KGC's ginseng extract technologies shared at Growth Asia Summit

A Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC) official delivers a presentation during Growth Asia Summit 2025 at Marina Bay in Singapore, July 17. Courtesy of KGC

Korea Ginseng Corp. (KGC), a maker of ginseng extract products, shared the nutritional benefits of ginseng and how it incorporates natural ingredients into its key products at a global health supplement industry summit in Singapore.

KGC said Sunday it participated in Growth Asia Summit 2025 from July 15 to 17. Over 300 nutrition experts from 15 countries including China, Japan, Australia and Singapore joined the event. Keynote speakers included representatives of globally renowned brands such as Nestle, Danone, Blackmores, Swisse and Comvita.

During the summit, KGC highlighted how red ginseng has been known for hundreds of years in Korea as a popular ingredient to slow aging and control blood sugar. It explained that Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has acknowledged red ginseng’s seven natural benefits for human health such as improvement of immunity, fatigue, blood flow and blood sugar.

The company introduced its signature brand, Jung Kwan Jang, and some of its key products that specifically targeted men, women, children and older adults including RXGIN, GLPro and Everytime.

Lee Gye-ok, head of the company’s new business team, who gave a presentation during the event, said it was a “good opportunity for promoting Jung Kwan Jang and red ginseng’s superiority to the global top health brands.”

The summit explored ways the participating companies have recently been researching common health issues such as healthy aging and antioxidants, personalized nutrition, microbiomes in a healthy colon, brain and nootropics and protein trends.

KGC currently exports to 40 countries, including the United States, China, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore. Multinational retail distributors like Amazon, Costco, Watsons, Tmall and Shopee have sold Jung Kwan Jang online and on shelves.

Jung Kwan Jang claimed the top spot as the most popular ginseng brand in a recent global survey for 2024-25 by Euromonitor International, a market analyst. It is the 11th year in a row the brand took the honor in the annual survey.