Datu Puti

Product type	Vinegar Soy sauce Fish sauce Oyster sauce
Owner	NutriAsia
Produced by	NutriAsia
Country	Philippines
Introduced	1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Markets	Worldwide[1]
Previous owners	Southeast Asia Food, Inc.
Website	Datu Puti website

Datu Puti is a condiment brand owned by NutriAsia, Inc. (formerly known as Southeast Asia Food, Inc.). Datu Puti was first introduced as a vinegar product in 1975 by Hernan Reyes. Eventually, soy sauce and fish sauce under the Datu Puti brand were introduced in the 1990s.^[2] An oyster sauce product was also introduced.^[3]

Branding

Datu Puti is a combination of the surname of Reyes' mother (Dátu), and the Filipino translation of the color white ("puti"), which is a primary color of the traditional palm or sukang paombong. The logo used for the brand features the image of a datu.^[2]

The mukhasim (translated in English as "sour face", is a portmanteau of the Filipino words mukha; lit. 'face', and asim; lit. 'sour') marketing campaign was instrumental to the brand's recognition. The campaign was launched in the early 1980s which featured the comedian Conrado "Pugak" Piring, making a facial expression of having consumed something sour, dubbed as the "mukhasim" face.^[2]

Products

• Datu Puti White Vinegar
• Datu Puti Original
  • Datu Puti Sukang Iloko
  • Datu Puti Sukang Sinamak
  • Datu Puti Pinoy Spice
• Datu Puti Soy Sauce
• Datu Puti Toyomixes
  • Datu Puti Toyomansi
  • Datu Puti Toyochili
  • Datu Puti Toyomagic
• Datu Puti Fish Sauce
• Datu Puti Natural Selections:
  • Natural Cane Vinegar
  • Premium Soy Sauce
  • Brewed Soy Sauce
  • Thai Fish Sauce
• Datu Puti Adobo Series
  • Classic Adobo
  • Spicy Adobo
  • Pininyahang Adobo
  • Adobo sa Gata
  • Humba
• Datu Puti Oyster Sauce
• Datu Puti Barbecue Marinade
• Datu Puti Pares Pack (Vinegar & Soy Sauce)

Market share

In August 2011, it was reported the Datu Puti is the Philippine market leader in vinegar. In the same report, the brand also leads in Luzon when it comes to soy sauce.^[4]