JEJU MINERAL SALT · PATENTS & CERTIFICATIONS

From Jeju lava seawater
to patents, testing and certifications

It all started with our first patent in 2012. Since then, we have registered the equipment and methods used to make salt from lava seawater, tested salt samples, and obtained management certifications. Explore the records below.

Test categories

4items

Registered patents

9types

Trademarks & design

12types

Certification records

8kinds

SAFETY TESTING

Testing the salt itself

The document collection covers bacteria, coliforms, heavy metals and radioactivity tests on salt samples. Each report specifies the items tested.

Bacteria and coliforms
View test report
Heavy metals
View test report
Radioactivity

SOURCE WATER TESTING

Testing our source water

The microplastics test concerns the lava seawater used to make our salt. Jeju Technopark commissioned the test and provided us with the report.

Microplastics
View test report

HEAVY-METALS REPORT

Heavy metals testing and results

This report covers testing for lead and cadmium by the Jeju Institute of Public Health and Environment. Tap to enlarge.

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For privacy, two staff names, the document verification code and the 2-D barcode at the foot have been masked. Nothing in the test items, limits, results or verdicts has been masked.

Report no.: R20260707-0009
Test completed: 2026-07-07
Issued by: Jeju Institute of Public Health and Environment
Purpose: Food | delegated self-quality inspection
Product · type: JEJU MINERAL SALT · other salt

Item	Limit	Result	Verdict
Lead (mg/kg)	2.0 이하	Not detected	Conforming
Cadmium (mg/kg)	0.5 이하	Not detected	Conforming

Overall resultConforming

PATENTS

The manufacturing technology behind our patents

We concentrate lava seawater and crystallize it in midair, using apparatus and methods covered by seven patent registrations in Korea, one in Japan and one in China.

Patents registered in Korea

제10-2873690호
해수 또는 염지하수(용암해수)를 이용한 액상소금제조방법
Filed 2023.01.08Registered 2025.10.15
제10-2841768호
소금 제조장치
Filed 2022.09.02Registered 2025.07.30
제10-1420566호
소금 제조장치
Filed 2013.03.20Registered 2014.07.10
제10-1352754호
용암해수로부터 미네랄소금을 제조하는 장치 및 방법
Filed 2012.09.04Registered 2014.01.10
제10-1337049호
해수로부터 미네랄 소금을 제조하는 장치 및 방법
Filed 2012.03.29Registered 2013.11.28
제10-1337110호
해수담수화 장치에서 얻어지는 농축해수로부터 미네랄소금을 제조하는 장치 및 방법
Filed 2012.05.31Registered 2013.11.28
제10-1113348호
해수 또는 심층해수를 공중에서 순간적으로 결정화시킨 후 소금 및 물 또는 심층수를 제조하는 장치 및 그 방법
Filed 2009.10.28Registered 2012.01.31

Patents registered abroad

Japan
제6139013호
Salt manufacturing apparatus
Registered 2017.05
China
제2627411호
Salt manufacturing apparatus
Registered 2017.09

TRADEMARKS & DESIGN

Our registered names, marks and design

We have registered the names used for our salt and the shape of its container: six trademarks, five service marks and one design. Registration numbers and dates are listed below.

Trademark
Nungyeol Sogeum
40-2084756
Registered 2023.09.18
Trademark
JEJU Mineral Salt
40-1100838
Registered 2015.04.17
Trademark
Figurative mark
40-1013592
Registered 2013.12.19
Trademark
Bunseol
40-0905309
Registered 2012.01.31
Trademark
Flower of Life
40-0901602
Registered 2012.01.31
Trademark
Haehwayeom
40-0901521
Registered 2012.01.31
Service mark
Figurative mark
41-0272182
Registered 2013.10.31
Service mark
Haehwayeom
41-0231787
Registered 2012.05.09
Service mark
Flower of Life
41-0223689
Registered 2011.12.26
Service mark
Bunseol
41-0223671
Registered 2011.12.26
Service mark
Haehwasu
41-0223668
Registered 2011.12.26
Design
Nungyeol Sogeum container (packaging box)
30-1209786
Registered 2023.03.27

The design is a partially examined registration, a route where some requirements, such as novelty, are not examined before registration.

CERTIFICATIONS

Research recognition and certification records

View each certificate’s issuer, dates and scope. The collection includes historical records as well as the new KMF halal and Infinity Cert International ISO 22000:2018 certificates.

Since 2026.10
Halal certification · KMF
Food halal certification
Certificate no.
KMFHC-26-478
Certified by
Korea Muslim Federation (KMF)
Valid to
2027.10.07
Scope
JEJU MINERAL SALT · JEJU MINERAL SALT LIQUID (two products)
View certificate PDF
Since 2026.10
ISO 22000:2018 · ICI
Food safety management · issued in 2026
Certificate no.
KO281026D
Certified by
Infinity Cert International
Valid to
2027.10.27
Certificate expiry date
2029.10.27
Scope
Development and manufacture of salt (powder and liquid) using lava seawater (saline groundwater)
View certificate PDF
Since 2022.09
Corporate R&D centre recognition
Research organisation
Certificate no.
제2022114174호
Certified by
Korea Industrial Technology Association
Valid to
2028.10.18
Since 2020.10
Venture business certificate
Venture business
Certificate no.
제20251029020009호
Certified by
Korea Venture Business Association
Valid to
2028.10.18
Certified in 2020
Excellent technology enterprise
Premium mineral salt technology
Certified in 2022
ISO 9001
Quality management
Certified in 2022
ISO 14001
Environmental management
Certificate no.
NTE-2171
Certified by
NTREE Co., Ltd. (accredited by JAS-ANZ)
Since 2022.05
ISO 22000 · NTREE
Food safety management
Certificate no.
NTF-0022
Certified by
NTREE Co., Ltd. (accredited by JAS-ANZ)
Valid to
2028.05.18
Scope
Development and manufacture of salt (powder and liquid) using lava seawater (saline groundwater)

RECENT TEST REPORTS

2026 self-quality inspections

These self-quality inspections concern salt samples manufactured on June 24 and September 17, 2026. Testing was completed on July 7 and October 7 respectively. Both reports record lead and cadmium as not detected and conforming for those items. Each PDF reproduces the complete statutory inspection page, with personal details masked.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Our registrations and tests, documented

Explore the documents by category: patents, trademarks and designs, test reports, and certifications. Multi-page documents are shown page by page. Personal details and verification codes are masked; the test results, registration numbers and dates remain visible.

The registration numbers and dates on each document show what we registered, when and with which authority.