WE NOW SELL DIRECT!

RICO PHILIPPINES Industrial Corporation (RPIC) is one of the biggest producers of food grade semi-refined carrageenan in the country.  

Established in 1990 through a joint venture of Rico Industrial Taiwan and Marcel Trading Corporation (MTC) of the Philippines, its initial activities were focused on producing both semi-refined and refined carrageenan under an exclusive selling arrangement to MTC.

In early 2000, RPIC, still the sole supplier of MTC (also known as Marcel Carrageenan), moved up to producing food-grade semi-refined carrageenan. Seventy percent (70%) of its output was channeled by Marcel to carrageenan buyers in Asia, Europe and the United States. The remaining 30% was sold to the domestic market through an affiliated distribution company serving the top food corporations and conglomerates in the Philippine market.

This year, 2008, RICO PHILIPPINES Industrial Corporation, no longer under the umbrella of Marcel, assumed a new and distinct personality, opening its doors to direct selling of top grade carrageenan to discriminating and quality-guided buyers.

One of the country’s biggest names the carrageenan industry just got bigger and better.