Uni-President Enterprises Corporation

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation
統一企業公司

Type	Public (: 1216)
Industry	Food production
Founded	1967
Founder	Kao Ching-yuen
Headquarters	Yongkang District, Tainan City, Taiwan
Products	Dairy product Beverages Snack foods Instant noodles
Revenue	NT$456 billion (2013)
Number of employees	188,931 (Worldwide)
Subsidiaries	President Chain Stores COSMED books.com.tw Dream Mall
Website	Official website

Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (: 1216) (traditional Chinese: 統一企業公司; simplified Chinese: 统一企业公司; pinyin: Tǒngyī Qǐyè Gōngsī; Wade–Giles: T'ung-i Chi-yeh) is an international food conglomerate based in Tainan, Taiwan. It is the largest food production company in Taiwan as well as Asia, and has a significant market share in dairy product, foods and snacks, and beverages markets. It is also responsible for running Starbucks, 7-Eleven, Mister Donut and Carrefour in Taiwan. In addition, Uni-President also has subsidiaries in Mainland China and Thailand.

Furthermore, Uni-President is also the owner of Uni-President Lions, a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League.

In 2001, the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FSA) found in tests of various sauces including soy sauces that some 22% of samples contained a chemical carcinogen called 3-MCPD at levels considerably higher than those deemed safe by the European Union as well as 1,3-DCP its derivative.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ, formerly ANZFA) followed FSA research and took actions. "President Creamy Soy Sauce" from Taiwan is on the ban list in the second round testing.