Tropical Heat was established in 1973 as a small ethnic snack cottage industry. Today, we are one of the leading manufacturers of spices and snacks in the East African region and our brand Tropical Heat is a household name in Kenya.
With our very strong and expert technical team, we manufacture a vast range of spices and snacks. The spices include pure spices, herbs, seasonings, masalas and salts. Snack items comprise of potato crisps, ethnic snacks, Kenyan chevda, peanuts, rice cakes and extruded snacks.
Our manufacturing processes are fully automated in a brand new hygienic factory, which is also HACCP and ISO22000 certified.
A strong export base has been built up with exports going to Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC, Burundi, UK and the USA.
Tropical Heat spices and snacks are manufactured with the highest degree of attention to quality and safety. As we pride ourselves in the quality of our products, our commitment to quality is fundamental in all our activities.
The Management is committed to providing a safe and hygienic work environment that minimizes and eliminates the risk of product contamination through implementation and effective management of ISO 22000: 2005 Food Safety Management System. This ensures that food safety hazards are evaluated and controlled through process evaluation, inspection and verification.
In our pursuance for safe food production and distribution, Tropical Heat is bound to the relevant customer requirements, statutory hygiene legislation, codes of practice within the food industry, environmental management laws and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 2007.
Effective implementation and adherence to food safety and quality practice is achieved through ensuring that all employees are competent, sufficiently trained and actively involved in the application of food safety principles in their duties and through continuous improvement.