What Makes CheongKwanJang so Special and Distinctive?
KGC differentiates itself from the rest by using only 6-years-grown Korean Ginseng of the finest quality in its products. Not only that, KGC has conducted hundreds of tests over an eight year period, runs health supplement facilities in compliance with Korean Good Manufacturing Practice (KGMP) standards, and has nearly 140 on-staff researchers with Ph. D. and Master’s degrees at our R!#!amp!*!D center.
CheongKwanJang places the highest priority on safety, setting the standard for quality control. Each ginseng root is carefully monitored throughout its 6-year cultivation period, and grown in government-approved farms. Our farms operate on contract after extensive soil testing, to ensure that our Korean ginseng is cultivated in the optimal natural conditions.
The active ingredients in ginseng reach their maximum level during the sixth year of growth, and there are a number of studies that show that ginseng grown for 6 years contains 1.4 to 2 times higher content of active ingredients than those grown for 4 years. *Source: Kim (1987), Journal of Ginseng Research; Kim (1995), Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences.
Another mysterious, yet fascinating aspect of ginseng (in support of the study results above,) is that for every year of growth, it gains one new leaf-stem. By its sixth year, the number of leaf stems equals the plant’s age. This is the period when ginseng stops growing, and the root is fully matured.
The superiority of 6-years-grown Korean Ginseng has been extensively proven by modern scientific research. Hence, KGC has made it our strict rule over the past 120 years to use only 6-years-grown, fully matured Korean Ginseng, in order to produce the finest Korean Red Ginseng in the world.