Our Story
2016
Since
Bellamy Milling Company Limited is situated in Sagana, Kirinyaga County. We have a state of the art Buhler Miag automated mill with a capacity to mill 130 tonnes of grain per day.
We are adding value in agricultural value chains and creating employment in the county and in the country. We are a local investor in Kirinyaga County benefiting from availability of stable power, clean mountain water, dedicated workers, a network of good roads that prove good access markets and to sources of raw materials. We are contributing to the Big 4 Agenda of the government in both Food Security and in Manufacturing.
OUR PRODUCTS
We are manufacturers of premium sifted maize meal (SMM) popular brands – Tajiri and Rafiki, These are fortified with the best mineral and vitamin supplements from Germany, ELCOvit 13514, that fully meet Ministry of Heath fortification requirements. The products are supplied to consumers, distributors and supermarkets in Nairobi metropolitan area, counties in Central, Mountain, Coast, North, North Eastern, Rift Valley and Eastern regions.
We manufacture the Bellamy line of animal feeds in the feed section, using maize germ and bran from the main line milling as part of our inputs. We source other inputs from across the country and the region to make wholesome, tested and certified animal feeds.
We have a a fully equipped laboratory to ensure our raw materials are well tested and comply to our high quality standards.
Our range of maize products are versatile to suit the needs of our customers while ensuring provision of superior human and animal nutrition.
Our milling starts with carefully selected maize consignments being loaded into the intake hopper. The grain is lifted by elevators and conveyors into the main silos for cleaning.
Maize cleaning Machines – Gravity and aspirator Separators
This machine cleans grain by size and weight. Impurities bigger than maize grains are disposed of, impurities smaller than maize grains are separated and expelled in the screens chute. The separator is fitted with an Aspirator that removes light fraction impurities like small maize combs, maize dust and chaff.
Dampening – 1st
Clean maize is dampened with water in the dampening conveyor. The grain is then loaded into the dampening silos (middle bins) for 6 to 8 hours. The grain is then fed though conveyors and elevators into the milling silos ready to be milled.
Milling:
This is a gradual reduction of endosperm into specified flour (SMM) particles size. Maize Germ and Bran are by-products of this process.
Milling: Degermers:
These are impact machines that break the maize into various sizes (chops). The chops are lifted by elevators into the Plan Sifter. Endosperm with germ is separated. These stocks are ground separately in the Roller Mills. The ground stocks (chops) from the Roller Mills are lifted Pneumatically to the Plan Sifter. SMM is recovered from each Sifter. Big endosperm goes to the roller mills for grinding. This process is repeated until all SMM is recovered.
Fortification with Minerals and Vitamins:
Collected flour is fed into the Microdoser for fortification. The Microdoser is primed to fortify at the set rate recommended by the Ministry of Health and, tested and passed by KEBS (Kenya Bureau of Standards).
Fortified SMM Is bagged off, weighed and taken to packing. Our packing staff have food handlers’ certificates and have been issued with personal protective equipment and uniforms for hygienic production of SMM.
The packed SMM is then moved to the warehouse where it is stacked in pallets for stock control and dispatch to happy customers. We continue to grow our clientele across the country and are grateful to our customers and distributors for continued growth and look forward to serving them with passion and our custom of quality.
Bellamy Milling is a member of the Cereal Millers Association (CMA) an industry association of the largest millers in Kenya. We adhere to the strict code of conduct of CMA to deliver consistently quality and wholesome products to our customers.
We are listed in various modern trade outlets like Naivas Supermarkets, Quickmart supermarkets, Twiga Foods, Magunas Supermarkets, Muhindi mweusi supermarkets, Waeconmatt supermarkerts among others. For General trade we deal with wholesalers and distributers appointed per county.