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Overview

The World Trade Organization ranks Nigeria as the largest food market in Africa, with significant investment in the local industry and a high level of imports. The food Production and beverage sector is estimated to contribute 22.5% of the manufacturing industry value, and 4.6% of the country’s GDP.

In Nigeria, the food processing sector is dominated by small and medium enterprises, as well as multinational food companies. Quality standards are usually related to improving the safety of food products suitable for consumption in accordance with specifications by food regulatory bodies. These standards are essential elements for local and international businesses which contribute to economic progress through industrial development and trade.

Q-BEC Foods is a registered Trademark of Quebec Food Processing Industrial Parks Ltd (a member of Quebec Earthwork Group)which was setup in 2020, as a new/startup agro food and tropical fruits processing investment firm in Nigeria, to deal in all-round agricultural production, processing, marketing, distribution and agro export investments, with plans to set-up and manage agro-processing industrial parks in all Q-bec Agritech City project sites across Nigeria, based on the business model that geared towards creating direct/indirect jobs for both local farmers and agricultural graduates through setting up of enormous processing plants, with a major aim of reducing massive unemployment rate in Nigeria, and bringing-in new investment opportunities in the agricultural sector, to gain the trust of prospective investors.

This subsidiary has its own unique investment offers and opportunities for Nigerians in the agricultural/Food sector that provides the rare privilege of having a large professional resource pool. This ensures the running of the Unit with well-founded management objectives and policy directives, fostering an environment which encourages sustained efficiency at all levels.

The Food Division of the company is strategically positioned to take part in the developments that are taking place across the food chain in Nigeria with the aim of becoming one of the leading and most preferred agro producing and food processing company in the country that would meet worldwide market demands and maintain a profitable return on investment for all its investors.

As a start-up Q-BEC Foods plans is to work with customers for their specific requirement in the area of foods & beverages and develops products that is best suited for the specific needs of consumers.

Above all Q-bec Foods is determined to improve on processed food and production in Nigeria through the use of Total Quality Management (TQM) technique and the use of computerized systems to produce high quality and high value products while at the same time reduce the wastage of farm produce and production time and cost.

Infrastructure

Plant & Process: 

Food Processing

Q-bec Foods has taken on state of the art technology for processing of the cassava value chain, Tropical fruits, vegetables and spices being one of the agricultural sub-sectors in West and Central Africa that has great potential in terms of improving productivity, creating added value and developing regional trade.

The Plants design are on-going by Henan Jinrui Food Engineering and Zhengzhou Jinghua Industry Co., for processing aseptic packing of various cassava food products; While Alfa Laval Sweden for processing & aseptic packing of various Tropical fruits and vegetables.

All Q-bec Foods product will be packed directly into aseptic packs to ensure a long shelf life with complete preservatives or refrigeration. This is also to protect the bags against flex cracking and pin hole damage.

All processing operations like extraction, refining, concentration, sterilization and aseptic packing are automatic and take place in sealed systems for total hygiene. Computerized process controls is put in place to ensure continuous maintenance of parameters that are essential to the preservation of color, flavor and taste, to meet international standards.

Food Production

Q-bec Foods has designed Farm Estates model to create a sustainable linkage with the growers of agro-farm produce, by adopting innovative practices like contract mechanized farming, across the states and communities within and outside processing Units based on mutual trust and understanding.

This ensures complete traceability of the farm produce, right from the growers Field during production and processing until in the storage facility; this is a highly desirable phenomenon in Nigerian food industry.

Products

Q-bec Foods has distinguished itself to bridge the gap in the processing of various cassava multiples of food products, including Garri (Fried Cassava Granules), Fufu (Cassava Dough), Lafun (Fermented Cassava Flour), Tapioca (Cassava Flakes), Starch, flour, animal feed, alcohol, starches for sizing paper and textiles, sweeteners, prepared foods and bio-degradable products.

Q-bec Foods has also distinguished itself to bridge the gap in the processing of tropical Fruits into Pulses, Pastes and Concentrates, and also making special products like Ginger Paste, Garlic Paste and other spices based products. We also offer variety blends of juice across the country and to the International markets.

Q-bec Foods have expertise to process fruits like Onion, Tomato, Mango, Cashew, Guava, Papaya, Tamarind, Amla, pawpaw etc. to the desired specifications of the customer requirement.

• Q-bec Foods is certified by National Agency for Food & Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC)
• Q-bec Foods is certified by DNV (Det Norske Veritas), one of the world’s leading certification bodies/ registrars, as being ISO 22000:2005 compliant.
• Complied with the codex HACCP principles and provides a framework for third party certification.
• Q-bec Foods is also SEDEX compliant company and has strong customer base both nationally & internationally.
• KOSHER Certified for customers from Israel, Germany, USA & Canada.
• Q-BEC FOODS is a member of the VOLUNTARY CONTROL SYSTEM of SGF. SGF Certification is obligatory for the exports to European Customers.
• Stringent management policies in place.

Investment Scheme

Q-bec Foods have initiated an Investment scheme for interested agribusiness investors to invest in AGRO-PROCESSING PLANTS SCHEME AND AGRO-FARM PRODUCE BUYBACK OPTION SCHEME, to ensure the vision laid out by its promoters of developing Q-bec Agritech City & Farm Estates project model for the setting up enormous processing plants and Mechanized Crop Production farm estates across the geo-political zones in Nigeria is achieved within next 20 years.