About RCBA

Established on March 28, 2003, RCA Herbal Foods Products manufactured the first herbal dietary food supplement in the Caraga Region, Mindanao, which was approved by the Bureau of Food and Drugs Administration (BFAD) under the Department of Health, after conducting several inspections on site as well as the actual processing procedures, all of which subsequently passed the BFAD standards. This resulted in the company being issued its License to Operate as a Food Manufacturer on February 27, 2003, approximately a month after its formal establishment. Its laboratory was previously located at 400 Arujville Subdivision, Km 3, Libertad, Butuan City 8600, Agusan del Norte. On September 1, 2004, RCA Herbal Food Products officially started its business operations.

The year 2003 until August 2004 was considered the promotional period of the company, concentrating on experimenting on the local markets, particularly the Visayas and Mindanao areas, producing and giving samples to the different levels of people regardless of age, gender, profession, religious beliefs, etc. The company initially produced ROCH Herbal Capsule in the form of 500 mg dark brown hard shell gelatin capsule size “O” with scarlet body, which are all blister packed to ensure safe consumption for all its users. All these quality measures and safety precautions were arrived at after the company underwent and passed further laboratory tests of its products — conducted by the Adamson University Technology Research and Development Center and Intertek Testing Services, Philippines Inc., both accredited laboratory testing centers of the BFAD — as well as the analysis of its finished product under the analytical method being utilized by the Department of Science and Technology.

The company was finally granted its first Certificate of Product Registration on June 3, 2005, under BFAD Registration No. FR-52790, by the BFAD Director of Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa who was granted approving authority by the Secretary of Health, attesting that the product ROCH Herbal Capsule, has been found to conform with the requirements and standards for registration of food products per existing regulations in force by the BFAD.

The company name was changed from RCA Herbal Food Products to RCBA Manufacturing Corporation on October 3, 2005 with the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Likewise, the name of the product was changed last December 22, 2010, but still maintaining exactly the same formulation that was previously approved by the BFAD. The name change was done by inverting the original name ROCH to CHRO and adding the word PLUS after it was tested at Maxxam Analytics — the biggest private laboratory in Canada and one of the biggest in North America — proving that each 500 mg capsule contains Omega 6 & 9 and more essential fatty acids which are very important to boost the body’s immune system to maintain good health at all times.

The company office and laboratory are now located at Sitio Orel, Banilad, Mandaue City, with License to Operate (LTO) No. RDII-RVII–F-3310 issued on January 27, 2009.