The company is located in the Republic of Benin

The company's principal activity is the production and sale of cottonseed oil and pellets, extracted from cotton seeds.

THE FACTORY

The factory occupies about 6 hectares, out of a total area of 20 hectares, owned by Fludor Benin S.A. at Cana, a village close to the town of Bohicon, on the main road from Cotonou to the Republic of Nigeria.

Facilities of the factory include decortication, preparation, exctraction and refinery plants, a pellet mill, raw material warehouses, a pellet warehouse as well as storage tanks for oil.

The main equipment is supplied by the Belgian company, EXTRACTION DE SMET S.A., a worldwide specialist in edible oil processing and incorporates the latest technology, including miscella refining.

The factory has a processing capacity of 60,000 tonnes of cotton seeds per year to produce 10,000 to 12,000 tonnes of oil and 24,000 to 34,000 tonnes of pellets.

THE PRODUCTS

• COTTON SEED OIL
  Cotton seed, like sunflower, corn or soyabean, is an interesting source of lipids in many aspects.

  Among regular oils globally used in food preparations, cottonseed oil is considered as one of the 'reference' oils for assessing the quality of other oils, officially by AOCS (American Oil Chem Society). It is also considered as one month the premi um oils in the world market (such as olive oil, corn oil, etc).

  Cottonseed oil has essential fatty acids in a balanced mixture, an excellent source of linoleic acid, which is an essential fat to increase resistance to infections and dehydration, it is rich in vitamins (especially, Vitamin D)

  Cottonseed oil has a balanced cholesterol configuration. There are two types of lipoproteins, namely LDL and HDL. The Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) will carry cholesterol out of the liver to all tissues of the body, resulting in high inciden ce of heart disease. On the other hand, the High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) transports cholesterol from the peripheral tissues back into the liver and later dispose them as bile acids. Thus, an appropriate mix of LDL and HDL is necessary in edible oil. The se oils are said to contain PUFA (Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids). Cottonseed oil is thus a very valuable dietary fat substitute.

  Presently, most of the needs of the population of Republic of Benin for edible oil are covered by import (mainly palm oil) from the sub region and even from the Far East.

  Fludor Benin will be able to provide a substitute to these imports, with a superior, health effective, product.

• PELLETS

  The factory has de-oiled meal or pellets as the major by-products. The cottonseed pellets have high demand in cattle feed preparation in South Africa and in Europe. The pellets from the West African francophone region are considered to be of superior qual ity in the world market and known to contain aflatoxin and gossypol content well within acceptable limits.

Fludor BENIN S.A.
Immeuble Kougblenou, Avenue Mgr. Steinmetz
03 BP 4304 Jericho. Cotonou Rep. du Benin
Tel.: 229 31 -65-31/32 Fax.: 229 31-65-29