Saudi Stars Program crew visit Indomie factory in Jeddah

The Indomie factory welcomed on the 19th of June 22 participants of the Saudi Stars Program (SSP) accompanied by 3 brazilian coaches and two Saudi coordinators. They were offered an explanatory tour of hygiene, food and work safety including employees’ benefits. SSP is a program dedicated to the development of youth and is lead and supported by HRH Prince Khalid AlFaisal, Governor of Makkah Province, as well as the Ministry of Education and the Chamber of Commerce of Jeddah. SSP had requested to visit Indomie’s factory as part of its extra-curricular activities, in order to demonstrate the children with a fruitful example of a successful Saudi brand which has grown over the years with hard work, commitment to its quality and loyalty to its customers. Production and quality control managers both took the visitors on a tour through the factory inside the visitor galleries where the five main production stages, quality control, warehousing, factory environment and employee benefits were presented. They explained to the children that Indomie’s factory relies on five of the world’s most modern production lines, to produce their instant noodles in conformity with all national and international safety standards to ensure the food quality of the product. The program’s director Haitham Hajji emphasized that he was “very glad to have been part of this field trip and the efforts put to make today’s visit memorable have not been spared”. Moreover he added “Indomie has proved to us the meaning of true quality and the reasons behind this brand’s success”. They were shown how Indomie is very thorough when it comes to testing and verifying all contents used in its products before exporting them and even before producing them. And the production process was explained to them whereby samples of these materials are taken to the labs for testing and analysis to ensure purification. Once approved, the materials are deemed as top quality as per the standards set and the full quantity is taken into the factory. Each product of Indomie must be “100% healthy”. There is a quality control check at every stage of production where cleanliness and highest degree of care is executed, until the final product reaches packaging whereby it follows the highest of GSO, SASO and Codex regulations & policies to ensure best quality and sterilization of the product. Indomie cartons are stored in the main warehouse of the factory that follows the conditions of the highest standards to ensure nutrients and product are well preserved for distribution.