My little girl goes to school early which means I have to whip up breakfast and her snack box in a flash. She does not like eating the same baon within a week so I looked for an alternative on the usual hotdog and sweet ham brand that we buy and I’m super lucky to have tried Frabelle food products because the taste and the quality of the meat surpasses my expectations.

These are the Frabelle frozen products that we tried:

Frabelle Yummy Cheesedogs

Product Description:

Frabelle Foods Yummy! Cheesedogs are made from combination of pork and beef stuffed and cooked with the right blend of creaminess of cheese and spices. The meat blend is reduced to a homogeneous mass called emulsion, stuffed into clear cellulose casings of different diameters, and then cooked to the required internal temperature.

The finished product has a distinct brown skin color. It has a tender skin, is firm and meaty. It is smoked with 100% natural imported wood chips that give the cheesedogs their natural smoky aroma and flavor.

Quality as promised by Frabelle:

Made from choice meat cuts and the right blend of spices
Passes through abrupt special freezing method
Naturally smoked using imported woodchips
Has a diameter of 23mm for regular / cocktails, 28mm for super-sized and jumbo variant

Pinay Mommy Adreamer Comment:

• Superior taste; meaty and firm; does not wrinkle even when boiled and fried
• Can taste the flavor of the meat and smell the smoky aroma
• Fuller to the bite
• Perfect baon for cheese lover, Peaches

Product Description:

Frabelle Foods Pork Ham Tocino is a marinated meat product made from sliced fresh hamleg to which spices, pineapple juice and ingredients are added which give its sweet taste. The marinated meat is blended and cured for at least 60 hours prior to packing for optimum flavor absorption.

The finished product has a deep red color. It is soft to bite and tender when cooked.

Quality as promised by Frabelle:

• Made from fresh pure lean ham leg
• Intensive marinating and curing process
• Passes through abrupt special freezing method

Pinay Mommy Adreamer Comment:

• This is my favorite Frabelle foods product!
• Has tender bite and is meaty
• “Fork-tender” and juicy when cooked even without boiling it first
• Not too oily even after cooking
• It cooks immediately (though I boiled mine so it’s okay) and if you don’t watch it, you might burn it easily

 

Frabelle Smoked Bacon

Product Description:

Frabelle Foods Hickory Smoked Bacon is made from fresh premium trimmed pork belly, cured with the right blend of spices and mellowed with pure honey. The bacon slabs are fully cooked to required internal temperature, dried and smoked with 100% natural imported wood chips that give the bacons their natural smoky aroma and flavor.   The bacon slabs are mechanically pressed and consistently sliced to required thickness. The finished product has a pinkish lean meat color and creamy white fat.  It has a pleasant blend of smoky and slight sweet taste with cured flavor

Quality as promised by Frabelle:

• Made from premium trimmed pork belly slabs
• Cured with the right blend of spices and pure unadulterared honey
• Naturally smoked using imported woodchips
• Passes through abrupt special freezing method

Pinay Mommy Adreamer Comment:

• Does not crumble when cooked ~ loved it!
• Balanced flavor of sweet and salty
• Can smell the smoky aroma and taste the flavor

How do you cook your bacon? My Mom taught me to sprinkle a bit of sugar immediately after frying the meat and this has been how our bacon are done. You should try it too! 

 

Frabelle Honey Ham

Product Description:

Frabelle Foods Honey Ham is made from fresh ham blended with the right spices, ingredients and pure honey harvested from bee farms which give its sweet honey taste. The meat blend is stuffed in ham moulds and then steam cooked to the required internal temperature. The cooked loaves are sliced into desired thickness.

The finished product has a pinkish brown color. Sliced hams have firm to slightly soft and smooth to tender texture; have pleasant blend of sweetness and slight smoky taste with distinct meat note.

Quality as promised by Frabelle:

• Made from fresh premium pork
• Infused with pure unadulterated honey
• Passes through abrupt special freezing method

Pinay Mommy Adreamer Comment:

• Can really tell the meat quality is superb
• Does not break even when cooked
• Thickness is just right, not too thick and not too thin

 

It’s a welcome change that there’s an alternative to the usual brand we know and it tastes great too! Their prices are competitive and they really cater to the Filipino families. Frabelle food products are available in 65 wet markets in Metro Manila and all the major national supermarket chains. Soon they will be available in other parts of the country too.

I would have not picked Frabelle in my usual grocery day because of their chose endorser, Sen. Chiz Escudero. My friends have asked the same question- WHY CHOOSE SEN. ESCUDERO AS YOUR ENDORSER?

Frabelle Management:  We believed that the choice of our endorser should embody the philosophy of brand Frabelle foods. There are 2 criteria which we set in the selection process:  One is credibility and the other one is authenticity, 2 brand values which we hold dear.   It is almost effortless in Senator Chiz Escudero to be true to himself and the causes which he believes in and it resonates among the people, which explains his consistent high rating among the top senators of the land.

So there’s your answer, ladies and gents.

Endorser aside, the taste and quality of these frozen goodies are worth a try! (and no, I’m not writing positive reviews because of the Cybercrime law, it’s just is).

Here’s a nice recipe booklet from Frabelle too. I hope you find it useful

Frabelle Foods Recipe Booklet