When it comes to serving healthy meals for your family, using safe and quality tableware is almost as important as the quality of food you put in it. It would be futile to spend time, effort, and money in cooking a nutritious feast if the plates and bowls you serve it with contain dangerous chemicals that can seep into the food, harming your family's health.

The importance of serving a completely safe and nourishing meal for the family is highlighted more than ever. CDC Manufacturing, the makers of Melawares, Perfect Dining, and Urban Kitchen, is at the forefront of educating mothers on the role of safe tableware in ensuring complete nutrition.

"When it comes to making healthy food choices for the family, investing in safe tableware is equally important. Because mothers are commonly the most involved in the process of preparing and serving every meal that goes on the table, we hope to arm them with this knowledge," CDC Manufacturing Marketing Manager Chriselda Chua said.

In making sure that its melamine tableware is made of premium quality and safe for the family, Melawares only uses imported and 100 percent melamine in each of its products. Other plastic tableware, on the other hand, may use urea -- a material of substandard quality. "Why is melamine considered safer than urea? When melamine sets, it does not migrate to or contaminate the food that we eat, while urea mixes with the food and may cause health hazards particularly in the digestive and respiratory systems," Chua explained.

Apart from being safer, melamine is also durable and resistant to stains and heat unlike urea, which is vulnerable to stains, less durable and less heat-resistant. "Serving hot food with substandard plastic tableware may cause it to chip or melt and become deformed, " Chua added.

With more than 30 years’ experience in designing and producing outstanding tableware for the home, office and commercial food service establishments, CDC Manufacturing Corporation has built a solid reputation in safety, quality and durability.

To further generate awareness on the importance of safe tableware for the family, the company is conducting the "Mommy and Me" mall tour series at different parts of the country. In partnership with ELBA Philippines, San Miguel Purefoods, Monterey, Magnolia, Nestle Maggi and SM Homeworld, the "Mommy and me" event is packed with activities that foster bonding time between moms and kids. The event features a cooking demonstration for easy-to-prepare recipes for both moms and kids.

Moms can also spend time at the face painting station with their kids and have matching face decor. There is also a Vintage Party Station set up for little girls who want to play tea time. Kids can also unleash their creativity in designing their own plates in the Design Your Own Plate Station. The winning design will get produced and the winner will get to have his / her own set of the design. And, since bonding moments will not be complete without keepsakes, guests can visit the fun photo booth station, ready to take the best mommy and me shot!

CDC Manufacturing Corporation's mall tour series is set to visit SM branches and various locations in Batangas, Laguna, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos. To know more about their events and activities, simply like Melawares Cusina Club and Urban Kitchen Philippines on Facebook.

Ever thought of what kind of tableware you would need in your house or the designs that will suit your needs or occasions you could think of?

Melawares, one of the most trusted brands of tableware from CDC Manufacturing Corporation, understands the need for having enough tableware with different designs for people with discerning tastes. Over the last 30 years, Melawares produced thousands of plates, bowls, trays, tumblers and other tableware products with designs to make sure you get the kind of tableware you need.

For those who are into cooking and making their masterpieces look more appetizing, Melawares has dining plates as small as 5.5 inches for dishes like siomai, tofu in garlic sauce and steamed veggies, or 10.5 inches for much bigger ones like meatloaves and fried dishes (chicken, pork chop, fish fillet, spring rolls) and many others. But if you need something bigger for your crispy pata or steamed lapu-lapu, Melawares has the perfect serving plate for that—round, square, or rectangular—plus sauce dishes for special dips and condiments.

For dishes like nilaga, sinigang, kare-kare and other stews or soups, Melawares’ casserole sets complete with cover and serving spoon will appeal to you, plus deep dining dish sets or bowls of different shapes and sizes for your sumptuous soup recipes. And of course, Melawares has all kinds of saucers for those delectable desserts.

Your dining experience or parties can also now be more enjoyable with Melawares’ Round Series, Square Series and Diamond Series, all adorned with dainty floral designs for a night with the girls. For a more elegant style, meanwhile, try Melawares’ Wavy Series, but if you’re into more Oriental-themed meals, Melawares has the Japanese Collection with its very own sushi dish and yacht plate where special Oriental dishes are best served. But if you are aiming for more sophistication, try Melawares’ Tapered and Plain Collection, which comes in vibrant colors or with a more neutral shade.

Whatever dish or occasion and theme, Melawares has the right kind of tableware you need.

At present, CDC Manufacturing Corporation has four brands aside from Melawares, its classic brand that carries high-quality melamine tableware products. There is also Bestware, Urban Kitchen, and Perfect Dining. It is also the leading manufacturer of customized dinnerware for Quick Service Restaurants serving some of the biggest names in the food industry.

For more information about Melawares, go to www.melawares.com.