Tocino Hamonado - Pinoy Style

Tocino Hamonado - Pinoy StyleHistory of Pampanga's Best Tocino Maker

Tocino or tosino is a sweetened cured pork dish that is traditionally served for breakfast by the Filipinos. A native delicacy that is similar to the cured hams, commonly reddish in color and tastes sweet. There were some versions of tocino that used chicken meat. Its name came from the Spanish word, tocino, which is used to describe cured meat.

Often cooked with filipino dish that's a combination of fried tosino (cured meat), sinangag (fried rice) and itlog (egg, fried) served on one plate. It is a variation on the favorite Filipino breakfast tapsilog. This Tagalog slang word is also spelled tocilog.

Our Pinoy Style Tocino is a quality-processed meat made with tender love by the finest fingers, we use high quality leaner meat and we use all natural ingredients, that means; 

NO msg.

NO artificial binding ingredient.

NO artificial preservatives/pre-mix powder.

NO artificial curing salt.

NO artificial red colouring to hide fats and make it look like lean meat (we use quality leaner meat)

History - Pampanga's Best Tocino Maker

The story goes that Mrs. Lolita O. Hizon neighbour, a meat vendor, had some unsold pork at the end of a market day and, not wanting to let these spoil, asked Mrs. Hizon’s help in cooking them. Mrs. Hizon came up with a formula to cure the meat; she revised the traditional Capampangan pindang (fermented pork), causing the pork to acquire the unique salty-sweet taste that we have all come to love. She called it “Tocino”, derived from a Spanish delicacy that is sweet. Eventually, she refined the formula and the processing procedures that caused the birth of Pampanga’s Best Tocino – The Original version of what has now become a national favourite. So, what started out as just a neighbourly gesture to help a friend has turned out to be the cornerstone of a business and a staple item in the Filipino breakfast table.

When Mrs. Lolita O. Hizon, is asked what she thinks is the secret behind her success she says, It’s love and compassion; and I believe it is more of a divine plan. All these years, I see a visible hand guiding us always for a purpose. I would say it is Divine Providence – that is the secret.

Today, Pampanga’s Best, Inc. is a multi-million meat processing corporation, operated and owned by the couple, Mr. Angelo D. Hizon Jr. and Mrs. Lolita O. Hizon, and their twelve children. It manufactures eleven core products – Tocino, Hotdogs, Longaniza, Ham, Bacon, Tapa, Burger Patties, Corned Beef, Embotido, Barbecue, and Nuggets.

True to its motto – Always the best from Pampanga’s BEST – the company puts prominence on the importance of high quality throughout it’s more than 40 years in the business, creating customer value, satisfaction, and loyalty. Also, it acquired the AAA Category, the highest level for a manufacturing plant, from the National Meat Inspection Service.

Consumers’ taste for something new is endless, which leads to the development of new products based on the consumers’ preference and his environment. With the expertise and creativity of its Research and Development Team, the company is able to cater to the different needs and demand of the consumers.

Competition is growing so fast – entrants of new and small enterprises and some companies are imitating our products, but with the company’s mission to adopt new technologies for the innovation of its products and service and its creatively and uniquely designed and well – executed systems, Pampanga’s Best is surely a brand to match; because the value it gives to it’s customers is irreplaceable.

Video by GMA

Lolita O. Hizon is a Filipino entrepreneur and matriarch of Pampanga's Best, the pioneer in meat processing industry in Central Luzon.

Hizon's neighbour was a meat vendor who does not want to let some unsold pork get spoiled. Thus, she asked Hizon to help in cooking them. She came up with the formula to cure the meat. She revised the traditional Capampangan pindang or fermented pork to acquire a unique salty-sweet taste. She named it tocino which was derived from a sweet Spanish delicacy. She further refined the formula and processing procedures until her tocino turned out to be the cornerstone of a business and a staple item on a Filipino family's breakfast table.

Today, Pampanga's Best Inc. is a multi-million meat processing company operated and owned by the couple Angelo Dizon and Lolita Dizon and their children. It now offers Tocino, Hotdogs, Longaniza, Ham, Bacon, Tapa, Burger Patties, Corned Beef, Embotido, Barbecue, and Chicken Nuggets, which are distributed and sold by their partners nationwide. The company has acquired AAA Category, the highest level for a manufacturing plant, from the National Meat Inspection Service.

Hizon was one of the ten Filipino finalists of the first Entrepreneur of the Year International Search in 2003 by the Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services.


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