Cassava flour business is a profitable and promising business in Nigeria. The Nigerian mainly plant cassava for household consumption and small-scale cultivation. While due to the high demand in the market, many farmers are planting them at commercial scale and are getting involved into cassava processing business, especially cassava flour processing business, which requires low investment but can generate more profits. High quality cassava flour can be used to make bread, biscuits, beer or used as ingredients in food production filed. It has a large market in our daily life.
For beginners in cassava flour business in Nigeria, what is the processing flow of cassava flour?
The processing flow of cassava flour consists of cleaning, washing, peeling, crushing, de-sanding, dewatering, drying, fine milling and sieving. Compared with traditional ways, the new wet processing technology can ensure higher quality of final product and achieve the aim of large production capacity.
To involve in cassava flour processing business in Nigeria, what machines are required ?
In Nigeria, the common configuration of cassava flour processing machines can be divided into three kinds: cleaning machines, processing machines and drying machines.
1.Cleaning machines: dry sieve, paddle washer and peeler.
Firstly cassava tubers are put into feeding hopper, and then they will be conveyed to dry sieve machine. Dry sieve machine is used to remove impurities that are attached on cassava like sand, stones, etc. After that cassava will be put into paddle washer machine for complete cleaning by using water. Finally, cleaned cassava will be sent to peeler for peeling process. Cassava peeler can remove the first and second layer of cassava roots and ensure that final produced flour are of high quality.
2.Processing machines: cutting machine, rasper, de-sander and filter press.
After we get peeled and cleaned cassava from the previous section, the next is crushing. Firstly we use cutting machine to cut full pieces of cassava into small pieces, and then use rasper machine to crush cassava, getting very fine mash. Then de-sander machine will be used to removed sand debris. Finally, plate and frame filter press will be used to dehydrate cassava mash to get wet cassava cakes.
3.Drying machines: cake crusher, flash dryer, fine miller and sieving machine.
Wet cassava cakes will firstly be crushed into small particles by crusher machine. Then wet cassava powder will be conveyed into flash dryer for drying purpose. After drying, we can get cassava flour with moisture content around 12%. To ensure high fineness of final product, fine milling machine will be used after drying. And lastly, sieving machine will be installed to separate coarse particles and get high quality cassava flour.
All in all, cassava flour business is very profitable and promising in Nigeria. If you have such plan to set up a cassava flour factory in Nigeria, feel free to contact us any time, and we can show you the local project case for your reference!