| Mama Sita's Holding Company | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | (as Marigold Commodities Corporation) |
| Location: | San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Key People: | Bartolome B. Lapus Clara R. Lapus Esmeraldo B. Lapus |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Industry: | Food processing |
| Products: | Condiments, sauces |
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" C. Reyes, matriarch of the company's founders, the spouses Bartolome B. Lapus and Clara C. Reyes-Lapus.[1]
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 Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar as major consumers.[2]
Since 2014, Mama Sita's is exclusively marketed and distributed by Monde Nissin Corporation.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5] [6] At least two Mama Sita cookbooks have been produced, Mama Sita's Cookbook (1996) and Mama Sita's Homestyle Recipes (2010).