Why are both the manufacturer and the responsible distributor listed identically as Hanahzo in every soap description?

You encounter this repetition in the mandatory labeling section at the very bottom of product details. In cosmetics labeling, the manufacturer refers to the business equipped with facilities that actually produce the product, while the responsible distributor refers to the entity that manages quality and safety, and distributes and sells the finished product. Because brands without separate production facilities usually entrust production to specialized manufacturers, it is common for different company names to be written in the two fields.

However, for Hanahzo's soaps—ranging from basic products like apricot soap and mango butter soap to soaps made in collaboration with other brands—both the manufacturer and responsible distributor fields identically list 'Hanahzo Co., Ltd.'^[1][2][3]. The manufacturing location address, #601 Daegun Industry Town, Yeonmujang 17-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, is also the same^[4][5]. This is because Hanahzo opened the Hanahzo Factory in 2018 in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, as its own space to make soap directly^[6][7].

In operations as well, CEO Kim Sang-man, who oversees the crafting and production division, and CEO Cho Han-ah, who handles design and marketing, divide roles to make soaps in the Seongsu-dong space^[8]. This structure—registering their own soap manufacturing facility without external outsourcing and maintaining production and responsibility within a single space—is reflected in the two identical lines of labeling on each product.