A Story of Pride and Tradition
We are an Ecuadorian food company that has contributed to the country’s development since 1909.
In 2008, we consolidated as Moderna Alimentos by merging Molino Electromoderno (Cajabamba), Panificadora Moderna (Quito), and Molinos del Ecuador (Guayaquil). By 2018, we had positioned ourselves as leaders in Ecuador’s milling industry.
Responding to market challenges and global trends, with a sustainable and high-quality focus, we produce and market wheat-based products and their derivatives to meet the needs of our customers and consumers.
Vision
To be the most innovative and sustainable food company in Ecuador.
Mission
To be part of families’ moments of nourishment and well-being.
Empowerment
We take responsibility, without excuses, to achieve our goals.
Integrity
We lead by example in all our actions. We strive for consistency between what we think, say, and do.
Passion
The enthusiasm and commitment with which we work are evident.
Excellence
We perform with discipline, focus, and quality to exceed all standards.
History
1909
Electromoderno’s mill foundation in Cajabamba
1954
Panificadora Moderna Foundation
1956
Molinos del Ecuador foundation in Guayaquil
1966
Seaboard and Contigroup acquire Molinos del Ecuador
1995
Moderna starts producing packed bread
1998
Moderna starts producing packed bread
2008
Three companies from the milling sector start to mesh
Molino Electromoderno. Moderna. Molinos del Ecuador.
2009
Strategical acquisition from Molinos La Unión for a new segment expansion: Pasta.
2019
New Mision and Vision as a Whole Food Company
2020
Important expansion in manufacturing abilities for bread production and milling.
We are a company committed to families' moments of nourishment and well-being, a leader in the milling industry, with a successful track record of over 110 years.
Corporate Governance
We have a clear, structured, and transparent corporate governance system, with the authority and motivation to make ethical and responsible decisions addressing the economic, social, and environmental concerns and expectations of the company’s internal and external stakeholders. This enhances levels of perception and trust.
Its primary focus is to ensure the company’s sustainability, identify and manage operational risks, and plan, control, and improve processes to achieve projected goals.
Our shareholder structure comprises both national and foreign capital, which strengthens our solvency and expertise.
Seaboard Corporation
CGC Continental
Grain Company
Recognitions and Awards
First company in the milling industry to have three production plants certified as Eco-efficient Companies by the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition of Ecuador (2021, 2022, 2023)
CERES – Ecuador
(2021 - 2022 - 2023)
3 Best Practices in SDGs Awards by Global Compact – Ecuador
Cultiva Program (2017)
Emprende Program (2020)
Ñukata Kuyay Community Center (2023)
Brands
Brand of the Year
WOW Logo (2001 – Ekos)
Top of Mind (2021 – Kantar)
Superior Taste Award
Superior Taste Award
Superior Taste Award
Three Stars (2015)
Pan Moderna Gourmet Five Grains
One star (2022)
One star (2023)
Two stars (2015)
Pan Moderna Gourmet Wheat bran and honey
Pan Moderna Gourmet apple and macadamia
Pan Moderna Gourmet berry and nuts
One star (2023)
Two stars (2019)
Panettone Pacari – Moderna
Moderna Corporate Video
We are a company committed to the feeding moments of families, leaders in the milling industry, with a successful track record of over 110 years.
Noble Foods
Foods that respect their essence, roots, and flavor.
PRIVACY POLICY SECTION ORGANIC LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA (LOPDP) MODERNA FOODS
For Moderna Alimentos S.A. and its subsidiary companies, it is important to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the data we manage.
For this reason, we provide you with the following Privacy Policy, through which we inform, in accordance with the Organic Law on Personal Data Protection (LOPDP), the regulations and other applicable norms in Ecuador, for the treatment and use of this information.
Personal data will be considered anything that identifies or makes a natural person identifiable:
- Identification and address of the controller
- Purposes of the treatment and type of personal information we collect
- The legal basis for the processing of personal data
- How long we keep the information
- How the information is stored
- Rights of the data subjects and means through which you can communicate with us to exercise your rights
- With whom we share such information
- Modifications to the Privacy Policy
Moderna Alimentos will be responsible for the processing of personal data that may be stored in its own systems.
Moderna Alimentos will collect, store, and process personal data in accordance with the LOPD, ensuring that the necessary technical, legal, organizational, and administrative measures have been applied to protect it.
According to the business activities of our company, we will process personal data for the following purposes:
Prospects and/or customers
- Contact prospects.
- Contact customers.
- Update prospect or customer data.
- Send and communicate information through digital media.
- Inform about products or services that may be of interest to the prospect or customer, in accordance with their interests or the products or services contracted.
- Comply with legal obligations.
- Communicate personal data to their subsidiary companies and shareholders.
- Consult credit information entities
Suppliers
- Manage the selection and qualification of suppliers.
- Enter into contracts.
- Manage the commercial relationship.
Employees
- Execute the administrative process of recruitment and/or selection of new employees.
- Manage employee social benefits.
- Induction and training management.
- Performance evaluation and work environment.
- Occupational health and safety.
- Comply with legal and contractual obligations arising from the employment relationship.
The legitimacy bases for the processing of the information obtained by Moderna Alimentos are:
- Express consent, voluntarily provided by the personal data subject in accordance with the Law;
- Legal mandate, based on the regulations that govern Moderna Alimentos' business, or any legal norm that requires the respective treatment;
- Compliance with contractual obligations contracted with the customer, supplier, or worker;
- Legitimate interest of the data subject, the controller, or a third party.
We keep your data for the strictly necessary time to fulfill the corresponding purpose, as well as for the period that the legal system obliges us, in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to Moderna Alimentos.
Depending on the purpose for which the data have been collected, they will be kept in any of the databases or data banks of Moderna Alimentos, which have the physical, administrative, technological, legal, and organizational measures required by law.
Moderna Alimentos shares personal data with certain data processors, who act as providers, and who have been previously verified regarding the handling of personal data that comes to their knowledge.
Therefore, companies may legitimately transfer within the country or beyond its borders to data processors, providers, customers, shareholders.
Additionally, Moderna Alimentos may communicate the personal data of the data subject or interested party to control bodies that require it in accordance with applicable regulations.
For more information on the Privacy Policy and the exercise of the Organic Law on Personal Data Protection, please review the following link:
Privacy Policy or write to privacidad@moderna.com.ec