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From a home kitchen to 90 countries

In 1948 a family began baking Marie biscuits in a home kitchen. That kitchen became Roma, and Roma became Mayora, one of Indonesia’s best-known food and drink companies.

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Mayora products shared around a family table
  • Serving goodness and happiness for more than65years
  • Global presence in more than90countries
  • Employs more than30,000people
  • A family of58brands

Our history

Seventy-five years in five chapters

Every chapter added something to the family table.

  1. Archive photograph from 1948

    1948–1972

    A kitchen and an oven

    It starts at home, with one biscuit and a family who wanted to share it.

    1948
    The first Marie biscuits are baked in a home kitchen.
    1967
    A move to Kampung Bali, Jakarta. The biscuits are sold under the name Roma.
    1972
    The first electric oven arrives. Roma Marie and Roma Coconut follow.
  2. Archive photograph from 1977

    1977–1985

    A decade of firsts

    Mayora is founded, and starts inventing things nobody had made before.

    1977
    Mayora is officially established and opens its first full biscuit plant in Tangerang. Roma Malkist is born.
    1982
    Kopiko, the first coffee candy, and Astor, the first wafer roll. The first exports.
    1984
    Beng Beng, the first chocolate-combo snack.
    1985
    Choki Choki, the first chocolate paste stick.
  3. Archive photograph from 1991

    1990–1996

    Coffee, breakfast and growth

    From the snack shelf to the breakfast table.

    1990
    Torabika pioneers premixed instant coffee.
    1992
    Energen, a nutritious breakfast drink.
    1995
    Mie Gelas, instant noodles without artificial MSG, colouring or preservatives.
    1996
    A new plant opens in Cibitung.
  4. Archive photograph from 2005

    2002–2015

    New shelves, new plants

    Whole wheat, tea, water and a real meal in a bowl.

    2002
    Sari Gandum whole-wheat biscuits.
    2005
    Mayora enters beverages, with a plant in Ciawi.
    2011
    Teh Pucuk Harum jasmine tea.
    2013
    A new biscuit plant in Balaraja.
    2015
    Bakmi Mewah, noodles with real chicken and mushroom.
  5. Five astronauts aboard the International Space Station, beside a close-up of a Kopiko pack among their provisions

    2017–today

    Out of this world

    A coffee candy from Indonesia turns up in orbit, and then in a famous pair of hands.

    Read the Kopiko story
    2017
    Kopiko is photographed among the provisions on the International Space Station.
    2022
    Kopiko is handed to Elon Musk at a meeting with Indonesia’s coordinating minister.

Awards and standards

Made to the highest standard

Every step, from raw ingredient to finished pack, is monitored against national and international standards. Publications and industry bodies have recognised the result.

Halal certifiedBPOM registeredISO 22000 food safetyISO 9001 qualityGood Manufacturing Practice
Mayora products with a map of the world

Around the world

On the table in more than 90 countries

We distribute to more than 90 countries, and we welcome partners who want to bring Mayora to new markets.

  • 90countries reached
  • 6,784distributors worldwide
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We work with distributors and suppliers in more than 90 countries.