news|author-last1=Lin|author-first1=Jerry|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/print/2008/07/15/2003417490|title=Carrefour sees growing market in private-label items|website=Taipei Times|date=July 15, 2008|page=12|access-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019105044/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/print/2008/07/15/2003417490|archive-date=19 October 2013}} The Chinese-language Reader's Digest ranked Kimlan as a winner of the gold awards in 2008.{{cite news|author=Staff Writer with CNA|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/04/24/2003410123|title='Reader's Digest' names 42 local brands as most trusted among 78 worldwide|website=Taipei Times|date=April 24, 2008|page=4|access-date=November 9, 2012}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.kimlan.com/en/e_museum04.html |title=金蘭食品股份有限公司 |publisher=Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd.|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119230851/http://www.kimlan.com/en/e_museum04.html |archive-date=2015-01-19}}
In 1985, reports indicated that several high-level employees who were members of the founding Han Chung family fell seriously ill after consuming raw African giant snails, leading to multiple fatalities. The cause of death was later identified as infection by the parasitic nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis, commonly known as the rat lungworm.{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/09/27/2003824407|author-last1=Chang|author-first1=Knight|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001164311/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/09/27/2003824407|archive-date=1 October 2024|title=More cultural sensitivity needed|date=27 September 2024|page=8|website=Taipei Times|access-date=23 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/13/Taiwan-warns-against-eating-raw-snails/3871495432000/|via=United Press International|location=Taipei, Taiwan|date=13 September 1985|title=Taiwan warns against eating raw snails|access-date=23 April 2025|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214210547/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/13/Taiwan-warns-against-eating-raw-snails/3871495432000/|archive-date=14 February 2025}}
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