Coffee. Coconut. Chocolate: DTI Showcases Premium PH F&B Products in Osaka

Osaka, Japan (12 September 2022) - Consul General Voltaire D. Mauricio of the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka and Commercial Counsellor Michael Alfred V. Ignacio of the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Osaka (PTIC-Osaka), joined the representatives of Philippine Brands and Philippine sourced products at the official opening of the FoodPhilippines booth at the Food Store Solutions Fair 2022 at Intex Osaka which ran from 7 to 8 September.  

Organized by PTIC-Osaka, with the support of Osaka International Business Promotion Council, the FoodPhilippines booth featured an excellent curation of premium Food and Beverage products from the Philippines, namely from Verra Coffee, Cocowell, and Auro Chocolate.   This is in line with DTI’s unified strategy to support niche premium products with the most potential for penetrating the highly-discriminating Japanese market, taking into account supply capacity, quality and export readiness.  

 

The Food Store Solutions Fair 2022 was recently held in Osaka in parallel with FABEX Food Show at INTEX Osaka, the city’s principal trade fair grounds.  The organizers reported that the number of visitors greatly exceeded the numbers from the previous year’s edition, with a total of 14,015 attendees composed mainly of buyers, retailers, importers, distributors and agents for Japan’s mainstream retailing players and stakeholders. Because the event was held in conjunction with FABEX Food Show at the same time, the attendees of FABEX were also able to visit the exhibitors of the Food Store Solutions Fair. 

 

About Verra Coffee 

 

Verra Coffee is a premium coffee brand that is intent in penetrating the niche Japanese market for specialty coffee, micro-roasting, and boutique cafes market. 

 

“We partner with farmers and tribal roasters all over the Philippines, and bring their products to an international market. Our coffee is traceable, sourced directly from the farmers whom we personally know and work with. By purchasing Philippine products, you are helping provide livelihood to the coffee farmers, who are indigenous people groups in the Philippines,” Verra Coffee Founder, Vanessa Velasco said. 

 

Verra Coffee started as a project under the Center for Community Transformation, a non-profit organization that helps the entrepreneurial poor across the country. To know more about Verra Coffee, visit their website at www.verracoffee.com and official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/VerraCoffee.  

MR. LOWIE ANTONIO OF VERRA COFFEE 

About Cocowell 

 

Cocowell Co. Ltd. is a Japanese company founded in 2004 committed in offering premium coconut-based products from the Philippines and specializes in coconut products with the mission of helping climate poverty in the Philippines by bringing change sustainably one coconut at a time. 

 

The company works with many coconut farming communities and farmers in the Philippines and imports coconut ingredients such as coconut oil and coconut sugar exclusively from country, as well as natural and organic cosmetics made from coconut oils. It is also committed to the environment, noting that the coconut tree naturally helps protect the rural environment, protects the lives of farmers and is good for the health. 

 

Cocowell Founder and President Yu Mizui said, “Our mission is to pursue the infinite possibilities of products made from coconuts and to share the many benefits of coconut products to as many as possible. We will continue to contribute to the healthy eating habits everyone while helping ease poverty problems among coconut farming communities in the Philippines at the same time.” 

 

Read more about Cocowell through their website at www.cocowell.co.jp and Facebook page at www.facebook.com/COCOWELL.JP.  

COCOWELL PRESIDENT, MR. YU MIZUI 

About Auro Chocolate 

 

Auro Chocolate is an internationally awarded tree-to-bar chocolate brand from the Philippines that promotes sustainability by working directly with local farmers to create fine Filipino cacao beans, ingredients, and retail products with unique and bold tropical flavors. 

 

Managing Director, Mark M. Ocampo wants to strengthen Auro Chocolate’s distribution in other countries so that more people are able to enjoy and appreciate fine Philippine chocolate. 

 

Visit Auro Chocolate’s website at www.aurochocolate.com and official Facebook  page    at www.facebook.com/aurochocolate.  

