KENYA · GUIDE 0113 · EDITION 4.2

Cassava flour milling in Kenya

Mill cassava flour from suitable safe raw material and a validated process.

A CONCRETE EXAMPLE · ILLUSTRATIVE

Fictional cassava-flour milling run: one hundred 500 g bags, fifty kg accepted flour, from sixty kg purchased dried cassava chips already produced under an assessed cyanide-control process. Ten kg hold/bran/residual is invented. Milling is not detoxification. Qualified food support must confirm source variety/process, appropriate cyanide evidence, contamination controls, particle specification and product requirements before release.

Who is the first customer?

Bakers and food makers seeking a specified flour.

Test the offer

Obtain competent cassava-processing guidance before a small buyer sample.

What your operating pack contains

A business-specific operating guide PDF
Offline itemised costing and quotation tool
Supplier request and sales message drafts
Job-card and quality-response documents
Offline operations desk: supplier comparison, work checkpoints, accepted deliveries and cash tracking
Cashflow and launch review: downside scenarios, break-even, 13-week cash plan and trial decision
Source register and unresolved checks

Delivery and quality

Cassava processing must address relevant natural hazards; do not assume simple drying is sufficient.

Cost drivers

roots
processing loss
energy

Use your own supplier quotations. Worked figures in the pack are illustrative and do not establish a verified startup budget or profit forecast.

Evidence and scope

FAO: Roots and tubers in human nutrition, toxic substances ↗
Cassava cyanogenic hazard and unreliability of bitterness as safety indicator; historical detoxification percentages/times are not operating instructions. · Checked 2026-10-26

FAO/IITA: Cassava Flour Production ↗
Shows variety/process dependence of flour preparation. Historical drying/sieving times and broad suitability statements do not validate local cyanide control or commercial process. · Checked 2026-10-26