Benfruit Plant

On May 19, 2011, Teragro signed an agreement with the Benue State government to take over Benfruit, the state-run fruit juice concentrate company.

The plant, which is located in the Makurdi Industrial Estate, is situated on one hectare of land. It has installed capacity to produce orange, mango and pineapple fruit concentrates at up to 26,500 metric tonnes per annum.^[2]

During several consultations across the state with farmers’ cooperatives, government representatives, and local politicians, Transcorp Plc was invited to make the investment in support of Benue’s reputation as the ‘food basket of the nation'.^[3] Benue State currently produces over one million (1,000,000) metric tonnes of citrus fruits per annum.

The Benfruit transaction was Transcorp’s first investment in the agribusiness segment.^[4]

Teragro Commodities Limited is the operator. Teragro and its products are certified by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC) of Nigeria and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) with ISO 9001:2008 and FSSC 22000:2005.^[5][6]