Tropical Heat Group

About Us

Company Profile

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.

1973
Founded in Thika Town
1986
Relocated to Nairobi at Ngara Road
1990
First exports to Uganda
1991
Relocated to Hola Road, Off Baricho Road, Industrial Area
1992
Brand secures name Tropical Heat

First exports to Tanzania
2004
First exports to the UK
2005
Company opens new custom designed, state of the art factory with modern machinery at Serem Road, Off Lungalunga Road, Industrial Area
2006
First exports to Australia

Launch of Kenyan Chevda

First company in Kenya to offer easy to use grinder jars

Introduced automated line for spices and potato crisps production
2007
Tropical Heat became the first spice and food company in East Africa to get ISO 22000:2005 certification
2008
Opened Uganda branch ISO 22000:2005 certification
2012
Introduced jars with easy-to use flip cap
2014
First company to introduce rice cakes manufactured locally using Kenyan rice
2015
First Export to the USA
2016
Launch of Waves
2017
Launch of Safari Puffs
2018
Move to Limuru
2019
Launch of Chocolate Rice Cakes

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