Project Sweet Potato

UGANDAProcessing plant for frozen Sweet

Potato fries and frozen vegetables.

Sweet Potato in European kitchenSweet Potato have during the past years made an entry into the European kitchen. Food shows on TV, and food magazines have focused on health advantages to using sweet potato instead of traditional potato.This has resulted in a strong increase in sales of the product also as a processed product, in different product variations as frozen goods. UK have so far the most developed market both in retail and foodservice. But a lot of countries report about increasing sales.

Competitors

New market in 2016, NorwayPopulation 5 mill.350 tons sold under private brand.

MarketFor all suppliers, the challenge is to be able to provide what the market wants of volumes. Retail chains prefer to also have their own Private Label, but main suppliers don’t want to make. They want to use their own brand.In Poland some companies offers repack of products from Vietnam, China, Portugal and Spain, to access the PL market. This is mainly low quality sweet potatoes.

Recommended Target Areas

-Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland-Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania-Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia,Croatia,Hungary

Estimated Volumes in Target Area.

10,000 tons for per year

for Sweet Potato Fries

Plant Project in Uganda

• Located in area with optimal conditions for cultivating sweet potatoes.

• Close to main roads for heavy transport/logistic.

• Factory have to be certified with BRC and HACCP, with certificates.

Production Plant

Processing and storage area need to be 3000 square meter.Individual and separate sections for sweet potatoes to be washed, sorted, peeled, cut, blanched, dried, coated, pre-fried in vegetable oil, quick frozen and packed.Parallel area for processing and packaging of vegetablesStorage areas for cold and frozen ready productsArea for office, wardrobe etc.

Equipment

Equipment for production needs will be made in Eur

and coldstore storage.

Sweet Potato

There are different kinds of Sweet Potatoes, for the European market

it is needed to be:

• Garnet• Deep

Orange

• Jewel

Sweet Potato Chips

The market for Sweet potato chips is not developed in Europe

But we will probably soon get sweet potato chips in the European market, at the same time it gives this project the opportunity to consider the possibility of also be able to produce this at the same plant. Here it will be possible to use the kind of sweet potato that is already grown in Uganda.

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