Founded in Suncheon City in 2018, Mongsilee supplies delicious and healthy foods, such as handmade Korean sweets, barley rice cakes, and yakgwa, home and abroad using domestically produced rice and barley without any coloring or flavoring added. Plum barley rice cake is a barley rice cake with a chewy and soft texture made with barley, brown rice, wheat rice, and plum. It is made with high-fiber barley as the main ingredient, and plum fermentation liquid and plum extract are added to give it a sweet taste, so it can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is popular with seniors and people with diabetes as a quick meal replacement, snack, and gift, with a 98% satisfaction online.

▲ Mongsilee / CEO Meongwoo Lee

CEO Meongwoo Lee said “Flower Barley Yakgwa and Plum Barley Rice Cake, which are healthy for body and mind, are desserts made with natural grains from Suncheon, and are loved by people of all ages. They are especially easy to digest and are popular among people who cannot eat bread properly, and are well received as healthy desserts.” Flower Barley Yakgwa is a traditional Korean snack made without any preservatives, colors or chemical additives, mixed with barley and pear syrup and dressed in natural colors. It has a nutty and light taste.

Popular overseas too

Growing into an export-driven company

Mongsilee emphasizes its differentiation through its brand and characters, and uses individualized packaging for hygiene and storage convenience, and its texture, which is halfway between rice cakes and bread, makes it popular among children and young people as a meal replacement. Plum Barley Rice Cake has a 98% satisfaction rate with online purchases and continues to ship an average of 150 boxes per day, and the company expects sales to increase with the launch of the new product. Mongsilee is raising awareness of its characters and brand through U.S. promotional events, and continues to find buyers through international trade shows, and is opening up sales in Japan, China, and Canada. The company has registered a patent on the manufacturing method of fermented glutinous rice containing bamboo shoots, and the safety of the product has been verified through HACCP certification. In recognition of the competitiveness and value of these products, Mongsilee was honored to receive the 2023 Korea Customer Satisfaction & Innovation Management Award in the food category.

CEO Lee said “We are truly grateful that our products, made with healthy rice and barley from Suncheon, are consistently loved by both domestic and international customers. We will continue to do our best to grow as a healthy food company.”