NutriAsia

Joselito Campos established Enriton Natural Foods, Inc. in 1990, with Nelicom as its lone brand. Later that year, Enriton acquires Jufran and Mafran, while also entering a joint venture with Acres & Acres. The joint venture would then be called Southeast Asia Food Inc. (SAFI). In 1996, SAFI acquires the Universal Foods Corporation (UFC), and establishes the holding company NutriAsia, Inc. for the acquisition.

In 2001, NutriAsia partnered with American company H.J. Heinz Company (now Kraft Heinz) to form the joint venture Heinz-UFC Philippines, Inc., which operated until 2006.{{Cite web |date=2001-03-08 |title=PHILIPPINES: Heinz enters local market with flagship ketchup brand |url=https://www.just-food.com/news/philippines-heinz-enters-local-market-with-flagship-ketchup-brand/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Just Food}}

In 2006, the company acquired Heinz's 50 percent stake in the joint venture and would be renamed as UFC Philippines, Inc.{{Cite web |date=2006-05-03 |title=UK: Heinz continues to divest |url=https://www.just-food.com/news/uk-heinz-continues-to-divest/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Just Food}}

Also in 2006, NutriAsia acquired Singapore-based Del Monte Pacific Limited for the ownership of 85% stake with San Miguel Corporation, DMPL was a joint venture between SMC and NutriAsia until 2007.{{Cite web |date=2006-01-23 |title=SINGAPORE: NutriAsia buys 85% stake of Del Monte Pacific|url=https://www.just-food.com/news/singapore-nutriasia-buys-85-of-del-monte-pacific/ |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Just Food}} In 2007, the company bought SMC's 25% stake in the joint venture and became a 100% ownership of DMPL.{{Cite web |date=2007-04-16 |title=PHILIPPINES: SMC sells Del Monte stake to partner|url=https://www.just-food.com/news/philippines-smc-to-sell-del-monte-stake-to-partner|access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Just Food}} Since then, Del Monte Pacific Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NutriAsia.{{Cite web |date=2007-04-13 |title=San Miguel sells Del Monte stake to NutriAsia|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSMNT00024520070413 |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=Reuters}}

In 2009, the company's subsidiaries include Southeast Asia Food, Inc. (SAFI) and UFC Philippines, Inc. were absorbed into the holding company NutriAsia, Inc.

In 2014, NutriAsia acquired Silver Swan Manufacturing Company, Inc. from the Suan family, and later renamed the company as First PGMC Enterprises, Inc.

On June 4, 2018, 200 people composed of NutriAsia workers and supporters, under the leadership of an entity called Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng (United Workers of) NutriAsia, staged a labor protest, forming a picket line at its factory in Marilao, Bulacan.

On February 23, 2018, reports from the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said{{Cite web|url=https://www.dole.gov.ph/news/nutri-asia-workers-set-for-regularization/|title=Nutri-Asia workers set for regularization | Department of Labor and Employment|website=www.dole.gov.ph}} that it had directed NutriAsia to "give regular employment to 914 persons" who had been hired under their contractors Alternative Network Resources Unlimited Multipurpose Cooperative; Serbiz Multi-Purpose Cooperative; and B-Mirk Enterprises Corp (B-Mirk), because their work arrangements were considered labor-only subcontracting, which is not allowed by the Philippines' labor code.{{Cite web|url=https://southluzon.politics.com.ph/2018/02/28/dole-nutri-asia-regularize-914-workers/|title=DOLE to Nutri-Asia: Regularize 914 workers|date=February 28, 2018}} However, NutriAsia rejected this interpretation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/662804/nutriasia-asks-for-fairness-as-boycott-call-trends-amid-labor-dispute/story/|title=NutriAsia asks for 'fairness' as boycott call trends amid labor dispute|work=GMA Network}}{{Cite news|url=https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/08/10/nutriasia-explains-side-on-labor-dispute-in-senate-hearing/|title=Nutri-Asia explain side on labor dispute|work=Manila Bulletin|date=August 10, 2018|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/08/16/nutriasia-maintains-fair-practices-despite-labor-complaints|title=NutriAsia maintains fair practices despite labor complaints|website=Manila Bulletin News}}{{Cite web|url=http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/07/03/NutriAsia-contractualization-AsiaPro-Multi-Purpose-Cooperative-DOLE.html|title=DOLE orders NutriAsia to regularize 80 workers of its contracting agency|website=cnn|access-date=July 23, 2019|archive-date=February 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216053759/http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/07/03/NutriAsia-contractualization-AsiaPro-Multi-Purpose-Cooperative-DOLE.html|url-status=dead}}

