Our story

Nature. Transformed. Value delivered.

Africa’s abundance deserves to become exceptional food.

PlantaGo was born from a simple idea: plants should go further.

The name brings together Plant and Go, a reflection of our belief that what grows from African soil should have the opportunity to travel beyond the harvest and become something remarkable.

We work with naturally abundant ingredients, discovering possibilities in what is familiar, overlooked or underused. Through food science, thoughtful processing and considered sourcing, we transform these ingredients into distinctive foods that honour their origins while belonging effortlessly in the modern kitchen.

Every product begins with curiosity and is shaped by purpose. We look closely at the ingredient, understand its character, and use science to preserve what makes it worth celebrating: its flavour, nourishment and natural qualities.

The result is food that feels both rooted and refined: honest ingredients, thoughtfully transformed and made for the way we eat today.

We don’t change what nature provides.
We reveal what it can become.

Where it begins

On the farms that grow with us.

The plantain line Seedling to ripe fruit

Planted
01PlantedA young sucker set into a pit of prepared soil on a partner farm in Kirinyaga.
The bud
02The budMonths on, a purple bud pushes out from the heart of the plant: the promise of a bunch.
Fruit sets
03Fruit setsHands of green fingers unfold above the bud, row by row.
Filling out
04Filling outSun and rain fill every finger. The bunch grows heavy under the canopy.
Ready to harvest
05Ready to harvestFull and firm, the bunch is cut and weighed the same day, then sorted and inspected.
Ripe, then transformed
06Ripe, then transformedGreen for low GI ugali flour; ripe for naturally sweet flour, uji and golden crisps. Solar dried, milled and packed.

The cashew line Tree to butter

Fruit forms
01Fruit formsEach cashew apple carries a single nut beneath it.
Ripe on the tree
02Ripe on the treeThe apple turns gold; the nut is ready to pick.
Shelled kernels
03Shelled kernelsShelled and sorted, ready for roasting and grinding.
Cashew Butter, Plain and Sweet
04Cashew butterGround smooth, with no added oils.