About Us - Who we are

Tropical Wholefoods aim to win lasting markets for farmers in developing countries. Working with ethical businesses, we pay fair prices in advance, share useful technology and develop and market farmers' products.

Our main partners are in Burkina Faso from where we buy dried organic Fairtrade mango, Uganda from where buy sun dried pineapple and banana, and Northern Pakistan from where we buy sun dried apricots, walnuts, almonds and apricot kernels.

Adam Brett and Kate Sebag started the company in the early 1990s to import and market Fair Trade products from African smallholders. At the same time, together with colleague Angello Ndyaguma, they founded Fruits of the Nile to produce and export sun dried fruits in Uganda.

In 2001, Tropical Wholefoods joined forces with Fullwell Mill in Sunderland, and we now own our own manufacturing site where we pack dried fruits and nuts and also bake cereal bars. We are certified Organic and BRC Global Standard Grade A as well as being a Fairtrade licensee.

We have been hard at work for more than 15 years and hope you enjoy the fruits of our labours. You can buy our products in heatlh food shops, Oxfam, Morrisons, Boots and online.

Values - our values as a fair trade company

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Factory - take a look at some of the processes inside our factory

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