Using Fruits In Baked Products By URC Technology

Using dry fruits and nuts has been is practice for long  such as cashew , hazelnuts , pistachio,almonds and walnuts .  Bakery manufacturers have now started adding  concentrated fruits bits for  consumers who demands for healthy recipe . Taura Natural Ingredients has developed  fruit range using URC process technology . This New Zealand based  company  is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of functional, concentrated fruit ingredients for leading brand marketers and product manufacturers.

Taura Natural Ingredients has developed the ultra rapid concentration (URC) High Performance Fruit range as a way to include real fruit pieces in commercial biscuits and bakery applications. Manufactured with its URC process technology, the fruit pieces are developed as functional ingredients with bake stability and moisture control. "We're seeing real growth across Asia in the use of fruit in sweet biscuits to achieve a healthier proposition," says Julian Laking, sales manager in New Zealand and Asia. "With URC pieces, a real sense of fruity freshness is achieved, which is difficult to create from traditional dried or artificially flavored products."

Source :  Taura Natural Ingredients

Universal Robina Corporation ( URC ) - Major Bakery Manufacturer in Phillipines - A profile

URC  ( Universal Robina Corporation )  is one of the major  manufacturer of bakery products in asean countries .Established  in year  1954 by John Gokongwei  . It has come a long way to be Asean foremost bakery brands . Universal Robina Corporation  is subsidiary of JG Summit  Holdings, Inc .
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) is a manufacturer and marketer of branded food and beverages in Philippines. The company manufactures several product category related snack foods, beverage, grocery and other related products. It also offers coffee, flour, feed, meat and ready-to-drink products. The company operates in Philippines and also operates in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia internationally. In Philippines, the company sell its products under the brands such as Chippy, Nova, Hunt’s tomato-based products and other snack foods under the Jack ‘n Jill mega brand, Nissin and Payless noodles. URC has 15 manufacturing facilities and 14 distribution centers throughout Philippines.


Major Products - Coffee , Flour , Ready to eat  ,Snack foods , biscuit s

Major Brands - Nips , Wiggles ,Cloud 9 ,Cream-O, Fun-O, Magic, Dewberry

No. employees - 8783


Turnover-1,029 (US$m)


Competitors

Cadbury Schweppes plc,Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd ,Del Monte Foods Company ,Groupe Danone,Kraft Foods, Inc. ,Mars, Inc.,Nestle S.A.,San Miguel Corporation




CEO- James Go



HQ
Universal Robina Corporation

110 E. Rodriguez Avenue
Bagumbayan
Quezon City,1110
Philippines
Fax: 63-2-6345317
http://www2.urc.com.ph/