There are two reasons that make food processing and packaged food manufacturing a very lucrative business in Africa:

• Firstly, consumer demand is increasing thanks to the increasing population and urbanization. There are more customers in the urban areas that have the budget to buy packaged food.
• Secondly, the majority of packaged food products are imported from other countries. The supply in the domestic market is not sufficient and there is a lack of competition.

African entrepreneurs can invest in the packaged food sector by establishing a fully-integrated manufacturing facility. The raw materials are processed in the first line of machinery. Then, the food products are prepared by cooking or with a special formulation. In the end, the packaging machines prepare the final product, ready for distribution and sales.

SCA-Partner offers production lines for all types of food processing facilities. Some of the turnkey projects include the factories of pasta, wafer, cornflakes, vegetable oil, canned food, tomato paste and water bottling.