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Soybean Sauces
  • Special Soybean
  • Special Soybean Festival
  • Special Soybean Valley
  • Designation as Special Soybean Sauce Region

Special Soybean Valley


Location : in and around Baeksan-Ri, Sunchang-Eup, Sunchang-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea
				Area : 342,535 m2
				Description : Construction of ferm entation microorganism application center and health and wellness tourist sites
				Schedule

Step-by-step progress on the basis of the first phase infrastructure

Schedule
Phase 1 (by 2006) Construction of a soybean sauce research center,
soybean sauce experience center, soybean sauce museum
Phase 2 (by 2011) Fermentation microorganism application center,
functional salted food processing center
Phase 3 (by 2013) Formation of health and wellness tourist sites

Cultivation of the soybean sauce industry and implementation of a fermented foods cluster by linking the soybean sauce, fermentation and tourism industries.


Soybean Sauce Research Center

  • Location : 744-1 Baeksan-Ri, Sunchang-Eup, Sunchang-Gun, Jeollabuk-Do, Korea
  • Area and Building : 10,640㎡, one underground floor, 3 upper-level floors
  • Facility
    • Quality Control Units (Low temperature unit, microorganism unit, reagent storage unit, physical and chemical analysis unit)
    • R&D Unit (Precision instrument unit, kitchen, sensory test unit, microorganism unit)
    • Seminar room, marketing unit, Gochujang R&D unit, PR room)
    • Test and Manufacturing Unit

Projects

Projects
Long-term project - Construction of fermention microorganism application center (2007~2009): HACCP plant, Microorganism center
- Construction of Soybean Sauce Valley (2007~2013): HACCP fermented food plant, functional salted food processing center
Training/human resource development - Management of soybean sauce Innovation College, industry research internship program, HACCP consulting and counseling
R&D - Development of soybean sauce materials, development and production of functional food, development of easy-to-use soybean sauces

Soybean Sauce Experience Center

Visitors can make the refined "Sunchang Gochujang" following tradition and take it with them. A variety of tasty dishes in which Sunchang Gochujang is used are served.

Major facility :

  • Do-Cooking-Yourself center, local foods restaurant, agricultural specialty shop
  • Accommodations: 5 bedrooms (for two persons each), 6 Ondolbangs (floor-heated room, for 4 persons each), 1 Ondolbang (for 16 persons)
  • Amenities: 2 karaoke rooms

Inquiries : +82-63-650-1813

Fermentation Microorganism Application Center

HACCP Plant

manufacturing malt and Doenjang from raw materials(automation system)

Microorganism center

R&D center for separating, breeding and distributing fermentation microorganisms and developing functional foods(Participants: Korean Culture Center of Microorganism, Seoul National University, Korea Food Research Institute, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonbuk National University)

Functional Salted Food Processing Center

Local farm products processing center

farm products → salted food(automation facility)