How to Use

Fonio flour is naturally gluten free and made entirely from the fonio grain. You can use fonio flour as a gluten-free alternative for thickening soups, gravies and sauces.

Because this is a single-ingredient gluten free flour, it will bake much like other gluten free flours you might be familiar with such as almond flour, rice flour, coconut flour and lupin flour.

We recommend using fonio flour with a binding agent in your recipes, or combining multiple single-ingredient flours for your own custom gluten free blend.

Product of Africa

Fonio is a tiny nutrient dense grain native to West Africa. Grown in an area of land stretching from coastal Senegal to the northern tip of Cameroon, fonio is a staple crop in the sub-Saharan savanna climate of Africa and has played an important role in the region’s cuisine for generations.

The people of West Africa have depended on fonio for thousands of years due to its nutritional benefits, as well as its ability to grow in poor soil conditions. The region is desertifying rapidly, but fonio has a deep root system which thrives in the poor, dry soil. With a unique sustainability, this fast-growing grain—which can mature from seed to harvest in just six to eight weeks— is drought and climate resistant.

Knowing that the soil will be further depleted if monocropping is incentivized, our production partners plan to introduce to the market other amazing West African ingredients that grow in rotation with fonio and together will form a resilient, organic agricultural system.

How it Helps

The Sahel Region is home to one of the world’s most vulnerable populations. Young people seeking job opportunities are often left little choice but to move to overcrowded cities where jobs are hard to find, or to risk their lives on the dangerous path towards Europe.

An important goal is to create a sustainable source of income, to strengthen communities, and to increase the quality of life by ethically trading with farmers for fonio and other traditional crops.

That's why we selectively source production partners who share our vision. They work with women-run cooperatives, farmers, and NGO’s (organizations run by citizens independent of government involvement) on-site to source fonio and promote regenerative farming practices.

They commit to donating 1% of their sales (not their profits) to funds that provide quality of life services like electricity, water, and public gathering places in the villages that grow our fonio.

Ethically Traded With Farmers

Today's world marketplace enables - and encourages - economic compromise at the expense of farmers, workers and small business owners. Shipetaukin is dedicated to working exclusively with sources that reflect our values: that workers can have safe working conditions, build sustainable livelihoods, earn additional money to empower and uplift their community, while protecting the environment and the world that we all share.

Sourced From Suppliers We Trust

We are dedicated to providing consistent, reputable products from reliable suppliers that deliver clean, high-quality ingredients. That’s why Shipetaukin takes precautionary steps in the selection of ingredients and production partners in order to ensure excellence in food safety, sourcing, and quality. Shipetaukin - Selectively Sourced.

Quality & Food Safety

We care about comprehensive transparency on every product. That's why our production partners ensure every ingredient meets strict requirements for quality and safety. This is achieved by managing allergen control, strict adherence to ingredient specifications, and consistency in quality, color, flavor, and texture. Our products are also metal-detected, cleaned, sorted and laboratory-analyzed.