• How do I start a cooking oil business?
  • This book describes the important aspects of running a micro-, small- or medium-scale cooking oil business. These aspects include finding and developing suitable markets, preparing a feasibility study, selecting equipment, choosing a site and setting up the premises. oils; methods of processing and Table 1.1.
  • How to plan a cooking oil processing business?
  • One of the first activities when planning an oil processing business is to decide 2 who will be the target customers1. A Market segment is a term that describes an identifiable group of customers. The different types of market segments for cooking oils can be described in five main groups (Table 2.1): Food businesses. Table 2.1.
  • Who owns the palm oil processing plant in Ghana?
  • The oil processing plant was set up in 1995 by an American NGO in collaboration with two Ghanaians. The cooperative had eighty members (60 women and 20 men) and has been in operation since then producing palm oil and palm kernel oil.
  • Can oil be used for cooking?
  • read Sections 2.1-2.4 in Volume 1 Opportunities in Food Processing – setting up and running a small food business. Oils can be extracted from a wide range of oil-bearing seeds, nuts and fruits but many are not suitable for cooking. Some contain poisons or unpleasant flavours and these are used for fuel or paints.