Maria Orosa

Maria Orosa
Born	November 29, 1893 Taal, Batangas, Philippines
Died	February 13, 1945(1945-02-13) (aged 51) Malate, Manila, Philippines
Education	University of the Philippines, University of Seattle

Maria Orosa y Ylagan (1893–1945) was a Filipino food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian and war heroine.^[1] She experimented with foods native to the Philippines and formulated food products like calamansi nip, a desiccated and powdered form of calamansi that could be used to make calamansi juice, and a powdered preparation of soya-beans called Soyalac, a "magic food" preparation which helped save the lives of thousands of Filipinos, Americans, and other nationals who were held prisoner in different Japanese concentration camps during World War II.

With her knowledge of local food properties, Orosa also made contributions in the culinary realm and taught proper preservation methods for native dishes such as adobo, dinuguan, kilawin and escabeche.

Facts:

Born on November 29, 1893 in Taal, Batangas and died on February 13,1945, Maria Orosa was the fourth child among eight of Simplicio Orosa y Agoncillo and Juliana Ylagan.

Tribute

In commemoration, a street in Ermita, Manila, as well as a building in the Bureau of Plants and Industry has been named after her. As part of celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of the Institute of Science and Technology, she was one of the 19 scientists conferred an award. On November 29, 1983, the National Historical Institute installed a marker in her honor at the Bureau of Plant Industry in San Andres, Manila.

Works by Maria Y. Orosa

• The history and chemistry of neoarsphenamine (1921)
• Preservation of Philippine foods (1926)
• Rice bran: a health food and how to cook it (1932)
• Roselle recipes (1932)
• Soy beans as a component of a balanced diet and how to prepare them (1932)

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References

1. ^ MARIA Y. OROSA (1893–1945). Pioneering Food Technologist and Inventor. Retrieved October 11, 2010

Further reading

• Davidson, Alan. (2003). Seafood of South-East Asia: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes (2nd ed.). Ten Speed Press. pp. 279–295. ISBN 1580084524. http://books.google.com/books?id=8nhfSFs79fUC&pg=PA279&dq#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Orosa, Maria Y. and Helen Orosa del Rosario. (1970). Maria Y. Orosa, Her Life and Work (Helen Orosa del Rosario, Ed.). [Quezon City:] R. P. Garcia Pub. Co.

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Name	Orosa, Maria
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Date of birth	November 29, 1893
Place of birth	Taal, Batangas, Philippines
Date of death	February 13, 1945
Place of death	Malate, Manila, Philippines