ORIGIN DETECTIVE · Food · rule example (not a specific product)
Chinese cabbage and chilli, made into kimchi in Korea — is it “Korean kimchi”?
Kimchi made in Korea from imported cabbage and chilli · checked 2026-10-08
■ Known 1 · ■ Estimated 0 · ■ Reported 0 · ■ Unknown 5
What the label says
Example label: cabbage (China), radish (Korea), chilli powder (China), salt (Korea)
THREE THINGS NOT TO MIX
Legal origin · supply chain · brand
- Legal origin — what the law puts on the label
- Korean-made processed food + per-ingredient origin
- Supply chain — where inputs and work happened
- Inputs China → processing Korea
- Brand nationality — whose company it is
- Varies
Origin basis: Product-specific rule — Food is outside the domestic-origin test (art. 86). Kimchi made in Korea must show the origin of its top two ingredients (excluding salt and chilli) plus chilli powder and salt; restaurants must show cabbage and chilli origin. Kimchi made in China and imported is of Chinese origin.
PRODUCTION ORIGIN STACK
Layer by layer
Brand countryUNKNOWN
No information
Varies by product
DesignUNKNOWN
No information
Raw material · Cabbage and chilli powderEXAMPLE
China (example)
Hypothetical for illustration.
ComponentsUNKNOWN
No information
Processing · Salting, seasoning, packingEXAMPLE
Korea (example)
AssemblyUNKNOWN
No information
Legal originVERIFIED
Not one product origin but an origin for each listed ingredient
Evidence
VERIFIED — Confirmed by an official document, listing or statistic
농수산물의 원산지 표시 등에 관한 법률 시행령 제3조(원산지의 표시대상) · 국가법령정보센터 · checked 2026-10-08
대외무역관리규정 제76조~제86조(원산지 표시·판정) · 국가법령정보센터(산업통상자원부 고시) · checked 2026-10-08Shipped fromUNKNOWN
No information
VALUE CREATION MAP
Where was the value created?
No public cost data to split value by stage and country; left blank, not estimated.
WHAT THIS DOES AND DOESN'T SHOW
What we can and cannot say
Can say
- “Made in Korea” for food is where it was made, not where the ingredients came from — read the ingredient origins.
- Kimchi imported finished from China and kimchi made in Korea from Chinese inputs are labelled differently.
Cannot say
- This page does not verify any brand’s ingredients.
Open gaps
- Real product examples (label photos)
DETECTIVE RADAR
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