Company
UNGA
FLOUR
The Cateress Milling Company (KFCL's milling company) produces
high quality first grade sifted maize flour, otherwise known as "unga".
Cateress milling uses both Swiss and Italian technology to separate
the 1st quality flour into 3 distinct brands.
WANANCHI is the flagship brand that is very popular throughout the greater
Nairobi area extending into Central, Rift Valley and Eastern provinces.
CATERESS, possessing the same name as the milling company itself has
the richest and finest of the three unga brands, is specially prepared
in its own dedicated mill. This mill, although having a smaller capacity,
is capable of producing an unrivaled quality of maize flour, due to
the mills single floor design and specialized fluting of the rolls.
CATERESS mainly impacts the Nairobi City area and can be found in all
Uchumi's and most major Nairobi super-markets.
Finally, the brand that has recently created considerable excitement
in the market place is known as MWEZI KONA. Most consumers who opt to
buy MWEZI KONA are expecting a 2nd grade flour, which is darker and
has a different granulation. These same consumers are always delighted
to realize that MWEZI KONA is indeed still a first-quality flour that
competes in quality with all the major brands.
THE
TECHNOLOGY
The Cateress Milling Company owns and operates 2 separate mills.
As mentioned above, the smaller mill is manufactured in Italy and is
used to produce the high-end CATERESS brand. Roncanglia, the Italian
makers of this mill have a very well known and respected name throughout
the milling community.
The main mill, which produces both the WANANCHI and MWEZI
KONA brands, is made in Switzerland. Buhler
AG, the makers of the mill are, without doubt, the unprecedented
leaders in milling machinery and technology. Buhler (East Africa) works
closely with KFCL, offering technical advice, quality control and continued
preventative maintenance. KFCL's Buhler mill is the only mill of its
kind throughout all of East Africa, having the highest output/machinery
ratio (the highest capacity with the fewest amount of machinery). For
those who know milling, they would be shocked to discover that KFCL's
Buhler mill operates at very high extraction rates, has a relatively
large capacity with the use of only one roller-mill and does not even
utilize a purifier. For this reason, Buhler and KFCL continue to maintain
very good relations since, in the words of Buhler East Africa's Managing
Director, "KFCL's mill is Buhler's show piece for East Africa."
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Check back here often for new products:
The year 2003 has brought with it the addition of a new unga brand called
MPISHI which has hit the market with a bang. It is the same quality
as "WANANCHI" and remains in the same price bracket. The customer
response has been extremely positive.
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