Cooking is one of the basic skill I'm still in the progress of learning and hopefully to master in the future. As a housewife and a mother, it is important to me not only to cook delicious and nutritious meal but I make sure of ingredients that I use. So when I got an invite from Ajinomoto for the launch of PORKSAVOR, I am so excited because our family are fan of Ajinomoto products since then.


True to the activity entitled “Step Up Your Cooking with PORKSAVOR®”, Ms. Nancy Reyes-Lumen (a TV Personality, Co-Author of Malunggay Book, known as Adobo Queen and popularized the word Pinoy Umami) and the brand ambassadors conducted live cooking demonstrations in a bid to challenge homemakers to step up their cooking and bring out the meaty goodness of home-cooked dishes using PORKSAVOR®. The show kitchen of the Center for Culinary Arts was filled with the delicious meaty aroma of dishes cooked for the audience.

The most important tip Ms. Nancy Lumen-Reyes shared was when we are transporting a pack of food, leave a space at the center because bacteria starts there especially dense foods like pancit and macaroni salad. Kaya pala ang bilis mapanis ng pansit. Now we know!

(left) Nancy Lumen Reyes, (right) Bambi Gil

Suprisingly, the pancit was very tasty even without the real pork. It is much tastier than my mom's pancit. (Sorry mama, peace!) It's saucy but not too salty and has a perfect balance of flavor. According to Ms. Daryl Magno, Ajinomoto’s Category Manager – Flavor Seasonings, “Filipinos love food with strong meaty flavors and PORKSAVOR® can provide meaty taste and aroma for all types of dishes because it is made from natural pork meat and bone extract, complete with spices and seasonings.”

Ms. Nancy Lumen-Reyes and brand ambassadors Mrs. Bambi Gil and Enrique Gil cooking Pastel.

PORKSAVOR® can provide the meaty taste in dishes even without meat. Using PORKSAVOR®, Ms. Nancy Reyes-Lumen cooked meatless pancit, which makes a great high fiber snack for those limiting their cholesterol intake. Mrs. Bambi Gil, who knows her way around the kitchen, also helped prepare the PORKSAVOR® Veggie Soup and Pastel dishes. Both recipes are a step up from the usual ‘pambaon’ ideas and are likewise perfect for the rainy season.

Enrique Gil being so sweet to his mother Mrs. Bambi Gil

The mother and son tandem of Bambi and Enrique Gil are thrilled to endorse a one-of-a-kind product like PORKSAVOR®. While taping for the commercial, Enrique was fascinated with the burst of meatiness as he sampled food cooked with PORKSAVOR®. Mommy Bambi loves to cook for her 3 children, and PORKSAVOR® can help her put in the effort to make meal times truly enjoyable for the whole family.


PORKSAVOR® was launched June 2014 and because of a certain enjoyment of Filipino household for eating pork, this product was made. It uses real pork meat extracts which guarantee to have quality standard and product. The function of PORKSAVOR® is to enhance overall taste with it's general meaty flavor and can apply to many dishes. It comes in 2 sizes, 8 grams for P2.00 and P250 grams for P54.00.