# Maria Orosa

> María Orosa e Ylagan was a Filipina food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine. She experimented with foods native to the Philippines, and during World War II developed Soyalac and darak, which she also helped smuggle into Japanese-run internment camps that helped save the lives of thousands of Filipinos, Americans, and other nationals. She invented banana ketchup.

*Filipino chemist (1893-1945)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Philippines
- **Born:** 1893-11-29
- **Died:** 1945-02-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 49.0

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Orosa)
- [María Orosa](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Orosa)
- [মারিয়া ওরোসা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE)
- [Maria Orosa](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Orosa)
- [Μαρία Ορόσα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9F%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B1)
- [María Orosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Orosa)
- [María Y. Orosa](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Y._Orosa)
- [María Y. Orosa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Y._Orosa)
- [ماریا اوروسا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7)
- [María Orosa](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Orosa)
- [מריה אורוסה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%94)
- [María Orosa](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Orosa)
- [Maria Orosa](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Orosa)
- [María Orosa](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Orosa)
- [Maria Orosa](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Orosa)
- [Maria Orosa](https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Orosa)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11209031)

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