From the Tree to Your Production Line
Every kilogram of our Gum Arabic carries a digital record — who harvested it, where, how it was graded, moved, processed, tested and shipped. Our customers follow it live.
Your tracking code is on the commercial invoice and packing list.
8 verified stages · 1 continuous record
Harvest → Capture → Bulking → Transit → Receiving → Sorting & Kibbling → Lab → Export
Eight Stages, One Unbroken Record
Each stage produces evidence that is linked to the stage before it. This is what you see for your shipment in the live traceability portal.
Stage 01Harvest
Gum is hand-harvested by registered, trained collectors from naturally regenerating Acacia senegal var. kerensis stands across our ASAL sourcing counties.
Recorded evidence
Stage 02Digital Capture at Source
Every delivery is weighed on calibrated scales and captured on mobile devices at the collection point — with GPS location, timestamp and a unique receipt number.
Recorded evidence
Stage 03Bulking & Field Sorting
At the bulking centre, gum is cleaned, sorted and graded. Each consignment is verified against its collection records before it is released for dispatch.
Recorded evidence
Stage 04Chain-of-Custody Transit
Consignments travel under a numbered waybill. Weight and bag counts are recorded at dispatch, and the gum stays visible as “in transit” until it is received.
Recorded evidence
Stage 05Receiving & Dual Sign-off
At our Athi River facility, Supply Chain confirms weight and condition against the waybill, then Quality Assurance independently approves the grade. Both sign-offs are required.
Recorded evidence
Stage 06Processing: Sorting, Kibbling & Packing
Approved raw material is issued to production first-in, first-out. At our HACCP-controlled Athi River facility it is hand-picked and sorted (HPS), kibbled — mechanically broken into uniform pieces — sieved, and packed in food-grade export bags. Every finished lot is linked back to the exact goods-in records it was made from.
Recorded evidence
Stage 07Laboratory Release
Each batch is tested against the agreed customer specification before release. A Certificate of Analysis is issued and linked to the batch record.
Recorded evidence
Stage 08Export
Released batches are palletised and loaded into containers for shipment via Mombasa. The container and shipping documents close the chain back to the field.
Recorded evidence
Built to Stand Up to an Audit
Designed to support customer due diligence, food-safety certification and EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requirements.
Captured at the source
Records are created digitally where the event happens — at the tree line, the scale and the gate — not typed up later.
Segregation of duties
No single person can move gum through the chain alone. Receiving and quality approval are independent sign-offs.
Linked, not copied
Each stage references the record before it, so any export lot can be walked back, step by step, to its collection points.
Immutable audit trail
Every approval, correction and void is time-stamped and attributed. Nothing is silently deleted.
Certified at Every Step
The standards, licences and shipment documents that stand behind every traced lot. Copies are available to customers on request.
Food Safety & Quality
FSSC 22000
Certified
ISO 22000:2018
Food safety management
HACCP
Implemented facility-wide
KEBS Product Mark
Compliant
Certificate of Analysis
Every production lot
Environmental & Ethical
ISO 14001:2015
Certified
SMETA (Sedex)
Certified
EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)
Due-diligence ready
Kenya Forest Service
Authorised
Rainforest Alliance & Fair Trade
In progress
Product Regulatory
EU Food Additive E414
Reg. (EC) 1333/2008
JECFA (FAO/WHO) INS 414
Compliant
US FDA GRAS
21 CFR 184.1330
Halal · Kosher
Compliant
Vegan · Non-GMO · Allergen-free
Confirmed
Export & Licensing
EPZ Authority Licence
Active
KRA Export Licence
Active
KEPHIS Phytosanitary Certificate
Every consignment
Certificate of Origin
Every consignment
Fumigation Certificate
Every consignment
How Shipment Tracing Works
Live visibility for your teams, with your commercial information kept confidential.
One code per shipment
Each shipment carries a unique tracking code (AEPZ-XXXX-XXXX) printed on its commercial invoice and packing list. No account or password needed.
Your shipment only
A code opens the record for that shipment alone — origin, quality results, processing journey and shipping details. Commercial terms and other customers’ data are never shown.
Community privacy protected
Collectors appear by pseudonymous code and map points are rounded to roughly one kilometre, protecting the communities we work with.
See Your Gum’s Journey, Live
Enter the tracking code from your shipping documents. Auditors and prospective customers can request a guided walkthrough.
Request a walkthrough: [email protected]