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| Product type | Sauce |
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| Owner | NutriAsia |
| Produced by | NutriAsia |
| Country | Philippines |
| Introduced | Late 1980s |
| Markets | Worldwide[1] |
| Previous owners | Southeast Asia Food, Inc. (1991–2010) |
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Mang Tomas (Filipino for "Mr. Tomas") is a condiment brand owned by NutriAsia. Its core product is lechon sauce. The brand was developed by Hernan and Ismael Reyes in the late 1980s after they purchased the lechon sauce recipe of Aling Pitang lechon shop located in Quiapo, Manila. The Reyeses named their sauce "Mang Tomas Sarsa", after a popular lechon shop located in La Loma, Manila. In 1991, the brand was acquired by Southeast Asia Food, Inc. (SAFI, now NutriAsia). The product is presently sold as "Mang Tomas All-Around Sarsa" in the Philippines and as "Mang Tomas All-Purpose Sauce" in export markets.
Unlike the traditional lechon sauce, Mang Tomas is made without ground liver. Liver was a listed ingredient in the internationally available Mang Tomas products until 2017 but has since been removed from the label.[2]
As of 2022, all Mang Tomas variations reinclude pork liver as an ingredient.
- ^ Go, Josiah (September 27, 2019). "Pinoy 'sari-sari' stores thrive in US". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
- ^ "Ingredients in Mang Tomas Sauce". TagalongLang.com. Retrieved December 8, 2020.