New Products Development Unit

The Unit was established in 1993 and its role is to give additional income to the farmer by processing his farm wastes. The Unit conducts research and development into production of animal feed from cocoa pod husks, toilet soap and cosmetics from cocoa butter extracted from discarded beans; alcoholic beverages and industrial alcohol, soft drinks, marmalade/jelly, pectin, theobromine and acetic acid from cocoa sweatings. It also assesses the economic and commercial viability of large scale production of the products.