Nature Near, NENIA

NENIA WAY

NATURE NEAR, NENIA

NENIA, is a name crafted from the fusion of "Nature" and "Near".
We're dedicated to providing pure, natural, and safe food to ensure our children grow up healthy and vibrant.
We diligently curate and produce eco-friendly food products, made safely with ingredients nurtureed in our own fertile soils, like out wheat, ensuring minimal additives.

About NENIA Logo

Nenia’s company identity (CI) expresses a deep reverence for the mystery of life, nature, and humanity. At its core lies the seed—a humble yet potent symbol of life. This seed meets the fingerprint of a hardworking farmer, embodying both the labor that nurtures it and a mark of authenticity—an emblem of ongoing communication with the natural world. The tireless efforts of those who sow seeds, cultivate crops, harvest, store, and transport them all begin from the faint, worn fingerprints of farmers. It is through these traces that we glimpse the intricate web of relations between humans and nature.

Nenia: Specialists in Eco-Friendly Foods
Since. 2004

Nenia’s safely produced products are available through our official online store and various domestic eco-friendly retailers, both online and offline.

Through 32 regional business units and directly operated branches, as well as local and joint meal support centers, Nenia supplies eco-friendly and low-carbon foods to over 4,000 childcare centers, kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools, alternative schools, and military meal services across the country.

We develop our products based on a strict “Safe Food Production Principle.” We stand firmly against foods filled with GMOs and artificial chemical additives.
What Nenia Stands For

Even amid an industry driven by profit, Nenia believes that food must remain centered on people. The indiscriminate use of GMO ingredients, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides not only threatens our soil, but also accelerates the climate crisis—displacing countless communities worldwide. For the sake of local producers, consumers, and future generations, Nenia has quietly forged an alternative path in agriculture.

By taking a leading role in the production, distribution, and consumption of clean agricultural products, we’ve cultivated a foundation for a healthy ecosystem where humans and nature can thrive in mutual dependence— a journey that continues to resonate deeply with our customers.

Throughout every step of our work, we remain unwavering in our principles. We exclude chemically synthesized additives and genetically modified ingredients, rely on locally grown eco-friendly produce, and are wholly devoted to making food that is truly safe.

These guiding values—our “Safe Food Production Principle”— have remained unchanged for over 20 years since the founding of our company, and will remain so for the next hundred.

We are proud to be a catalyst for positive change. Nenia offers a vital link that reconnects consumers to producers and to the natural world. We share a vision of a society that honors the organic cycle of nature. And we remain fully committed to leading the world toward a better future—with care and conviction.

History

2025

February

Flower Blossom on the Rice selected for the 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand (8th consecutive year)

February

Flower Blossom on the Rice awarded the 2025 Michelin Green Star (5th consecutive year)

June

Initiated remodeling of logistics center

2024

January

Flower Blossom on the Rice selected for the 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand (7th consecutive year)

January

Flower Blossom on the Rice awarded the 2024 Michelin Green Star (4th consecutive year)

February

Signed MOU with Yangpyeong County to ’promote the domestic wheat industry using locally grown Yangpyeong wheat’

March

Participated directly in Gyeonggi Province’s group-purchase school meal program

June

NENIA’s product won the Prime Minister’s Award at the ‘2024 Organic Star Product Competition’

October

NENIA Bread products received organic processing certification

2023

January

Flower Blossom on the Rice selected for the 2023 Michelin Bib Gourmand (6th consecutive year)

January

Flower Blossom on the Rice awarded the 2023 Michelin Green Star (3rd consecutive year)

March

Transitioned to a 1PL in-house logistics system

December

Acquired land for a logistics center and bakery plant in Okcheon-myeon, Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province

2022

January

Sponsored Yangpyeong Branch of Gyeonggi Parents’ Solidarity for the Disabled

July

Direct import Non-GMO cold-pressed Canola oil

September

HACCP certification (Korean wheat manufacturing factory)

October

Open NENIA Bread, an organic korean wheat sourdough bread

December

Flower rice marcket, Bojagi rice marcket to A Flower Blossom on the Rice Bukchon, Organic Grocerant

December

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Bib Gourmand for the 6th consecutive year (2023)

December

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Green Star for the 3nd consecutive year (2023)

2021

February

Supplied and sponsored ‘Breakfast Mukko Eco-friendly Snack Kits’ for malnourished children with World Vision

March

Supplied eco-friendly products to the eco-friendly school food service centers in Gyeonggi-do and Incheon

July

Relocated headquarters to 1532-9, Gangnam-ro, Gangsang-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

October

Established production facility to produce Parbake, an organic sourdough bread brand

November

Selected as Inno-Biz by Ministry of SMEs and Startups

December

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Bib Gourmand for the 5th consecutive year (2022)

December

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Green Star for the 2nd consecutive year (2022)

2020

January

Signed a sales contract with KIM' C Market (Los Angeles, New York)

March

Supplied eco-friendly snack packages to the eco-friendly school food service centers in Gwangju, Republic of Korea

May

Signed a sales contract with The Chorocmaeul Co., Ltd.