Workers of B-Mirk, citing contractualization practices and unsafe conditions, decided to form a union.{{Cite news|url=https://philippinesgraphic.net/the-dialectic-of-violence-when-blood-stains-our-condiments/|title=The dialectic of violence: When blood stains our condiments|last=Salud|first=Joel Pablo|date=August 11, 2018|work=The Philippines Graphic |accessdate=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721121301/https://philippinesgraphic.net/the-dialectic-of-violence-when-blood-stains-our-condiments/|archive-date=July 21, 2019|url-status=live|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/205166-reason-nutriasia-workers-on-strike|title=Why NutriAsia workers are on strike|last1=Rey|first1=Aika|last2=Bautista|first2=Jane|date=June 18, 2018|work=Rappler|access-date=July 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618041117/https://www.rappler.com/nation/205166-reason-nutriasia-workers-on-strike|archive-date=June 18, 2018|url-status=live}} The officers of this union were laid off, and those suspected of being members said that they were threatened with suspensions.

On June 25, 2018, DOLE Region 3 office reversed the February decision, saying that the workers who went on strike had an "employer-employee relationship" with B-Mirk, rather than with NutriAsia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/206374-dole-nutriasia-regularize-workers|title=DOLE orders NutriAsia to regularize 80 workers|first=Aika|last=Rey|website=Rappler|date=July 3, 2018 }} The protesters continued to picket the Marilao site.

On June 30, 2018, the protesters held an ecumenical mass at the picket site, with about 300 people in attendance including the protesters and numerous supporters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1043270|title=Catholic bishop decries dispersal of NutriAsia workers|website=www.pna.gov.ph}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/philippines-workers-at-nutriasia-factory-face-lawsuits-and-suffer-injuries-after-dispersal-of-protest|work=Business-humanrights.org|title=Factory workes of Nutri-asia faces injuries|accessdate=July 20, 2019}} As the mass ended, police forces arrived to disperse the crowd. The dispersal that followed saw at least 30 individuals injured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/662372/clash-between-protesters-cops-at-nutriasia-plant-turns-violent/story/?amp|title=Clash between protesters, cops at NutriAsia plant turns violent|website=www.gmanetwork.com}} Nineteen persons were arrested, including 14 who were either workers or supporters; and five journalists who were covering the celebration of the mass.{{cite news|title=Meycauayan police release detained 'NutriAsia 19'|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/08/01/1838711/meycauayan-police-release-detained-nutriasia-19|accessdate=July 25, 2019|work=Philstar.com|date=August 1, 2018}}

Two of the five journalists arrested were campus journalists Psalty Caluza and Jon Bonifacio, both students at the University of the Philippines Diliman. At the time, Caluza was a fourth year journalism student from the UP College of Mass Communication, who was taking an internship with media organization AlterMidya. Bonifacio, an Oblation scholar and who was vying for graduation with honors, was covering the event for Scientia, the student publication of the UP College of Science.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bulatlat.com/2018/07/31/profs-students-condemn-arrest-campus-journos-nutriasia/|title=UP profs, students condemn arrest of campus journos in NutriAsia|first=|last=|work=Bulatlat.com|date=July 31, 2018}}

