PH Pili Nut Snack Clinches Top Prize in French Food Competition

Mount Mayon Volcanic Pili Nutsbags top prize in Le Snacking D’Or 2018.

10 April 2018 PARIS – Philippine food brand "Mount Mayon Volcanic Pili Nuts" bagged the top prize for the “dry savoury impulse products – self-service ready-to-eat products category,” besting two other competitors during the Le Snacking D’Or 2018 at the Porte de Versailles on April 04.

"We have been testing the acceptability of pili nuts among some of the top pastry chefs and culinary institutions in the southern part of France, and the feedback has been overwhelming. This award further confirms that the pili nut has vast potential in the discriminating palate of the French market," said Mr. Jean Luc Sini, public relations consultant for the Mount Mayon Volcanic Pili Nuts, and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center, the Commercial Section of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Paris.

Only the top three entries made it for the final round of voting for the Les Snacking d'Or "Produit d'impulsion secs sales" or the dried salted snacking category.

Mr. Sini added that the Mount Mayon brand which is processed in a facility in the eastern part of the Philippines in Subic, may have also caught the attention of the voters because it is halal, kosher, vegan certified and non-GMO verified.

Les Snacking d'Or is an annual competition held in France. It has been awarding top food products from the world in the last three years.

PTIC Commercial Attaché Froilan Pamintuan (right) attends the awarding ceremony with Mr. Jean Luc Sini, public relations consultant for the Mount Mayon Volcanic Pili Nuts.

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