August

Established Flower Rice Story, a separate corporation for the restaurant business (A Flower Blossom on the Rice, Wrapped Flower Rice, and Flower Rice Market)

October

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Bib Gourmand for the 4th consecutive year (2021)

October

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Green Star (2021)

November

Signed a sales contract with Mealguru Samsung

December

Signed a sales contract with The Hyundai Seoul

2019

January

Selected as Inno-Biz by Ministry of SMEs and Startups

January

ISO 9001 certification (for design, development, manufacture and sales of dumplings, noodles, bread, desserts, and beverages)

January

Selected as Agriculture, Manufacturing, Commerce Convergenced SME

April

Signed a sales contract with Coupang Fresh

September

Signed a sales contract with GS Fresh

October

Signed a sales contract with GS Organic for Dalisalda

October

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Bib Gourmand for the 3rd consecutive year (2020)

November

Signed a sales contract with Woowa Brothers (Baemin).

2018

October

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Bib Gourmand for the 2nd consecutive year (2019)

November

Authorized as an R&D center

2017

January

Signed a supply contract with the NH Foods Ltd. and food service centers in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

August

Developed and launched NENIA ERP

August

Signed a sales contract with Hello Nature

September

Signed a sales contract with E-Mart

October

A Flower Blossom on the Rice selected as Michelin Bib Gourmand (2018)

2016

April

Signed a sales contract with Kurly Inc.

June

Relocated headquarters to 2F, 731, Gyeongchung-daero, Gonjiam-eup, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

August

Changed corporate name to Nenia Co., Ltd.

December

Selected as Excellent Company for Job Creation (Gyeonggi-do)

2015

July 2004

Established Woorimil Food Service Co., Ltd.

March 2007

Relocated headquarters to 384-4 Munhyeong-ri, Opo-eup, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

September 2012

Moon Young-jin inaugurated as CEO

2013.

Relocated headquarters to 4F, 21-11, Changtteulweet-gil, Opo-eup, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

January 2014

Relocated and opened Lotte Icheon Logistics Center (Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea)

July 2015

Supplied eco-friendly products to NENIA Bukchon, a directly-managing store, and distribution stores (new - about 25 stores)

December 2015

Operated A Flower Blossom on the Rice, an eco-friendly restaurant (51.69 ㎥) in Insadong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

NENIA’s principles for making safe food -
unaltered even after a hundred years.

Chosen with utmost discernment, only NON-GMO ingredients.

Say no to uncertainty, we discard imported cornstarch, syrup, modified starch, soy protein, and liquid fructose. In our pursuit of purity, ingredients with even a hint of GMO presence are not welcome. Thos extends to compound ingredients, where potential GMO risks are bigilantly kept at bay.
We opt for pesticide-free, organically certified domestic wheat.

Across all our ranges except whole wheat flour, white flour, and a few others, we prioritize the use of pesticide-free, organically certified domestic wheat.
We do not use any harmful synthetic additives, to the fullest extent possible.

In a world where many food manufacturers cut corners – prioritizing lower costs and easier distribution – NENIA takes a different path. NENIA thrives on crops harvested from our soil, steering clear of harmful chemical additives. Our focus is to create wholesome, natural foods, true to the way nature intended.
we vow to disclose 100% of our ingredients.

We believe in honesty, even when it comes to the smallest ingredients. Concealment is not our game, and we guarantee full disclosure
We favor environmentally friendly produce antibiotic-free livestock.

Except in times when Mother Nature makes it challenging, for annual harvests, we endeavor to use eco-friendly produce and antibiotic-free livestock.
Born and nurtured in our own land, we celebrate the use of local crops.

With the exception of ingredients that cannot be produced domestically - such as sugar, pepper, chocolate, and herbs - we use locally grown Korean agricultural products for all our food.
Seeking only the finest, We journey across borders to import directly.

When local supply becomes unstable, we travel worldwide, selecting only the best quality ingredients to bring back home.