Penang hosts 662 halal-certified factories, and the location pattern is clear: nearly all the big players sit in Seberang Perai — Bukit Mertajam, Simpang Ampat, Butterworth — not on the island. If you are planning factory visits, plan them on the mainland.
This list orders the 10 OEM-category factories by certified products in JAKIM's records. Note the mix: two multinationals (Kerry, GABAN) sit beside local pastry manufacturers — the sign of a mature ecosystem offering options at two price scales.
The full list
- LEONG YIN PASTRY SDN BHD — Bukit Mertajam. 646 certified products. Pastry and kuih at export scale — the state's biggest certified-product holder.
- LUCKY FOOD PROCESSING SDN BHD — Bayan Lepas. 618 certified products. Food processing next to the free industrial zone — tidy export logistics.
- KERRY INGREDIENTS (M) SDN BHD — Butterworth. 617 certified products. The local arm of global ingredient giant Kerry Group — multinational-grade process and paperwork.
- HUNG THONG FOOD TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD — Bukit Mertajam. 525 certified products. Food technology with a deep certificate portfolio.
- LIOCO FOOD INDUSTRIES SDN BHD — Simpang Ampat. 488 certified products. Part of the increasingly dense Simpang Ampat factory cluster.
- WILPACK FOOD SERVICES SDN BHD — Perai. 445 certified products. Food services and packing out of Perai.
- LYE IMM MANUFACTURING SDN BHD — Simpang Ampat. 438 certified products. A multi-category contract manufacturer.
- ZELCOS LABORATORY SDN BHD — Simpang Ampat. 350 certified products. A rare 'laboratory' name in a food list — strength in formulation.
- GOLDEN FRESH SDN BHD — Butterworth. 300 certified products. An established northern bread and bakery manufacturer.
- GABAN SPICE MANUFACTURING (M) SDN BHD — Bukit Mertajam. 282 certified products. Industrial-grade spice from Japan's GABAN group.
How this list was built
Ordering follows the number of halal-certified products in our capture of JAKIM's Halal Directory (8 August 2026) — an objective figure verifiable on the official portal. Retailers and restaurant chains that hold product certificates but do not run contract manufacturing are excluded and named in the text. Certificates change: check each factory's current status on our certificate checker, and see the 90-day expiry report before signing a contract.

