Empire Eagle Food sources organic black rice from an Indigenous social enterprise in Chishang, Taiwan, for a non-alcoholic matcha amazake.
Empire Eagle Food, the Taiwanese company behind Boba Empire, says its organic black rice sourcing project was one of 20 finalists selected from 226 entries for SIAL For Change 2026 in Paris. The project centres on where the company buys its rice and what its farming partner has observed over five years.
The company sources the rice from an Indigenous social enterprise in Chishang, in Taiwan’s Taitung County. Empire Eagle reports that the supply chain covers 50 hectares of certified-organic contract farmland and that incomes rose by more than 10% for 10 farming households.
Empire Eagle also reports that four protected species returned over five years: the crested serpent eagle, pangolin, Formosan serow and Swinhoe’s frog. The company’s announcement does not describe how the returns were monitored or establish what caused them.
Boba Empire uses the black rice in its Black GABA Rice Matcha Amazake, a non-alcoholic drink that received two stars at the A.A. Taste Awards, according to the company.
