Flour

Whether used alone or in combination with other flours, tuber flours are naturally gluten-free while packing a nutritious punch filled with vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. Unlike many other types of flour, tubers like cassava and yam can thrive in poor quality soil with limited water. Thus sidestepping the need to clear forests, use excessive fertilizer or waste water; doing their part to mitigate climate change!

Medicine

While many across the world enjoy their flavour and sustenance, these tubers hide many medicinal benefits. Yams have been shown to help manage regulate the blood-sugar of diabetics. While both harbour abundant antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds, holding the potential to prevent the onset and symptoms of chronic disease. Mention about thats why you can now find yam capsules and supplements.

Biofuel

As they grow, these tasty tubers capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere—a process known as sequestering carbon. Once grown, cassava and yam can be fermented to produce biofuel, which can then be burned to power everything from cars to schools. This process is carbon neutral! Transforming the humble cassava and yam into a new way to power our lives.

Snacks

From fritters and fries to chips and cakes, cassava and yam are versatile culinary tubers. These snacks transform the original tuber’s rich nutrients into treats with long shelf-lives. Allowing them to be more easily and effectively stored and exported. Supporting local economies while bringing the world a variety of tasty snacks.

Flour

Naturally gluten-free, Plantain flour is a delicious wheat-flour alternative which also helps to curb agricultural waste! Extending the shelf-life of raw plantain by converting them into a versatile dried good. While many across much of the globe enjoy its gut-boosting benefits , plantain flour is yet to be a staple in many kitchens!

Feed

Although most of us simply toss our plantain and banana skins into the compost (or trash), that doesn’t mean they’re useless! Plantain’s natural packaging is rich in carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and fibre, making them a superfood of their own. While we can’t digest them ourselves, Plantain skins are a super-food for livestock. Almost all of the plantain skins from our products are used for livestock feed.

Cosmetics

While the image of Plantain may conjure up a tasty snack, this banana’s dermatological properties have been known for centuries. With age-old recipes calling for plantain to sooth dermatitis, wash the body and aid problem skin. Today, cosmetics companies are rediscovering this knowledge, incorporating plantain into topical creams, moisturisers and powders.

Snacks

Perhaps the most widely beloved version of plantain is the mighty plantain chip. Produced across Africa, the Americas and South Asia, these chips are enjoyed across the world. As these chips can be produced from plantain at different stages of ripeness, they help reduce agricultural waste. So you can feel extra good the next time you bite into one!

Textiles

Beyond their delicious flesh and tough shell, Coconuts grow a fibrous outer husk. While this husk isn’t useful for cooking, it’s durable, water resistant and naturally antibacterial properties can be used to create rope, brushes, filters, rugs and even comfortable clothing! As husks are a natural biproduct of cultivating coconuts, they offer a sustainable, affordable and readily available alternative material for creating textiles!

Fuel

Coconuts are already being used to fuel vehicles from cars to cargo ships, and even power hospitals! This renewable fuel is extracted from the white flesh of the coconut, and nets fewer harmful emissions than traditional fossil fuels. While coconut biofuels are extracted from the edible part of the fruit, the remaining pulp can be fermented to produce biogas—yet another renewable energy source! When we find coconut flesh that does not meet our quality standard, we offer it to research centres for biofuel research.

Food

From cakes to curries to fresh coconut water directly from the fruit, coconuts are most beloved for their culinary use. Offering up a variety of diverse ingredients within every humble shell. Used across the globe from sweet treats to savoury delights, coconut flesh is calorie-dense offering up high-quality fibre, healthy fats and numerous minerals.

Utensils

Beyond its edible contents, coconuts come with hard shells and—of course—the very trees they grow on. These tough materials have many practical uses. Coconut shells can be crafted into kitchen utensils, from cutlery to cups and bowls. While coconut wood is a hardwood timber strong enough to build flooring, furniture and even housing.

Textiles

From fibre to frond, multiple parts of palm trees which may initially seem useless can be transformed into durable textiles. Most commonly, extracted fibres can be spun into yarn or blended with other fabrics, such as cotton or linen, to create hybrid, natural fabrics imbued with unique properties which are usually only found in synthetics.

Wine

Popular across the world’s tropical belt, where palms thrive, palm wine is a family of drinks produced from various species of palm. Crafted by fermenting palm sap with natural yeasts, this nutrient-rich, low-alcohol beverage is often the life of the party. And thanks to its minimal processing and non-destructive harvesting, it can be incredibly sustainable.

Oil

Despite its diverse uses from foods to cosmetics, this widely used oil has been the subject of controversy due to poor agricultural practice. But it’s worth separating the product itself from the unsustainable practices surrounding it. When done sustainably, palm oil can remain delicious and incredibly useful, without harming the planet.