Flour means community to me

Modesty is a virtue that we often experience in the milling industry. While many other corporations live up to the slogan “do good and talk about it,” we are often amazed by the social initiatives of our milling customers, which comes natural to them. This was something our Southern African team Jannes Peemoeller, Liezel Huysamen […]

Flour and baking are a universal language to me

Imagine you are on a business trip in a foreign country to help customers with some extensive tests, only to realise that you have no common language. What it takes to overcome such barriers are willingness and creativity, as in this true story by our application technologist for South Africa, Liezel Huysamen. When Liezel found […]

Flour to me means stability

memory mukaro

I am Memory Mukaro, a lady in a family of four. (1 boy 3 girls). I cruised through primary and secondary school with minimum problems or challenges. After A-levels, I eyed university for a white-collar job or apprenticeship with the airlines. My elder brother Nyasha brought an advert for millers recruitment by National Foods Limited […]

Flour means innovation to me!

When I started in milling over 30 years ago, flour was a commodity raw material for me. Flour only became an exciting food for me when I added other ingredients, such as omega-3 fatty acids, inulin, vitamins, etc., to it. Today, I know that there are over 800,000 varieties of wheat alone, and that we […]

Flour and Water truly make Miracles! 

ottoportland worldflourday2022

We proudly present to you the first World Flour Day 2022 story. This amazing story was sent to us from the USA.  Master Baker Alex Castiello writes: “Flour and Water make Miracles! My Grandfather told me this on his last year on this earth when I was ten years old. I’m now 77 years old and […]