The violent dispersal was quickly condemned by the DOLE{{cite news|last=Rey|first=Aika|title=DOLE condemns violent dispersal of NutriAsia workers |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/205141-nutriasia-workers-strike-violent-dispersal-dole/|accessdate=July 25, 2019|work=Rappler|date=June 17, 2018|language=en}} and by religious leaders, including Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo and the ecumenical non-catholic National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), and was widely criticized by the public on social media.{{Cite web |date= |title=In Numbers: Online Anger Over NutriAsia Picket Line Violence |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/news-and-events/in-numbers-online-anger-over-nutriasia-picket-line-violence-a00178-20180806 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723010253/https://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/news-and-events/in-numbers-online-anger-over-nutriasia-picket-line-violence-a00178-20180806 |archive-date=2019-07-23 |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=entrepreneur.com.ph}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/07/30/1838184/violent-dispersal-nutriasia-workers-draws-wide-condemnation|title=Violent dispersal of NutriAsia workers draws wide condemnation|website=philstar.com}}

The Philippine Commission on Human Rights expressed concern and CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann C. de Guia announced that they would investigate the violent dispersal of the protesters.{{Cite web|url=http://chr.gov.ph/chr-spox-on-the-violent-dispersal-of-workers-at-the-nutriasia-factory/|title=Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty Jacqueline Ann C. de Guia, on the violent dispersal of workers at the NutriAsia factory|date=July 31, 2018}}

In 2019, a workers' strike in its Cabuyao, Laguna factory ended with the Philippine National Police (PNP) violently dispersing the striking workers.{{Cite web |last=Cinco |first=Maricar |date=2019-07-06 |title=Violence erupts as Nutriasia workers go on strike in Laguna |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1138501/violence-erupts-as-nutriasia-workers-go-on-strike-in-laguna |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}

Its products include sauces, seasonings, herbs, spices, cooking oils, packaged foods, beverages and dairy products.{{Cite web|url=https://nutriasia.com/partners/|title=Partners|website=NutriAsia|accessdate=2023-11-01}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-20 |title=Celebrate and Enjoy Home with NutriAsia |url=https://filipinotimes.net/food/2023/04/20/celebrate-and-enjoy-home-with-nutri-asia/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=The Filipino Times }}

In 2015, the company entered the beverage market with the launch of its own juice brand, Locally, followed by Big2 Purified Water in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2017-12-08 |title=Locally Blended Juice Drink |url=https://www.itsberyllicious.com/2017/12/locally-blended-juice-drink-100.html?m=1 |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Berrylicious }} It also entered the dairy market in 2023, with the launch of UFC Quesorap processed cheese.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-25 |title=Hello Nutriasians! In QUESO, didn't know UFC QUESORAP.... |url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0VHvdiSb784Kc32MkdAZKoNjHaNwGETUs9crbo8uGuWSm8HBvW31UvWy95BUe6vmbl&id=100064361665192 |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=Facebook }}

Since 2013, NutriAsia has been headquartered at the JY Campos Centre, located in 9th Avenue corner 30th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila. In addition, it has four factories across the Philippines: Marilao (Bulacan), Cabuyao (Laguna), Cebu City (Cebu) and Davao City (Davao del Sur). As of 2023, the company has a presence in over 50 countries worldwide.

• Nutri-Asia, Inc.
• First PGMC Enterprises, Inc.
• Del Monte Pacific Limited
• Del Monte Philippines, Inc.
• Del Monte Vinamilk Dairy Philippines, Inc. {{small|(joint venture with Vinamilk)}}
• Del Monte Foods, Inc.
• Del Monte Argentina S.A.
• Hi Continental Corporation
• College Inn Foods
• DLM Foods Canada Corporation
• Del Monte Colombiana S.A.
• The Meow Mix Company, LLC
• Meow Mix Decatur Productions I, LLC
• S&W Fine Foods, Inc.
• Contadina Foods, Inc.
• Del Monte Foods Ecuador DME C.A.
• Del Monte Peru S.A.C.
• Del Monte Andina C.A.
• Industrias Citricolas de Montemorelos S.A. de C.V.{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866873/000119312510149876/dex21.htm|title=SUBSIDIARIES OF DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY|publisher=SEC|date=|accessdate=August 28, 2023}}

• Heinz-UFC Philippines, Inc. {{small|(joint venture with H.J. Heinz Company)}}
• UFC Philippines, Inc.
• Southeast Asia Food, Inc.

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