Freshly cut bunches of green plantain piled on the ground of a plantain farm

Mumita Foods

Plantain
Flour

Gluten-free flour, milled from plantain.

We take organically grown plantain, dry it and mill it into a naturally gluten-free flour. Use it for fufu with your favourite sauce, for baking in place of all-purpose flour, or in baby food.

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Retail packs come by the carton of five, bulk flour by the bag. Tell us what you need and where it should go.

Why plantain
flour

One flour for the pot and the oven, made from a crop our farmer network grows.

Naturally gluten-free

Plantain has no gluten, so there is nothing to take out.

Organically grown

Milled from plantain grown organically by the farms we work with.

Certified

Certified by ANOR and Centre Louis Pasteur.

What is
plantain flour

Plantain flour is dried plantain, milled fine.

In Cameroon it is best known as the base for fufu, but it also stands in for all-purpose flour in baking, and it goes into baby food.

A farmer lifts a bunch of green plantain from a harvested pile

What it is

Flour milled from organically grown plantain.

What it is not

Not a medicine or a diet product. It is a flour, and we make no health claims for it.

A bunch of green plantains on the plantTwo staff in Mumita Holdings coats slide trays into a dryerA milling machine in the Mumita processing unitA band sealer on a wooden bench in the packing room

How it's made

The flour goes through the same four steps every time.

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  1. Harvested

    Plantain comes in from farms in our network.

  2. Dried

    The plantain is dried until it is ready to mill.

  3. Milled

    Ground into a fine, gluten-free flour.

  4. Packed

    Sealed in 1kg retail packs, or filled into 25kg and 50kg bags.

Aerial view of plantain fields in blocks, with a mountain range behind

One crop

for fufu, baking and baby food

Formats & access

Sold wholesale to shops, bakeries and processors. Collect from our warehouse in Buea, or ask us to deliver.

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FormatSizeSold asMinimum order
Retail pack1kgCarton of 5 packs1 carton
Bulk bag25kgBy the bagOn request
Bulk bag50kgBy the bagOn request

Questions
buyers ask

What can I make with it?

Fufu, first of all, but it also stands in for all-purpose flour in baking and goes into baby food.

Which sizes can I buy?

Retail packs of 1kg, sold in cartons of five, and bulk bags of 25kg and 50kg.

Is there a minimum for bulk bags?

Retail packs are sold by the carton. For 25kg and 50kg bags, tell us how many you need and we will confirm. Orders above ten times the minimum get a bulk discount.

Where can I buy it in a shop?

Our products are sold in Njeiforbi supermarkets and Fako Bakery stores in Cameroon. Ask us which items each shop carries, or buy wholesale from us.

How does delivery work?

Collect from our warehouse in Buea, or we ship it to you within Cameroon and to neighbouring countries. Transport is quoted separately.