Mama Sita's Holding Company, Inc. (founded as Marigold Commodities Corporation) is a

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-based manufacturer of

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, selling its products under the brand, Mama Sita's. The brand is named after Teresita "Mama Sita" C. Reyes, matriarch of the company's founders, the spouses Bartolome B. Lapus and Clara C. Reyes-Lapus. Mama Sita's products are available abroad in North America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and European countries. They are also distributed in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, India and Pakistan. The Middle East is the biggest market with the Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar as major consumers. Since 2014, Mama Sita's is exclusively marketed and distributed by Monde Nissin Corporation.

About Teresita Reyes

Teresita "Mama Sita" C. Reyes was born in Manila on May 11, 1917, the eldest child of Justice Alex Reyes and Engracia "Aling Asiang" Cruz-Reyes, founder of The Aristocrat Restaurant. She had an interest in Filipino food and raised a business devoted to creating recipes and selling sauce mixes, vinegars and sauces. Reyes and her company became well known in the

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and amongst Filipinos living abroad. In 2013, a 10 peso

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was issued in honor of her memory by the Philippine government."Mama Sita's Holdings Co. Inc., a local mix and sauce firm, is eyeing expansion to tap Filipinos living in South Africa and Latin America"
Philippine News Central (May 20, 2013). At least two Mama Sita cookbooks have been produced, ''Mama Sita's Cookbook'' (1996) and ''Mama Sita's Homestyle Recipes'' (2010).

Products

Liquid

Mixes and sauces

Flavors and juices

*Mama Sita's Samalamig Pandan *Mama Sita's Samalamig Brown Cane Sugar *Mama Sita's Samalamig Muscovado

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