[7] In 2006, the company acquired Heinz's 50 percent stake in the joint venture and would be renamed as UFC Philippines, Inc.[8] Also in 2006, NutriAsia acquired Singapore-based Del Monte Pacific Limited for the ownership of 85% stake with San Miguel Corporation, DMPL was a joint venture between SMC and NutriAsia until 2007.

On February 23, 2018, reports from the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said[12] that it had directed NutriAsia to "give regular employment to 914 persons" who had been hired under their contractors Alternative Network Resources Unlimited Multipurpose Cooperative; Serbiz Multi-Purpose Cooperative; and B-Mirk Enterprises Corp (B-Mirk), because their work arrangements were considered labor-only subcontracting, which is not allowed by the Philippines' labor code.

[19] On June 25, 2018, DOLE Region 3 office reversed the February decision, saying that the workers who went on strike had an "employer-employee relationship" with B-Mirk, rather than with NutriAsia.

At the time, Caluza was a fourth year journalism student from the UP College of Mass Communication, who was taking an internship with media organization AlterMidya.

Bonifacio, an Oblation scholar and who was vying for graduation with honors, was covering the event for Scientia, the student publication of the UP College of Science.

[25] The violent dispersal was quickly condemned by the DOLE[26] and by religious leaders, including Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo and the ecumenical non-catholic National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP),[21] and was widely criticized by the public on social media.

[27][28] The Philippine Commission on Human Rights expressed concern and CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann C. de Guia announced that they would investigate the violent dispersal of the protesters.

[34] Since 2013, NutriAsia has been headquartered at the JY Campos Centre, located in 9th Avenue corner 30th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila.