2015 AgrikExpo: Primlaks promotes ‘made in Nigeria’ foods

Primlaks Group, the pioneer producer of Individually Quick Frozen, IQF, fruits and vegetables in Nigeria, has again demonstrated its steadfast support for agriculture in Nigeria by exhibiting its innovative Sympli brand of convenience food at the 2015 FoodBext West Africa Exhibition in Lagos.

Sympli is the registered brand name of a range of IQF foods produced by Venus Processing and Packaging Limited, VPPL, which is part of the Primlaks Group.

The locally farmed, processed and packed Sympli products, which include yam fries, yam cubes, plantain dodo and plantain chips, are delivered in ready-to-cook state for frying, steaming or baking.

The Chairman of VPPL, Otunba Christopher Tugbobo said that the product was a proves that Nigeria is capable of doing new things in agriculture that can help reduce its dependence on oil and gas.

Tugbobo, a one-time Head of the Division of Agricultural Research in the Federal Ministry of Economic Development and a retired Permanent Secretary, described Sympli as a 100 per cer Nigerian product, stressing that it is produced locally by Nigerians for Nigerians and that it has created much needed employment, helped reduce post-harvest losses and gave Nigerians a home grown brand in the frozen food segment that could be proud of.

The Group Chairman of Primlaks, Mr. H. K. Ram, explained that Primlaks invested in Nigeria’s fi rst IQF production facility in order to tap into the country’s vast agricultural potential, particularly in light of growing concerns on unemployment and dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

He described Sympli as Primlaks Group’s contribution to Nigeria’s drive for self-suffi ciency in value added food production and creation of additional sources of foreign exchange.