THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sunday hailed the P5.4-billion investment of Universal Robina Corp. (URC) in a new flour milling facility which it said would play a critical role in ensuring steady availability of high-quality flour, a vital ingredient in many staple food products like bread, pasta, cereals and crackers.
“Flour is integral to our economy, from family dining tables to large-scale food production,” said DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel in a statement on Sunday.
The new flour milling plant in a 10-hectare area in Barangay Talaan-Aplaya, Sariaya, Quezon was inaugurated on Nov. 29, 2024.
This is URC’s third flour milling facility and is scheduled to start commercial operations in January. The plant will directly employ 102 workers.
The new milling facility has an annual production capacity of 297,000 metric tons (MT) of flour and 99,000 MT of bran and pollard. It uses a fully automated milling technology that will streamline flour production, storage and packaging processes.
