Business View Caribbean | April 2021

44 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN APRIL 2021 h d T rinidad’s picturesque Maracas Valley is home to Caribbean Health Foods Limited, a well-known manufacturer and distributor of health food products. Operations first began as ‘College Health Foods’ in November 1987 on the campus of the University of the Southern Caribbean and, despite its name change, the company’s mission and vision have remained steadfastly the same – to improve the lives of customers by manufacturing healthy foods that promote good health and well-being. These initiatives combined with excellent customer service have made the business a preferred health food company throughout the Caribbean. General Manager, Clifford Balgobin, began working for Caribbean Health Foods in 1998 and is still passionate about the firm after 22 years. “There were two reasons we started the company,” he recounts. “First of all, we belong to the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church alongside a network of other heath food factories – some fully automated and others semi-automated. The religion is devoted to physical well-being, with members adhering to Kosher food laws and vegetarianism, so the directors decided to open a health food factory in the Caribbean. Trinidad was chosen because its economy is stable and there was an emerging craze to eat healthy. The church strategically AT A GLANCE CARIBBEAN HEALTH FOODS LIMITED WHAT: Manufacturer and distributor of the quality health food brand Natural Delights WHERE: Maracas Valley, Trinidad and Tobago WEBSITE: www.caribbeanhealthfoods.info NATURALLY DELICIOUS DELIGHTS