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Start a plantain chips factory

Plantain, cassava, flour→Plantain chips, chin chin and fried snacks

Plantain chips and chin chin sell in traffic, in shops and abroad. A small factory slices, fries and packs. A sealed, dated pouch is what moves you from the roadside into supermarkets.

Bigger, smaller or a different product? Describe it and we plan the line.

The line, step by step

What happens from plantain, cassava, flour to plantain chips, and the machine for each step. Steps marked “add later” can be done by hand while you start.

  1. Peel

    By hand

    Plantains are peeled by hand.

  2. Slice

    Slices plantain or cuts chin chin dough evenly, so every piece fries the same.

    Plantain chip & chin chin slicers
  3. Fry

    Fries batches at a steady heat. A continuous fryer comes later, for big orders.

    Floor-standing gas deep fryers
  4. Season and cool

    By hand

    Salt or spice while warm, then cool fully before packing, by hand.

  5. Pack

    Weighs and seals pouches airtight, which keeps chips crisp.

    Snack and granule pouch packing machines
  6. Date

    Add later

    Prints the batch and best-before date on every pouch.

    Thermal transfer date coders

Starter line

The machines a small plant opens with. The other steps are done by hand at first. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Plantain chip & chin chin slicersSlice
  2. Floor-standing gas deep fryersFry
  3. Snack and granule pouch packing machinesPack

Full line

Every machine on the line, for when you are ready to grow, or to start bigger. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Plantain chip & chin chin slicersSlice
  2. Floor-standing gas deep fryersFry
  3. Snack and granule pouch packing machinesPack
  4. Thermal transfer date codersDate

Power

Fryers run on gas; slicers and packers on mains electricity. Tell us what you have.

Grow machine by machine

Each machine can be its own order, with its own deposit and instalments. Start with the step that earns, and order the next one from what it brings in.

Starting as a group? Buy it together: each member pays their share from their own phone.

Also useful

Machines & heavy equipment

Continuous fryers for chips

Conveyor fryers for plantain chips, chin-chin, nuts and crisps at factory scale. Gas or electric heating. Tell us your hourly output.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Farming & food processing

Cassava chipping machines

Machines that slice fresh cassava into chips for drying, flour and animal feed.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

Before you buy

  1. Change frying oil often. Old oil makes chips taste stale and go off faster.
  2. Packed snacks sold in shops need FDA Ghana registration and a date on every pack.
  3. Green plantain is cheaper in its season. Agree supply with a few farmers so prices do not surprise you.

Are you ready for the machines?

Tick what you already have in place. What is left shows what to sort out before you order.

  • Agree supply with farmers, aggregators or collectors before you buy machines. A plant waiting for raw material earns nothing.

  • Talk to traders, shops, schools and exporters, and take them samples. Selling is harder than making.

  • Machines need a solid floor, a roof, drainage, and room for raw stock and finished goods.

  • Ask ECG what your site has or can get. We quote machines with a diesel engine or the motor that matches your power.

  • Food plants wash a lot. A storage tank or borehole keeps you working when the supply stops.

  • Start with the machine that earns first. With Landed you pay a deposit, then the rest in any amounts while it ships, with no interest.

  • Register the business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies and get your district assembly’s business permit. Packed food, drinks and cosmetics need FDA Ghana registration.

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Buying a machine with Landed

  • One all-in price to Accra before you pay anything: the machine, shipping, duty and clearing, in writing.
  • A deposit, then the rest your way while it ships: any amount from GH₵ 50, no fixed schedule, no interest, no fee.
  • The price is locked once your deposit is paid. If the exchange rate, freight or duty change, we absorb it.
  • Straight from the factory, not a middleman, with receipt, packing and arrival photos on your tracker.
  • Your deposit back in full if the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative.
  • Covered on the way. Lost or damaged before handover is always on us. Add Landed Protection, and a wrong, not-as-described or dead-on-arrival machine is replaced or refunded in full.
  • A free consultation first on the voltage, spare parts and servicing your machine needs.

Every case is on our refunds page. How instalments work: pay your way.