Bokomo Foods ("The Goodness of Home") is the largest breakfast
cereal
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company in
South Africa
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, and is a division of
Pioneer Foods
Pioneer Foods is a South African packaged goods company and in March 2020 became a subsidiary of PepsiCo. It operates in South Africa as well as two other African countries and exports a number of its brands globally. The company's core busin ...
(Pty) Ltd.
History
Bokomo Foods (Bolandse Kooperatiewe Molenaars) started as a wheat
co-operative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...
about 80 years ago and has since grown and expanded greatly to become one of South Africa's largest manufacturer of cereals. Bokomo also has a base in the
United Kingdom
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as well as an alliance with
Sanitarium, an
Australia
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n food manufacturer.
Over the years, Bokomo broke into the baking and dessert market, acquiring Moir's, South Africa's largest range of baking products. More recently, they also acquired Kwality Biscuits, the manufacturer of products such as ''Romantic Dreams'', ''Munch-A-Lot'', ''Centre Court'' and ''Vinta''.
Many Bokomo products are endorsed by the Heart Foundation of South Africa.
Products
* Bokomo Rusks
* Crumbs and coatings
* Moir's desserts and baking products
* Kwality Biscuits products
Cereals
*
Weet-Bix
Weet-Bix is a whole-grain wheat breakfast cereal created and manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, and in South Africa by Bokomo.
History
Weet-Bix was developed by Bennison Osborne in Sydney, Aust ...
(from Sanitarium)
* Sunny-Bisk
* Bran Flakes
*
Corn Flakes
Corn flakes, or cornflakes, are a breakfast cereal made from toasting flakes of corn (maize). The cereal, originally made with wheat, was created by Will Kellogg in 1894 for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium where he worked with his broth ...
* Fibre Plus
* Flakes Range
* Maximize
* Otees
* Powervite
* ProNutro Traditional and Wholewheat
* Up & Go
* Crunchies
* Breakfast bars
* Nature's Source muesli
Porridge
* Maltabella
* Oats
* Instant Oats
* KreemyMeel
External links
Bokomo, South AfricaBokomo, United KingdomBrands and Branding
Food and drink companies of South Africa