Fifty-five years into its service to Guyana’s food service sector, the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) is once again being recognized by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) for what it says is the sterling quality of service that the company continues to provide to the food service sector in Guyana. In an assessment of the role which the company has played in the raising of standards in the food industry, the GNBS says that NAMILCO has become a beacon and the household name in the local culinary culture.
The GNBS’ recent review of NAMILCO’s contribution to the local food service industry, undertaken at the request of the Stabroek Business, centres around the company’s utilization of wheat imported from the United States and Canada to “manufacture eighteen (18) different products under the popular brands Thunderbolt and Maid Marian.” Noting that NAMILCO is the owner of Guyana’s only flour mill, the GNBS review of the establishment notes that it produces 235 tonnes of flour per day, a production level that ensures that the country meets the high local demand for wheaten products.
