“Bestfriend Goodies, a food enterprise in Cagayan de Oro City, hopes to help combat malnutrition and stunting by producing science-based nutritional products like enhanced nutribun and ready-to-eat items.
The company initially began as a pasalubong (souvenir) food producer, but the pandemic’s impact on local tourism prompted it to adopt new technologies to create food products for government-led feeding programs, said Bronson Mabulay, consultant for Bestfriend Goodies, in an interview with BusinessWorld.
He said the Department of Education (DepEd) requires a very specific type of food to counter malnutrition and stunting. Bestfriend Goodies’ food products, he noted, comply with the “green category,” which is a must-have food in the canteen as specified by DepEd.
Interview by Edg Adrian Eva
Video editing by Jayson Mariñas
