Mama Sita's Holding Company

Mama Sita's Holding Company, Inc. (founded as Marigold Commodities Corporation) is a Philippine based manufacturer of condiments, selling its products under the brand, Mama Sita's. The brand is named after Teresita "Mama Sita" R. Reyes, matriarch of the company's founders, the spouses Bartolome B. Lapus and Clara R. Reyes Lapus.[1]

Mama Sita's Holding Company
Private
IndustryFood processing
Founded1980 (as Marigold Commodities Corporation)
HeadquartersSan Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Key people
Bartolome B. Lapus
Clara R. Lapus
Esmeraldo B. Lapus
ProductsCondiments, sauces
Websitewww.msita.com/

Mama Sita's products are available abroad such as in supermarket shelves in North America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and European countries. They also distribute in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, India and Pakistan. The Middle East is the biggest market with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirate, Kuwait, and Qatar as major consumers.[2]

About Teresita Reyes

Teresita "Mama Sita" R. 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.[3] 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 Philippines and amongst Filipinos living abroad. In 2013, a 10 peso postage stamp was issued in honor of her memory by the Philippine government.[4][5] At least two Mama Sita cookbooks have been produced, Mama Sita's Cookbook (1996) and Mama Sita's Homestyle Recipes (2010).[6][7]

References
  1. "Who was Mama Sita?". Pepper.ph. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. Torrevillas, Domini M. "What now, Mama Sita's?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  3. "Teresita Mama Sita Reyes | Philippine Postal Corporation". www.phlpost.gov.ph.
  4. "Philippines Stamps". Philippinestamps.net. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  5. "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". GMA News (May 20, 2013).
  6. Mama Sita's Cookbook. Amazon.com
  7. Mama Sita's Homestyle Recipes. Amazon.com
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