Lotte Wellfood

Lotte Wellfood Co., Ltd.
Native name
롯데웰푸드 주식회사
FormerlyLotte Confectionery
(1967–2023)
Company typePublic
KRX: 280360
IndustryFood
Predecessors
  • Lotte Confectionery
  • Lotte Foods
Founded
  • 1967; 57 years ago (1967) (original)
  • October 12, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-12) (reincarnation)[1]
FounderShin Kyuk-ho
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
ParentLotte Corporation
Websitewww.lottewellfood.com/en

Lotte Wellfood Co., Ltd. (Korean: 롯데웰푸드 주식회사), formerly Lotte Confectionery, is a South Korean international confectionery company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The company was established in 1967. Currently, it is the third-largest chewing gum manufacturer in the world, and its plants are located in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Belgium, India, Russia, Myanmar, and China.[2] Lotte Confectionery was renamed Lotte Wellfood in 2023, after being merged with Lotte Foods in 2022.[3]

  1. ^ "Lotte Confectionery Stakeholder's Information". Lotteconf.co.kr. September 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Overseas corporation introduction < LOTTE Confectionery in the World < About Us < LOTTE Confectionery".
  3. ^ "Lotte Confectionery changes name to Lotte Wellfood". Yonhap. Seoul. March 23, 2023.