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Bulk avocado oil supplier to Europe: crude for refiners, extra virgin and refined for brands
Europe refines, bottles and formulates more avocado oil every year, and most of it is imported. Konza Tropicals processes, refines, packs and exports avocado oil from East African fruit and supplies European refiners, bottlers, food brands, food service distributors and cosmetic ingredient buyers in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Nordics, in flexitanks, drums and IBCs, each lot with a batch certificate of analysis.
Buyers
Who buys avocado oil from us in Europe
Refiners in Italy and Spain buy crude oil to refine, bleach and deodorise for their own food and cosmetic customers. Bottlers and olive oil houses add extra virgin avocado oil to their ranges. Food service distributors and private label brands in the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK buy refined oil for high heat cooking. Natural cosmetics manufacturers across Europe buy refined oil as a carrier and emollient. We supply all of them from our own processing and from the East African processors we have set up, certified and work with, under one specification and one quality programme.
Grades
Three grades, one quality programme
Compliance
Market access and compliance for avocado oil in Europe
Logistics
Shipping bulk avocado oil from Kenya to Europe
Processing and partnerships
From our own processing and the processors we have built
Avocado oil is our lead value added product. We process, refine and pack it ourselves, and through our consultancy we have set up, certified or linked to buyers eight avocado oil processors across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, several of which supply crude oil into our programmes under our specification. European refiners who want multi year volume, or who want to co invest in extraction and refining capacity at origin, start on our investment and partnerships page.
For refiners
Annual or multi year crude oil offtake against an agreed FFA band and COA, with retained samples per batch, flexitank logistics and the option to audit the processing sites.
For brands and bottlers
Extra virgin and refined oil in drums and IBCs, finished private label bottles on programme volumes, organic option and the sustainability story of agroforestry orchards and fair farm gate prices.
For investors
Equity, debt, equipment and offtake partnerships in extraction, refining and bottling capacity in East Africa, described on our investment and partnerships page.
Questions buyers ask
Before you request an avocado oil offer
Which grades of avocado oil do you supply to Europe?
Three grades: crude cold pressed avocado oil for refiners, cold pressed extra virgin avocado oil for food brands and bottlers, and refined, bleached and deodorised (RBD) avocado oil for food service, private label and cosmetics. Each lot ships with a batch certificate of analysis.
How is bulk avocado oil shipped from Kenya to Europe?
Crude and refined oil ship in food grade flexitanks of 20 to 22 tonnes in a 20 ft container, or in 190 kg drums and 1,000 litre IBCs for smaller lots and extra virgin oil; by sea from Mombasa to Rotterdam, Genoa, Valencia, Hamburg, Marseille Fos or Felixstowe, or EXW from our packing site.
Is Kenyan avocado oil duty free in the EU?
Yes. Avocado oil (HS 1515 90) of Kenyan origin enters the European Union duty free and quota free under the Kenya and EU Economic Partnership Agreement with a EUR.1 movement certificate; the United Kingdom applies the same under the UK and Kenya EPA.
What does the certificate of analysis cover?
Free fatty acid, peroxide value, moisture and volatile matter, insoluble impurities, colour and, where required, fatty acid profile and contaminants, tested per batch by our laboratory or an accredited third party at the buyer's request.
Can we have samples before ordering a flexitank?
Yes. We courier retained samples of the batch offered, typically 250 ml to 1 litre, so your laboratory can run its own analysis before you confirm the lot.
Do you supply organic or cosmetic grade avocado oil?
Organic certified oil is available on programme volumes from certified fruit; refined oil for cosmetics is supplied against the buyer's specification with the COA and documentation their formulators require.
What minimum order applies?
Crude and refined oil from one flexitank (about 20 tonnes) or a part load of drums or IBCs from one pallet; extra virgin oil from one pallet of drums or IBCs. Multi year offtake contracts are welcome and can anchor processing investment.
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Our partners
Independent quality control and transparent trade, built into every shipment
Two partners work alongside our own team on every export programme, so buyers see the fruit before it sails and know the price before they commit.
Fruit Quality Studio Africa
Independent avocado quality control, the Kenyan arm of Quality Studio Europe. Every consignment is inspected at the packhouse before loading, with a preloading QC report on dry matter, defects, sizing and pulp temperature shared with the buyer, and arrival inspection in Europe on request or as agreed per programme.
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SAFTA, Fruit Trade Assistance: Sales Execution Office, Antwerp
Our partner Sales Execution Office in Antwerp, Belgium. SAFTA is not a buyer of our fruit: it sells Konza Tropicals avocados on our behalf to retailers, importers and ripeners across Europe and executes each programme from offer to payment, with fixed and transparent pricing, programme contracts, cold chain from packhouse to destination and SAFTA Rescue support for shipments in European ports, so growers and importers both know where they stand.
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We work from Kenya with partner orchards and exporters in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and we answer email during East African, European and Gulf business hours.