Maria Orosa e Ylagan (1893–1945)
was a Filipino food technologist,
pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian
ABOUT MARIA OROSA
Inventor of clay pot oven,
‘tiki-tiki,’ banana catsup,
Darak, and Soyalac.
Captain in Marking's
Guerrillas.
She experimented with
preservation techniques like
canning, dehydrating,
fermenting, and freezing
local produce and protein-
sources, to maximize the
utilization and conservation
of domestic foods.
Banana Catsup
and war heroine.
HOW BANANA CATSUP
DISCOVERED
In World War II, tomato was on
short supply in the Philippines.
however, Filipinos were already
used to the tart condiment.
When war broke out and imports
were halted, Filipinos needed to
figure out another way to get
their ketchup fix. Maria Orosa
created a banana sauce with
mashed bananas, vinegars, and
spices. Known as Banana
Catsup.
Banana Catsup
Banana Catsup
CONTRIBUTION RELATION TO
STS
Maria Ylagan-Orosa
formulated ketchup from Banana Catsup was
bananas together with her the product of food
other developed food science and
products such as calamansi technology, which is
called preservation
nip, banana ketchup, and
and fermentation that
Soyalac, which helped save
helped to save
the lives of thousands of
thousands of lives
Filipinos, Americans, and
during WWII and in the
other nationals during culinary realm.
World War II.