Natural White Sesame Seeds
Nigeria's flagship food-grade sesame: naturally whitish-cream seeds from the Benue–Nasarawa belt, machine-cleaned to high purity and low moisture for bakery toppings, confectionery, tahini and direct food use.
Product Overview
When international buyers talk about "Nigerian white sesame", they usually mean the whitish-cream seed grown in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and the neighbouring Middle Belt states. It is prized for its light colour, thin hull, mild sweet flavour and good oil content — which is why it is in demand from bakeries, confectioners, tahini producers and snack manufacturers in Japan, Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and China.
Our Natural White Sesame Seeds are bought from farmer groups and aggregators at harvest, dried to export moisture, and processed on our cleaning line to remove dust, stones, stems, immature seeds and other foreign matter to the purity agreed in your contract. Each lot is sampled for laboratory analysis — oil content, free fatty acid, moisture, aflatoxin and, where your market requires it, Salmonella and pesticide residues — and graded by the Federal Produce Inspection Service before bagging.
Where It Is Used
- Bakery toppings (buns, breads, crackers)
- Tahini, halva and sesame paste manufacturers
- Confectionery and snack bars
- Sesame oil pressing where a light oil is required
- Food ingredient importers and re-packers
Available Packaging
- New PP woven bags, 50 kg net (standard)
- 25 kg PP bags or paper bags on request
- Food-grade PE inner liner available
- Container lined with kraft paper
Pack sizes. Standard 50 kg PP bags; approx. 19–20 tonnes (380–400 bags) per 20' container
Key Facts
- Origin
- Nigeria — savanna belt (Middle Belt & North)
- Seed profile
- Whitish-cream natural seed; purity typically 98–99.5% as contracted
- Processing
- Sun-dried, machine-cleaned
- Order basis
- Full container loads (20' standard)
- Port of loading
- Lagos (Apapa / Tin Can)
- Incoterms
- FOB · CFR · CIF · FCA
Specification Sheet — Natural White Sesame
Parameters confirmed per shipment by accredited laboratory analysis and FPIS grading; independent inspection available on request.
| Parameter | Guaranteed value | Unit | Test method / basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purity (min) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Sieve & hand-pick analysis on representative sample |
| Admixture / foreign matter (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Visual & sieve analysis |
| Moisture content (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Oven method (ISO 665) / calibrated meter |
| Oil content (min) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Soxhlet extraction (ISO 659) |
| Free fatty acid (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | % | Titration (ISO 660), as oleic |
| Aflatoxin total / B1 (max) | [Insert lab-tested value] | ppb | HPLC by accredited laboratory |
| Salmonella | [Insert lab-tested value] | per 25 g | Microbiological test by accredited laboratory |
| Pesticide residues | [Insert lab-tested value] | mg/kg | Multi-residue screen to destination MRLs |
| Colour / variety | [Insert lab-tested value] | — | Declared on specification sheet |
| Grade / quality certificate | [Insert lab-tested value] | — | Federal Produce Inspection Service (FPIS) grading |
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