Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro, Kagera, Mbeya and Morogoro regions offer ideal conditions to grow premium quality vanilla. But without proper processing facilities the farmers’ crops will not yield high returns. After the arrival of Natural Extracts Industries (NEI), local smallholder farmers are proud to produce first-class vanilla products that are sold within East Africa under the brand name ‘Epicurious Hedgehog’, to keen users in bakeries and restaurants as well as to discerning tourists from all over the world.
