The heat source
chefs ask for by name.

From Bangkok's best-known kitchens to food processing plants and factory floors.
Wellness-Baantao does not simply deliver charcoal — we recommend the right heat
for your equipment and the way you cook.

Inquire or request a sample

Restaurants, food processing plants, industrial use
— charcoal supply built for professionals.
The right charcoal for each kind of work.

A charcoal grill restaurant kitchen
A food processing line
Charcoal as an industrial heat source

Why customers choose us

1. Product knowledge learned at the kiln, not from a catalogue

We started out buying and reselling, and were not satisfied with the quality of the charcoal available. During the great floods of 2011 our founder taught himself charcoal making, designed a kiln, laid the firebrick himself, and fired charcoal of the highest quality.

Because we understand which wood, fired which way, produces which kind of heat, we can judge and recommend at a level that is difficult for others to match.

We burn-test repeatedly and use only the charcoal that passes. We are not a trading company — we manage quality with a charcoal maker's eye.

Our founder in front of the firebrick charcoal kiln he built

2. Trust built entirely on word of mouth — no sales calls, ever

We have never once made a cold call. Our first customer was Ootoya. They were stuck without charcoal, we helped, and that was the beginning of the relationship. Ootoya's success went on to open the door to the Japanese food boom in Thailand.

Many of the Japanese restaurants that followed left charcoal until last. They would buy some at the market just before opening night, only to find it smoked and was unusable.

When they asked around for someone who handled charcoal properly, chefs and owners started passing the same answer along: “Yatagai does.”

We have grown our share on referrals alone ever since. Food processing plants trying to reproduce a famous restaurant's flavor come to us asking for “the same charcoal that restaurant uses.” That is what trust looks like, in our line of work.

Founder Yoshinari Yatagai talking about the charcoal business

3. Supply and flexibility, from restaurants to industry

Beyond supplying charcoal grill restaurants, we deliver reliably to food processing plants where variation is not an option, and we source specialized industrial charcoal for uses such as non-ferrous metal works.

400+ tonnes
Handled annually
0%
Out-of-stock rate
3
Languages we work in
Charcoal stock stacked in the warehouse

He fell for charcoal, so he built a kiln.

2011, the year the great floods hit Thailand. Unsatisfied with the charcoal he could buy,
our founder taught himself to fire it and built the kiln with his own hands.

Flames inside the charcoal kiln

Our range

We do not sell to the general public. We propose the right charcoal for each industry's use, individually, together with a price list.

Lao Binchotan

Lao Binchotan

Laotian white charcoal, in five to seven grades by shape and size. Sustained, powerful heat with very little smoke. The finest heat source we carry.

Planted Eucalyptus Charcoal (Thailand)

Planted Eucalyptus Charcoal (Thailand)

A sustainable heat source with a lighter environmental footprint.

Coconut Shell Charcoal Briquettes

Coconut Shell Charcoal Briquettes

Low ash and easy on the environment.

Bamboo Charcoal

Bamboo Charcoal

Humidity control, odour removal and purification, plus specialized industrial uses.

Mangrove Charcoal

Mangrove Charcoal

Made from plantation-grown mangrove. Lights easily and gives steady heat — a staple across a wide range of kitchens.

Who we supply

Restaurants

Yakitori, yakiniku, fine Japanese dining and more

Food processing plants

OEM processing, frozen yakitori production lines and more

Industry and manufacturing

Non-ferrous metal casting and production processes

Some of our customers

Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, Ootoya and many other well-known hotels, restaurants and food processing plants.

How delivery works

We do not publish a blanket price list. After an introduction or an inquiry, our founder Yatagai visits with physical samples in hand, works through the right type and size against your actual cooking equipment or factory line, and then presents a quotation.

1 Inquiry Reach us by form, phone or any channel you prefer. Contact us
2 Samples Our founder visits with physical samples to talk it through
3 Quotation Type, size and price matched to your equipment and use
4 Agreement We proceed formally once you are happy with the terms
5 Delivery Safe, prompt delivery in our own vehicles

Talk to us about Charcoal

From wholesale charcoal supply to opening
a Rice Bran Enzyme Bath of your own.
Tell us what you have in mind — we are glad to help.
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