Presentation

Founded in 1987, Nioto is a limited company under Togolese law. It is part of a French holding Geocoton (eg DAGRIS acquired March 28, 2008) whose main shareholder is the group ADVENS SA).

In his consistently modernized facilities, NIOTO manufactured from local raw materials and imported edible oils meet international standards. This particular product, under the brand QUEEN'S, cooking oil extracted from the almonds cottonseed.

The plant has NIOTO activities:

  a crushing of cottonseed (founder NIOTO activity) for the local market or export finished or raw products (refined oil, hulls and meals) for the food and feed;

  trituration of soya beans for the manufacture of cooking oil and flour (or cake) of soy for animal feed;

  crushing of shea nuts for export;

  refining palm olein.

 NIOTO also crushing the seeds of peanut or almond shea on request.It produces and markets, including in the international market, the washed neutral raw butter or butter. Thus, as a reference, NIOTO triturated for Dutch giant Loders Crocklaan (Malaysian IOI Group) of shea kernels making it the main shea crushing unit in West Africa.

Furthermore, the cake obtained from crushing the seeds and almonds are for largely exported for livestock feed.

NIOTO has a crushing capacity of about 80,000 tons.

 Furthermore, the cake obtained from crushing the seeds and almonds are for largely exported for livestock feed.

NIOTO base all its activities on the respect for the environment and the search for natural resources involved in the products of its manufacturing process:

  the ongoing work on the realization of plant compost from its manufacturing waste (in partnership with the University of Lomé) can bring to agriculture a more;

  the use as fuel in boilers its cotton hulls and water vapor used as an energy source ...

 NIOTO available on site, to ensure the quality of its products throughout the production process (from receipt of raw materials to packaging), a well-equipped laboratory; She also appealed to other laboratories at local and international level: it is the price of consumer safety.

The professionalism of all its current staff of 130 permanent and temporary employees has enabled it to adopt a quality management system, information, monitoring and control certified ISO 9001: 2000. Ongoing training of staff is the basic rule of human resources management of the company.

In order to participate in actions to improve the health of the population, NIOTO oils are fortified with vitamin A and this since 29 October 2009. Their consumption can largely cover 40 IU / g or 30% of the needs Daily vitamin A recommended by UNICEF and WHO.