VISION & MISSION
Food, Agro & Allied Industries Ltd was incorporated in 2001 to manifest Sona Group’s “Ideology of Indigenization” about developing credible technology to process locally grown Sorghum to substitute imported Barley derivatives.
The mission is to produce Sorghum malt and malt derivatives of international quality at affordable cost, augmenting agric, industrial, scientific and economic growth of the nation.
THE PLANT SET UP & PRODUCTS
FOOD AGRO & ALLIED INDUSTRIES LTD, known as “FOOD & AGRO”, started commercial operation in 2008 as a Sorghum Malting Plant to collaborate with Government program for substitution of imported Barley malt with locally grown Sorghum malt. The completely mechanized Malting plant has capacity to process 30,000 tons of Sorghum annually. Additional equipment to expand the capacity to 45,000 tons per annum is already on site.
FOOD & AGRO’s state-of-the-art Malt Extract plant was commissioned in December 2014. This fully automated ultra-modern plant can produce 25,000 tons of Malt Extract, High maltose syrup, Glucose, Brewing Extract and other sweeteners annually, from malted and raw sorghum. Capacity can be enhanced to 33,000 tons per annum with addition of few more equipment. This plant is the only one of its kind in Nigeria and will contribute immensely in reducing importation of Malt Extract, HMS, Glucose etc into the country.
20,000ton Silo storage with proper cleaning system at FOOD & AGRO premises in Sango-Ota and another 20,000ton storage silos available for installation in procurement centre in the north, will assist Government’s Strategic Food Grain Storage program.
QUALITY & FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS
FOOD & AGRO adheres to the highest standards of Quality and Food Safety Management system in production of food ingredients and got ISO 9001:2008 (QMS), SEDEX A&B, ISO 22000:2005(FSMS-HACCP) certifications in 2010, 2011 and 2014 respectively. FOOD & AGRO is the only Heineken International Approved Maltster in Nigeria.
OUR PRODUCTS
MALTED SORGHUM: For energy food, alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages.
PREMIUM QUALITY MALT EXTRACT, GLUCOSE SYRUP & HIGH MALTOSE SYRUP: For brewing, biscuit, confectioneries and beverages.
BREWER’S EXTRACT-HIGH FERMENTABILITY & GLUTEN FREE: For production of beer and malt drinks.
Sorghum extract/Malt syrups produced by enzymatic conversion of grains is rich in nutrients, vitamins & minerals which most imported syrups lack.
NEW PRODUCTS TO LAUNCH: Roasted/speciality malt, Dry malt extract (malt Sugar), Caramel colour, Animal feed/ingredients.
FOOD & AGRO provides Sorghum grain cleaning and storage services along with supply of pre-cleaned Sorghum.
ANIMAL FEEDS AND ORGANIC MANURES
We will also provide Chaffs, Floaters , spent grains and rootlets which are very nutritious for animal feed, Or Ingredients to produce compost for organic forming.
OUR MAJOR CUSTOMERS:
NESTLE NIGERIA PLC
SONA AGRO ALLIED FOODS LTD
AB InBev
GUINNESS NIGERIA PLC
NIGERIAN BREWERIES PLC
CHAMPION BREWERIES PLC ETC.
The list is expanding as Biscuits and other food industries are replacing imported sweeteners & sugar with FOOD & AGRO range of sweeteners.
ADVANTAGES OF FOOD & AGRO
Qualified, trained & experienced manpower; top of the range equipment; degree of process automation; well-equipped modern laboratories; reliable utilities including power supply from sister IPP company and strong group support are the major strengths of FOOD & AGRO to assure quality, cost competitiveness, and reliability to all levels of customers.
FOOD & AGRO has extensive plan for backward & forward integration like providing assistance in improving product quality & yield, guaranteed market to farmers, building reliable processing & storage for grains; and producing quality, healthy and nutritious food and food ingredients at affordable cost for the growing population of Nigeria.
Providing malted sorghum for local industries, Food, Agro & Allied Industries Limited is one of the most modern malting plants in Nigeria. We process Raw Sorghum into Sorghum Malt and Malt Derivatives. We produce a range of quality Sorghum malt and malt extract for Distillery, Confectionery and Malted Food Industries.
We are committed to total customer satisfaction through the use of latest technology in malting processing which has earned us recognition as a leader in the industry within a short period of going into production.
We encourage backward integration by keeping our farmers busy and rewarded as well as generating employment opportunities for Nigerians so as to contribute our quota to revamping our agricultural sector and agro-based-industries in order to engender economic and industrial growth for Nigeria.
