Foodsphere expands canned fish line

MANILA, Philippines - Foodsphere Inc. has expanded its canned seafood product line to serve the growing market demand for healthy food products.

“Our product line expansion is a part of the company’s vision to manufacture good-quality, healthy and affordable food products that will benefit the most number of Filipino consumers,” said Jonathan Bendicion, assistant vice president for marketing of Foodsphere.

Last week, Foodsphere, the same company behind the highly successful CDO meat products, officially launched a nationwide marketing and distribution blitz for its latest seafood category called San Marino Hearty Line.

San Marino Hearty Line is a selection of meticulously-developed canned fish products that include San Marino Corned Tuna, San Marino Tuna Paella, San Marino Blue Mackerel (in tomato sauce and Spanish-style, San Marino Tuna Fillet (in water and Spanish- Style), and San Marino Tuna Spread.

“With San Marino Hearty Line, we also see more non-fish consumers attracted to the new products because of delicious taste and health attributes,” said Bendicion.

Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, Foodsphere was founded by Jose and Corazon Dayro Ong on June 25, 1975 and has emerged as one of the leading food companies in the country today.

The company started as a small meat processing shop in Valenzuela and through the years diversified into meat canning, fruits bottling, water distilling, cheese and mayonnaise production, and fish canning.