NutriAsia

Nutri-Asia, Inc.(doing business asNutriAsia), formerlyEnriton Natural Foods, Inc.and its predecessorsSoutheast Asia Food, Inc.andUFC Philippines, Inc., is a Philippineprivately heldmultinationalfood processingcompany headquartered inBonifacio Global City,Taguig,Metro Manila. It is the leading producer of condiment products in the Philippines.Among its best known brands areDatu Puti,Mang Tomas,UFCandSilver Swan.As of 2019, NutriAsia has a total of 116 distribution networks locally and internationally.
The company was founded on October 1, 1990 by Joselito D. Campos Jr., the eldest son ofUnilabfounderJose Yao Campos.Campos is also the vice chairman ofDel Monte Philippines, Inc.and the chairman of Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation.
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 companyH.J. Heinz Company(nowKraft Heinz) to form the joint venture Heinz-UFC Philippines, Inc., which operated until 2006.
In 2006, the company acquired Heinz's 50 percent stake in the joint venture and would be renamed as UFC Philippines, Inc.
Also in 2006, NutriAsia acquired Singapore-based Del Monte Pacific Limited for the ownership of 85% stake withSan Miguel Corporation, DMPL was a joint venture between SMC and NutriAsia until 2007.In 2007, the company bought SMC's 25% stake in the joint venture and became a 100% ownership of DMPL.Since then, Del Monte Pacific Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NutriAsia.
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 calledNagkakaisang Manggagawa ng(United Workers of)NutriAsia, staged a labor protest, forming a picket line at its factory inMarilao,Bulacan.
On February 23, 2018, reports from the PhilippineDepartment of Labor and Employment(DOLE) saidthat it had directed NutriAsia to "give regular employment to 914 persons" who had been hired under their contractorsAlternative Network Resources Unlimited Multipurpose Cooperative;Serbiz Multi-Purpose Cooperative; andB-Mirk Enterprises Corp(B-Mirk), because their work arrangementswere considered labor-only subcontracting, which is not allowed by the Philippines' labor code.However, NutriAsia rejected this interpretation.
Workers of B-Mirk, citing contractualization practices and unsafe conditions, decided to form a union.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.The protesters continued to picket the Marilao site.
On June 30, 2018, the protesters held anecumenical massat the picket site, with about 300 people in attendance including the protesters and numerous supporters.As the mass ended, police forces arrived to disperse the crowd. The dispersal that followed saw at least 30 individuals injured.Nineteen persons were arrested, including 14 who were either workers or supporters; and five journalists who were covering the celebration of the mass.
Two of the five journalists arrested were campus journalists Psalty Caluza and Jon Bonifacio, both students at theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman.  At the time, Caluza was a fourth year journalism student from theUP College of Mass Communication, who was taking an internship with media organization AlterMidya. Bonifacio, anOblation scholarand who was vying for graduation with honors, was covering the event forScientia, the student publication of theUP College of Science.
The violent dispersal was quickly condemned by the DOLEand 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.
ThePhilippine Commission on Human Rightsexpressed concern and CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann C. de Guia announced that they would investigate the violent dispersal of the protesters.
In 2019, a workers' strike in itsCabuyao,Lagunafactory ended with thePhilippine National Police(PNP) violently dispersing the striking workers.
Its products include sauces, seasonings, herbs, spices, cooking oils, packaged foods, beverages and dairy products.
In 2015, the company entered the beverage market with the launch of its own juice brand, Locally, followed by Big2 Purified Water in 2016.It also entered the dairy market in 2023, with the launch of UFC Quesorap processed cheese.
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) andDavao City(Davao del Sur).As of 2023, the company has a presence in over 50 countries worldwide.