page_title: Bustos, Bulacan
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Bustos, Bulacan / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction of the New Bustos, Bulacan Public Market Barangay Poblacion 14°57'20"N 120°54'34"E, Bustos, Bulacan, Province Bulacan province (Note: Judge Florentino Floro, the owner, to repeat, Donor Florentino Floro of all these photos Judge Floro hereby donate gratuitously, freely and unconditionally all these photos to and for Wikimedia Commons, exclusively, for public use of the public domain, and again without any condition whatsoever).
context_page_description: Bustos, officially the Municipality of Bustos, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 67,039 people.
  With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, Bustos is now included in the Greater Manila's built-up conurbation area which reaches San Ildefonso, Bulacan at its northernmost part.
context_section_description: Bustos is an agricultural town in majority. In fact, it is hailed as one of the largest rice producers of the country and the Central Luzon Region, the Rice Granary of the Philippines, and received the Rice Achiever Award as Outstanding Municipality in Region III and Hall of Fame award at Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Award of 2014 conferred by the Department of Agriculture.
  The Bustos commercial center in the town proper is still expanding with the influx of more business investors willing to venture in this small but flourishing town. In the present, the town has its public and few small private markets, business shops, banks, convenience stores, restaurants, cafeterias, and grocery stores.
  Bustos has their own trademark product, the finger food 'Minasa'.
  Minasa refers to "cassava cookies", made from cassava flour, egg yolk, yeast, butter, and coco milk. It is somehow compared to Uraro, another local delicacy. It is one of the famous treats from the province of Bulacan which is traded in local and global market of Filipino pasalubong products. Way back Spanish colonization era here in the Philippines, these Minasa cookies were made of sago (arrowroot) starch and not cassava. The main ingredient was changed because of the long production time of sago starch and cassava starch is cheaper and easier to produce. Also, these were exclusively produced and eaten by the elite Bulakeños for they are the only ones who can afford the ingredients and had the equipment for the production of it. The word minasa in English is "molded". The process of preparing Minasa is like making and baking cookies. The only thing special about Minasa is its shape which is molded on specially-made wooden molders with intricate designs, commonly floral designs, and it is baked in a hurno or a brick stone oven which adds to the yumminess of the cookie. Minasa is said to be a part of history and culture of Bulacan because of those egg yolks that were left in building old stone houses that were made of egg whites. Currently, there are stalls all around Bustos selling this very delicious local delicacy making the municipality hailed as the "Home of Minasa".
  Bustos has a rural bank, the Rural Bank of Bustos, which is located at Gen. Alejo Santos Highway, Barangay Bonga Menor, beside the Bustos by-pass road going to Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. It has a branch in Barangay Poblacion in front of Santo Niño Hospital. The bank is currently under the management of Producers Savings Bank Corporation.
  Other products, industries, & services:
  Rice and other agricultural products
  Poultry & swine raising and other dairy products
  Bags and handicrafts making
  Pastry making
  Food processing and retail selling
  Garments and embroidery
  Metal-crafting
  Furniture making
  Fishpond raising
  Recreational facilities and services
  Resorts and hotels
caption: Bustos Wet and Dry Public Market
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