Jakarta, Feb. 5 -- Trade Minister Budi Santoso has urged cooking oil producers to increase the production of second-brand products to complement the government's Minyakita program and help maintain supply and price stability ahead of Ramadan and Eid.

He said the government does not want the public to rely solely on Minyakita, as the product is a market intervention instrument based on the domestic market obligation (DMO) scheme, whose volume is limited and dependent on export performance.

"Second brands are companions to Minyakita. They are affordable like Minyakita, but the quality is the same, or even better if possible," he said while inspecting a cooking oil factory in Bekasi, West Java, on Thursday.

Second brands refer to alternat...