DOST s e-nutribun will soon be available in Gumaca, Quezon – Manila Bulletin mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In a Facebook post, the DOST said Pan De Masbate is now producing the enhanced nutribun.
“It is the first MSME (micro, small, and medium enterprise) in the province to secure the license to manufacture this healthier bread option for Masbateños,” it said.
Pan de Masbate is owned by Divinia N. Salvacion and was awarded the 2020 Best Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) Adoptor in Bicol. It is targeting to supply feeding programs in Masbate by government agencies such as the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Nutrition Council (NNC), and local government units (LGUs).
Enhanced nutribun (Manila Bulletin File photo)
The DOST- Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC)- Pangasinan said the adopters of the enhanced nutribun technology are beneficiaries of assistance from DOST Region I under the Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). They are Luis O. Sebastian of Louis Roy Bakeshop based in Mangatarem and Benedicto Planas of Planas Bakeshop and Store in Sual, both in the province of Pangasinan.
Under the SETUP, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are given technical and financial assistance to help improve their production and increase market competitiveness.
In 2020, the DOST-FNRI launched its enhanced nutribun, which is made with squash. It was in response to the need for more nutritious food products in support of the supplementary feeding program of the government during the community quarantine as stipulated in Department of Social Welfare and Development Memorandum Circular No. 12 Series of 2020.