Why Saerim Exists
Behind every good restaurant is preparation no one sees.
A gukbap restaurant's morning begins with checking ingredients: the condition of the pork head meat, the freshness of the offal, the base of today's broth. When that check wavers, the day's business wavers.
Since 2014, SAERIM has done that morning check inside its Gunsan plants for 12 years. From receiving to shipping we hold eight standards, so that restaurants receive ingredients ready for cooking and nothing else.
SAERIM is not a meat vendor. Anyone can sell pork belly. We take on the cuts that demand the most handling and the fewest can manage — head, offal and specialty cuts. When a pig passes through SAERIM, no part is wasted.
That is why we call ourselves
not a manufacturer but
“the infrastructure that prepares the restaurant industry.”
Infrastructure is not glamorous. Instead, it never stops. The same quality every day, the same shipping time, the same inspection standard. What SAERIM protects is the trust of that repetition.
Our Promises
Three things SAERIM keeps
01
Standards exist as documents
We produce by work standards and control figures, not intuition. People change; quality does not.
02
Every lot is traceable
From receiving to shipping, every lot is recorded by number. We can answer at any time which product went where.
03
Our partners' growth is our growth
SAERIM's revenue comes from the success of partner restaurants. So we design the supply structure without excess.
History
12 years, built one step at a time
What grew each year was not only revenue but the names entrusted to us.
- 2014
Company founded (limited company · Gunsan)
- 2016
Patent granted — enzyme immobilization method (No. 1644939)
- 2017
HACCP certification — meat packaging & processing
- 2018
Converted to agricultural corporation · in-house OEM development
- 2019
Factory registration · wastewater treatment plant completed · capital increased to KRW 600 million
- 2021
INNOBIZ certification · R&D department registered
- 2023
Gimje branch established · expanded supply to major retailers
- 2024
Renamed SAERIM Co., Ltd. · Yesan branch established
- 2025
Impi & Yongin branches established · certified organic processed food · annual revenue KRW 23.56 billion
Behind every food brand, there is SAERIM.
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One infrastructure, three faces