This category serves the United Kingdom diaspora retail trade and the growing set of mainstream retailers stocking West African staples. Order sizes are smaller, turnover is faster, and labelling is the thing that most often stops a shipment at the border. Get the label right before the first order rather than after it.
Nigeria, Ghana
White and yellow. Moisture control decides shelf life, so ask what the producer measures and how often.
Need a smaller quantity? Suppliers set their own volumes. Tell us what you need and we will find someone who can supply it.
Nigeria, Ghana
Includes fufu and pounded yam style flours. Growing mainstream demand as a gluten free ingredient.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Puna yam ships from about September through the winter. Handling and packing decide how much arrives saleable.
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Nigeria
Elubo. Milled and packed at origin, available year round from stock.
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Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda
Unripe plantain, milled. Packaging quality varies widely between producers, so ask for physical samples.
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Nigeria
Irish and sweet potato from the Plateau highlands. Main crop from August, with a smaller second window in spring.
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Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d Ivoire, Mozambique, Tanzania
Fresh root, dried chips, flour or starch. Specify the form, moisture below 12 to 14 percent for chips, cyanide safety thresholds, and mesh size for flour.
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Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya
Specify flesh colour, orange, white or purple, the curing state, root calibration by weight, and Brix level for sweetness.
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Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Madagascar
Taro and cocoyam. Specify corm size, cormel count, moisture level, and whether the crop is washed or dry brushed.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Dried ugu seed. Specify shelled or in shell, dryness, and freedom from mould.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Fine grained sour variety. Specify grain size, sourness, moisture and pack format. Ijebu garri commands a premium in diaspora retail.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Fried with palm oil, giving the colour. Specify oil content, grain size and moisture.
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Nigeria
Heavier palm oil content than yellow garri. Specify grain size, oil content and shelf life remaining on arrival.
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Nigeria
Instant yam flour. Specify pack size, particle fineness, and United Kingdom compliant labelling including allergens.
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Nigeria
Durum wheat semolina for swallow preparation. Specify granulation, protein content and pack size. Sold under the generic name rather than any brand.
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Nigeria
Dried cassava flakes and strips. Specify whether flake or shredded strip, moisture and pack format.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Fermented cassava flour. Specify fermentation level, odour control in packaging and shelf life.
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Nigeria
Fermented maize or millet starch. Specify base grain, whether wet or dried, and shelf life on arrival.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Milled and dried cocoyam. Specify particle size, moisture and pack format.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Fried wheat snack. Specify pack size, shelf life, allergen declaration and whether own label packing is available.
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Nigeria, Ghana
Specify sweet or savoury, thickness, oil used for frying and United Kingdom compliant labelling.
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Nigeria
Groundnut cake snack. Specify aflatoxin testing, oil content and pack format.
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