AURO CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS 

About The Philippine Trade & Investment Center in Osaka 

 

The Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Osaka is the trade and investment section of the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka City and the representative office of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry covering Western Japan. For inquiries, contact: osaka@dti.gov.ph  

In pursuit of true excellence

It was in 2007 that GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc., the authorized exclusive distributor of Gano Excel products in the country, was established. Thus far, its objective of achieving true excellence—both in world-class products and unmatched service to its thousands of customers provided by the company’s leaders—is well on track.

The Chief Operating Officer of GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc., said that for the past 5 years, the company was relentless in pursuing excellence not just in the executive level and within the rank-and-file,but also distributors, leaders & product outlets.

“We believe that excellence is about meeting the standards of quality performance and continuously exceeding and surpassing them. There is no second-guessing here when it comes to our mantra of excellence, and the people of GanoiTouch Philippines know that,” explains COO Leo Esteves

In order to achieve true excellence, GanoiTouch Philippines provides continuous training at all levels, from the new recruits up to the leaders, and even conducts training for personnel of official product outlets. He said that the strategy is to make all GanoiTouch empowered and independent as well.

Esteves further notes that regular training will hopefully motivate the employees and the distributorsto work hard in order to succeed. “Regular feedback on their performance is also a must so we could monitor their success orassess and even assist them on key performance areas where they need improvement.”

The past 5 years for GanoiTouch has also been a true test of the company’s stability. It also helped that the parent company, Gano Excel, is a hallmark of stability, which contributed in portraying GanoiTouch’s stature in the Philippine market as a solid and stable organization that Filipinos can rely upon in building not only their financialgoals but also mental and physical health through its superior ganodermalucidum-based products.

Gano Excel, based in Malaysia, plants, manufactures, markets and distributes its wide range of products made ofganodermalucidum, a type of red mushroom touted to be better than ginseng, as its main component. At present, Gano Excel products are available in 65 countries, including the US, Canada and most parts of Europe and of course, the Philippines.

Despite its success during the past 5 years, Esteves claims that challenges for the business remain. The fact that the company operates its business under a “multi-level marketing or MLM” strategy, commonly known as “networking,” remains one of them. However, he is not a bit worried.

“GanoiTouch’s networking business is absolutely legitimate, fair and sustainable. We have never been complained about because we provide real and effective products that are proven around the world, and that’s a fact. In fact, I can see the company’s continued growth and become one of the top networking companies in the country,” he said.

He said that there is no other direction for the company but to grow. “Gano Excel is continuously expanding its plantation of ganodermaand upgrading its manufacturing facilities in order to manufacture more products and make them world class yet affordable.”

Among its most popular products among Filipinos are the PIOIR Coffee and Chocolate, the Tongkat Ali, Ganoderma and Excellium. He even hinted that Gano Excel is currently testing possible additions to its product lineup but declined to specify.

For the Philippines, Esteves also confirmed that sustainability plans are already in place, specifically in relation to company and brand visibility in other areas. “We have to make sure that we are actively present in all major areas in the country, yet we will make sure that our inventory will be able to meet consumers’ and distributors’ demands and expectations.”

Succeeding in the business is already in the horizon, according to Esteves, and counts on 3 factors—world-class quality products, a stable and successful global company that’s built to last and finally, a legitimate and fair business that’s sustainable for life.

And to honor their most exemplary performers that contributed to the success of the company during their 5^th anniversary, GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. is throwing a glitzy and glamorous bash entitled “In Pursuit of True ‘Excel-lence: Faster, Higher, Stronger.” This 5^th year celebration of GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. will be held this coming March 23, 2013, 1 p.m., at the Aliw Theater located at the CCP Complex, Vicente Sotto Street, Pasay City.

To make things even more exciting, a brand new Toyota Innova is up for grabs during the anniversary raffle.

“This grand anniversary celebration is our way of saluting the leaders of GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. for helping develop excellence not only in mind, body and soul, but also in health and in wealth. Our goal to enrich people’s lives and provide hope and economic stability through better health as provided by our superior products and legitimate income opportunity will definitely remain for the years to come,” explains Esteves.

To know more about GanoiTouch Philippines, Inc. and how it can enrich your life, visit www.ganoitouch.comor call 706-3137/706-3152

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