About Masaya Gourmet
The recipes that Lola taught us.
Six Filipino sauces, bottled in Toronto in small batches. We honor the tradition Lola handed down, and we fold in what we know now — clean ingredients, vegan and gluten-free where labeled, no MSG.
The philosophy
Nature to nurture.
“The least we tamper with Mother Nature’s goodness in the food we eat, the more she will nurture our bodies. Therefore, don’t add anything unnatural or take away anything that is naturally nutritious.”
— Mila Nabor-Cuachon, 2011
That idea is still our north star. It’s how we decide what goes in a jar and what stays out — for every Masaya Gourmet sauce.
01 — The story
The family, the recipes, the slow pot.
We cook the way Lola made them — with patience, the same aromatics, no shortcuts. We started bottling these sauces because people kept asking how to cook this way at home. Now you can.
Five recipes — adobo, sisig, kaldereta-afritada, inihaw, lechon — each in a 12 oz jar, each made to the same recipe so the sauce in your kitchen tastes exactly like the sauce in ours.
We have never used MSG. We read every label — every sub-ingredient, every supplier — so we can make it better, tastier, with a healthy approach. That is the Masaya Gourmet promise, in glass.
What we won’t compromise on
Made artisanally, made carefully, made well.
Artisanal
Proprietary recipes, refined over 15 years of restaurant cooking. Every jar tastes consistently — by design, not by chance.
All ingredients listed
Ingredients you can pronounce. No MSG. Citric acid from lemon, where used, is listed plainly. We read every sub-ingredient label so you don’t have to.
Family recipes
Recipes refined the way Lola made them — bottled in a small-batch Toronto kitchen, never reformulated.
Cooking for a cause
Ten percent of every jar gives back.
We started Masaya Gourmet to share Filipino flavour — and to put some of what we earn back into the communities that shaped these recipes. 10% of our profits go directly to:
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KlikMe
A community-led platform connecting Filipino families with the help they need — direct support, grassroots fundraising, and dignity-first relief. KlikMe partners with everyday Filipinos, parishes, and grassroots organizations so that small acts of giving add up to real, visible change in the communities we come from.
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GAFAA
Global Advocacy for Autism Awareness — a community rallying around the values Support, Advocate, Understand, Love, Educate, and Accept for autistic individuals and their families. A portion of every jar helps fund the awareness and family-support work GAFAA carries out.
These commitments are made by Masaya Gourmet on profits from each bottle sold. You can read more about each organization at the links above.
A Filipino pantry
Historically fusion, regionally curated.
Filipino food is a layered cuisine — Spanish, American, indigenous and Chinese influences cooked together over centuries. Our five sauces are chosen to honor that regional and colonial history: the tomato-garlic base for Kaldereta and her cousins, the soy-vinegar of Adobo, the sizzling Sisig profile, the citrus-pop BBQ, and the sweet-tangy Lechon dip.
02 — The kitchen
Pick up in Toronto on Danforth.
Every Masaya Gourmet jar is bottled in Toronto. Skip shipping — choose Pickup at checkout and grab your jars from our Danforth pantry.
Order for pickup→The kitchen
508 Danforth Ave
Toronto, Ontario
Bottling since
2026
Five iconic sauces made the Masaya Gourmet way. Always clean. Always tasty. Always yours.