Marfrig invests in products category

The Global Foods Marfrig, through the Beef Division, broaden your portfolio of products of Bassi. Through the Pampeano unit in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, the company spends to produce and market ready sauces for meat and rice products in pouches and cans. The initiative is expected to win more market and, thus, increase the monthly revenue of the industrialized operation of the company in some R $3.3 million. In all, the estimate is market monthly 100 tons of processed rice and 100 tons of sauces, that are also exported to Europe, North America and Caribbean. Ready sauces for meats will be produced and marketed by Marfrig, in partnership with Nestlé Professional, which will be responsible for the selection of ingredients. There are four types of sauces ready: poivre, caramelized onion, funghi and malbec. According to the manufacturer, the product has unique packaging, ready to be taken straight to the microwave. Rice already in pouches and cans will be made and marketed by the company. In all, the action had some R $4 million of investments were allocated in equipment and in the construction of a new facility on Pampeano unit with area around 1,500 m ². "The animal protein market offers many opportunities and our aim is to bring the customer a differentiated product portfolio of quality and with high added value. In this way, we decided to expand our portfolio to achieve this ready-to-eat foods consumption market, "says COO of industrialized Beef operation and Division of Global Foods, Marfrig Rui Mendonça. Ready sauces and rice in pouches and cans can be found in major supermarkets and emporiums of Brazil in the first half of 2018.