HLB Life Care launches Picoling Mall alongside innovative products aimed at integrating blood sugar monitoring with daily meals, reflecting rising consumer interest in convenient health management solutions in South Korea.
HLB Life Care, a subsidiary of HLB Global, is broadening its health-management push with the launch of its official online store, Picoling Mall, alongside two new products aimed at helping consumers manage blood sugar in daily life. The company said the move builds on Picoling, its continuous glucose monitoring device introduced in April, and reflects rising interest in the impact of so-called blood sugar spikes on eating habits and wider wellness.
The new range is designed to extend that focus beyond monitoring and into meals and supplements. Sikjeondangbu is a pre-meal stick product intended to be taken around 30 minutes before eating. HLB Life Care says it combines berberine, a botanical ingredient commonly used in dietary management, with psyllium husk, a source of fibre, and is meant for days when people expect a larger meal or higher carbohydrate intake.
The second product, Mildang Sotbap, is a low-sugar ready meal built around tofu-based rice technology that the company says it has patented. It comes in four Korean-style dishes, including squid and pork stir-fry, and was developed with the nutrition team at Gangnam Severance Hospital to balance carbohydrates, protein and fat. HLB Life Care also said an internal medicine specialist, Kim Jeonggyu of Seocho Endocrinology Clinic, took part in the development and review process, advising on ingredient selection, formulation and nutritional composition.
The company is trying to position Picoling as more than a monitoring device by linking blood sugar measurement with food and lifestyle products. That approach reflects a broader consumer trend in South Korea, where interest in convenient, medically informed diet products has grown as more people look for ways to manage health risks without making major changes to everyday routines.
Kim Song-su, chief executive of HLB Life Care, said the company had worked with medical and nutrition specialists to design the products carefully and planned to keep adding items through Picoling Mall to widen its life-care business.
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