Cocoa Beans Quality Controls
- Bean Count
- Moisture
- Mould
- Waste
- Violet Beans
- Slaty Beans
- Clustered Beans
Quality & Sourcing
Quality & Sourcing
Quality management that starts with farmers and continues through sourcing, processing and product preparation.
Our approach
Quality Starts Before Processing
Rather than depending only on open local markets, cocoa is sourced through organised farmer groups and cooperatives. This provides closer interaction with farmers and creates greater control over farming practices and post-harvest handling.
15,000+Cocoa Outgrower Farmers
Organised through cooperatives and farmer groups.
Farmer training & support
Better Handling Begins with Knowledge
The company supports farmers through training in cocoa farming best practices, crop management, harvesting, post-harvest handling and quality awareness. The purpose is to improve cocoa handling before the beans enter processing or export channels.
Supporting Women in Agriculture
The business gives priority to women within its farmer support programmes with the aim of helping African women become more economically self-sustainable.
Defined parameters
Product Quality Controls
Cocoa Mass Quality Controls
- Moisture
- Fat Content
- pH
- Fineness
- Colour
- Flavour
- Microbiological Standards
- Storage
- Packaging
Farm to product
A Connected Supply Flow
01Farmer Groups
02Training & Post-Harvest Handling
03Bean Sourcing
04Quality Inspection
05Processing
06Packaging
07Export / Customer Supply
Group capabilities
From Our Farmers to the Vessel
Outgrower cocoa, a Mukono liquor plant, a seed factory with its own farm, and documents that clear on the Mombasa corridor.
Cocoa outgrower programme
More than 15,000 organised outgrower farmers in cooperatives. We train them on agronomy and post-harvest handling, and we buy from those groups — not from the open local market.
- 15,000+ outgrower farmers
- Cooperative sourcing
- Women-first field training
Cocoa mass factory
Natural cocoa liquor, no additives, pressed at our own plant at Nnama near Mbalala on the Mukono–Jinja Highway. Installed capacity of one metric ton per hour.
- 1 MT/hr installed capacity
- 20 / 25 kg HDPE-lined blocks
- In-house microbiology
Seed processing & storage
A 6 MT/hr seed plant, 4,000 MT warehouse and 400 MT silo at Mukono, plus air-conditioned seed stores and our own vegetable packaging unit.
- 6 MT/hr processing
- 4,000 MT warehouse + 400 MT silo
- Air-conditioned seed stores
Farm & demonstrations
360 acres of fully mechanised farmland producing improved seed and used as a training centre for NGOs and farmers. Variety demos run across the country.
- 360-acre mechanised farm
- NGO & farmer training
- NARO / CIMMYT / CIAT varieties
Pulse grading
Dry yellow, kidney, sparkle and greengram beans cleaned and graded to Grade 1–3 export lots. Grade 1 purity 98%, with foreign-matter, moisture and weevil limits published per line.
- Grade 1 / 2 / 3 lots
- Purity 98 / 95 / 90
- Aflatoxin-tested greengram
Documents & corridor
Commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of origin, phytosanitary and fumigation prepared for FOB Mombasa or CIF delivery.
- FOB Mombasa / CIF / CFR
- Phytosanitary & fumigation
- Certificate of origin
Factory: Plot 373, Lwamanyonyi Road, Nnama Subcounty, Mbalala, Mukono District, Uganda.
Bulk & export enquiries
Looking for Ugandan Cocoa Beans or Cocoa Mass?
Contact our team for product specifications, bulk enquiries, export discussions and business partnerships.
