Haitai (

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: 해태,

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: 海陀) is a South Korean company based in

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. Its main businesses are retail and

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s, especially

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and

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. The company was founded on October 3, 1945, and employs 3900 people at 8 plants in

Cheonan Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous ci ...

Anyang Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. It had a ...

Hayang Hayang is a town, or '' eup'' in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a ...

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

Cheongju Cheongju () is the capital and largest List of cities in South Korea, city of North Chungcheong Province in South Korea. History Cheongju has been an important provincial town since ancient times. In the Cheongju Mountains, specifically in the ...

, Munmak-eup, and

Okcheon Okcheon County (''Okcheon-gun'') is a county in North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Climate Okcheon has a humid continental climate (Köppen: ''Dwa''), but can be considered a borderline humid subtropical climate (Köppen: ''Cwa'') using the ...

. It was acquired by another Korean company,

Crown Confectionery Crown Confectionery (, ) is a confectionery company headquartered in Jamwon-dong Seocho-gu Seoul, Korea and it was established in 1947. Its manufacturing is based in Jungrang-gu Seoul and Anyang Gyeonggi-do. It is historically an old popular bis ...

, in October 2004.

Products

Oh! Yes Choco Cake

Oh! Yes Choco Cake (오예스) is a confectionery created by Haitai. Oh! Yes Choco Cakes are square cakes that come in a box. Each box contains a dozen cakes, each cake individually wrapped. The cake consists of a custard-like chocolate layer that is sandwiched between two white cake layers (sponge cake). The exterior of the cake is covered with chocolate and is decorated with a wavy drizzle of dark chocolate for the outer design.

Oh! Yes Choco Cake is imported and distributed by : * USA Haitai, Inc. * Philippines Dynamex Inc. * Canada Redfrog Enterprises Ltd.

Honey Series

Haitai is responsible for catapulting the honey butter craze in South Korea. Starting in 2014, the company started with the

Honey Butter Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

Chip and successively released Honey Tong Tong, Honey Corn Pop, and other products. Many other food companies followed suit, releasing their own line of honey butter flavored snacks and confectionaries.

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External links

Haitai Confectionery & Foods Korean Company website

Haitai htb Korean Company website

Haitai English Company website

Haitai Japanese Company website
Food and drink companies of South Korea Confectionery companies of South Korea Companies based in Seoul Food and drink companies established in 1945 1945 establishments in Korea South Korean brands

Products

Oh! Yes Choco Cake

Honey Series

See also

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