UNIVERSAL FOODS LIMITED PORTFOLIO
VISION STATEMENT: Universal Foods Limited will strive to be an internationally competitive world-class manufacturer whose ready to eat cereals will continue to delight our customers
QUALITY POLICY: Universal Foods Limited is committed to developing and providing consistently high quality products and a level of service that exceed our customer and stakeholder expectations. We will continually improve through leadership and teamwork and will remain quality focused by ensuring effectiveness of our Quality Management System in accordance with the ISO 9001:2000 standard. In our quest for excellence, the competence of our people will ensure that our customers wake up to a better breakfast every day.
COMPANY FACTS: Universal Foods Limited is part of the Associated Brands Industries Limited (ABIL) Group of Companies who are the makers of Charles chocolates, Sunshine Snacks and Consolidated Biscuits. Universal Foods Limited is the only “Ready To Eat” (RTE) cereal manufacturer in the English Speaking Caribbean. We began our operations in August 1986, manufacturing seven types of cereal under one brand. Presently UFL manufactures twenty-two types under seven different brands for local and export sales. Universal Foods Limited has been updating its technology throughout its years of operations and is proud to be comparable with the world leaders in ready to eat breakfast cereals.
Local Cereal Brands
Local Cereal Brands
Local Cereal Brands
Local Cereal Brands
PRIVATE LABEL BRANDS Price Choice (DR) Lider (DR) Coloso (Puerto Rico) Fast Foods (Honduras) Goisco (Aruba/Curacao) First Class (DR) Harvest Mills PriceSmart (Regional)
COMPANY ACHIEVMENTS: Our Plant has been ISO 9001:2008 certified since April of 2000 HACCP based program implemented and follow all rules and regulations in compliance with the OSHA act Kosher certification Awarded the Prime Minister’s Exporter Of The Year Award for Quality (2000) in our first year of competing. We continue to expand our Export markets (Latin America) through the quality and competitive pricing of our products. We have continuously updated technology and plant capability, thereby offering our customers continuous improvement in quality, price competitiveness and an on-time level of service.
EXPORT MARKETS CARRIBEAN AMERICA’s Jamaica Columbia Barbados Panama Grenada St. Lucia St. Vincent Guyana Suriname St. Kitts Dominica Trinidad & Tobago Columbia Panama Dominican Republic Costa Rica Puerto Rico USA Aruba Curacao Honduras
BASIC STEPS IN TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING Loading & Sorting Cooking Drying & Tempering Flaking Toasting & Cooling Fortifying Inspecting Packaging
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Cereal Categories TRADITIONAL CEREALS Corn Flakes Frosted Flakes Nutty Flakes Choco Flakes Corn Flakes Crumbs (breading substitute for baking and frying)
Healthy Cereals Bran Range Bran Cereals Raisin Bran Oat Bran Flakes Oat Bran Flakes with Raisins Bran Flakes Frosted Wheat Bran Stix 100% Oat Bran
Extruded Cereal Range Froot Ooo’s Space Froids Super Shapes Morning Ooo’s Lightly Frosted Morning Ooo’s Nuts & Honey Morning Ooo’s Chocolate Hoops & Marshmallows
GRANOLA RANGE Granola Light Granola with Cranberries & Raisins Granola Corn Flakes Crunch with Peanuts Granola Wheat Crunch with Cinnamon
SCHOOL NUTRITION PROGRAM UFL Currently supplies breakfast cereals & flavored milk to over 100,000 students monthly in over 150 schools nationwide We have partnered with RICA milk from DR who supplies Chocolate and Vanilla flavored milk under our private label Sunshine Milk Cereal is sold in bowls as one serving per student with one 200 ml flavored milk Since implementation, cereals have been viewed as added value to students diets and a healthy alternative to the breakfast menu
CEREAL BOWLS
SUNSHINE FLAVORED MILK
HERSHEY’S MILK
DISTRIBUTION Our fleet consists of 16 designated sales trucks nationwide