An agro-food story from Uganda

Beyond harvest,
we nourish the everyday.

Yellow Star transforms locally grown cereals, legumes, roots and fruits into wholesome, convenient foods — crafted for households, institutions, and nutrition-sensitive markets across East Africa.

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Yellow Star factory premises in Kijabijjo, Wakiso District

Yellow Star staff packaging finished products

Who we are

An agro-food company rooted in Kijabijjo.

Yellow Star Food Processors is an agro-based food processing company formally incorporated in Uganda. We specialize in transforming locally grown cereals, legumes, roots and tubers, and fruits into nutritious, convenient food products for households, institutions, and nutrition-sensitive markets.

Baby Cereals Composite Flours Peanut Butter Wild Forest Honey Smallholder Sourced

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What drives us

Driving change,
inspiring growth.

Three principles guide every batch we mill, every farmer we partner with, and every household we feed.

Mission

Feed families with food they can trust.

Process Uganda's harvest into nutritious, accessible products that meet the real needs of mothers, children, and growing communities.

Vision

A nourished East Africa, sourced locally.

Build a food system that pays farmers fairly, dignifies traditional crops, and puts wholesome staples on every Ugandan table.

Values

Honest crops, honest craft.

Smallholder partnership
Nutritional integrity
Climate-aware sourcing
Transparent processing

Our range

Nourishing families & communities.

Infant & Children Nutrition

processed cereal-based infant foods for healthy growth

2 Products

6m+ · 1kg

Processed cereal-based food · 1kg

Baby Soya — With Rice, Oats and Milk

Fortified composite flour for infants and young children.

6m+ · 1kg

Processed cereal-based food · 1kg

Baby Soya Rice — With Enkejje

Composite flour for porridge, rich in protein and vitamins.

Composite Porridge Flours

nutritious multi-grain blends for special health needs

2 Products

Composite · 1kg

Composite flour · 1kg

Soya Millet Composite

Rich in protein and vitamins for healthy growth.

Composite · 1kg

Composite flour · 1kg

Soya Rice Flour

Smooth wholesome blend for nourishing porridge.

Single Ingredient Porridge & Staple Food Flours

simple wholesome single-ingredient flours

3 Products

Pure · 1kg

Single-grain · 1kg

Finger Millet Flour (Bushera)

Best for porridge — a traditional Ugandan staple.

Pure · 1kg

Single-grain · 1kg

Cassava Flour

Wholesome single-ingredient flour for everyday meals.

Pure · 1kg

Single-grain · 1kg

Rice Flour

Fine-milled, easy-digest single ingredient flour.

Natural Spreads

peanut butter & wild forest honey

2 Products

Spread · 400g

Peanut Butter

Domestic super quality — roasted and stone-milled.

Honey · 529g

Wild forest honey · 529g

Honey

Multi-flora natural, squeeze-bottle convenience.

~ where to buy ~

Find Yellow Star foods near you

Our products are available in supermarkets, grocery shops, retail and wholesale stores across Uganda. Bulk orders can be placed directly at our facility in Kijabijjo Town.

Most Supermarkets across the Country

Local Grocery Shops

Bulk From Factory

~ our impact ~

Measured in lives,
not units.

From training smallholder farmers to feeding hard-to-reach communities, Yellow Star's impact lives in the numbers, the case studies, and the voices of the people we serve.

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4,000+

Farmers Supported

Cumulative farmer engagement across our sourcing network

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2M+

Consumers Reached

Across urban and rural markets in East Africa

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Health Entrepreneurs Partnership

Turning food processing into rural employment for Village Health Teams with women leading the way.

Yellow Star community women sales agents

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Good Gaali Foundation Partnership

Feeding programs for children and maternity hospital wards across vulnerable Ugandan communities.

★ how we empower our farmers ★

Beyond sourcing,we empower our farmers to thrive

Yellow Star goes beyond buying raw materials. Through tailored training and partnerships, we deliver value across the agricultural value chain.

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Good Agronomic Practices

Practical skills to improve yields and ensure sustainable farming.

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Savings Groups & SACCOs

Supporting formation of cooperative savings groups for financial security and access to creadit.

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Climate Resilience

Training farmers on adapting practices like irrigation and drought resistant crops

In their own words

Voices from the field.

The flour cooks fast and my child finishes the whole cup. Before, she would refuse other porridges.

Musimenta Elsie

Mother, Namugongo

Selling to Yellow Star helped our Soya & Simsim to move, Now we plan our season around their orders.

Obanga Ber

Farmer Cooperative, Lira City

As a VHT, my biggest orders are baby porridge & immune boosting porridge.

Ruth

Village Health Team, Luwero

Impactful Programs we have run

Partnered for scale.

2018–2020

SNV's Innovations Against Poverty

Producing affordable nutrient-rich flours for low-income markets. 297 tons produced, 13,300 lives impacted.

CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator

Selected as the 2nd runner up in scaling food systems innovations across East Africa.

OXFAM UGANDA - Superstar Impact SME Challenge

Awarded as the winning SME, implementing youth & women empowerment initiative that created jobs for 20 young people in the grains value chain

From the field to the table.

I grew up watching my mother carry buckets of grain from the village to the market — we always knew how much work it took to put food on a Ugandan table. Yellow Star is what that childhood lesson became.

We started Yellow Star because Uganda grows more than enough to feed itself well. The gap was never the harvest — it was the bridge between the harvest and the home. We mill that bridge, batch by batch, and stand behind every bag.

Florence Okot

Founder & CEO, Yellow Star

~ get in touch ~

We'd love to hear from you

Have a question, a bulk order, or a partnership idea? Reach out and our team will get back to you.

Visit, call, or write to us

Our doors are open for orders, factory tours by appointment, and conversations about anything Yellow Star.

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Address

Kijabijjo, Plot 649 Block 170,
Kalagi-Gayaza Road, Wakiso District, Uganda

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Phone

+256 772 613 531

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Email

okotflo@gmail.com

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WhatsApp

+256 772 613 531

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~ partner with us ~

Drive change together

From 2018 to date we have worked alongside partners like Healthy Entrepreneurs and SNV. We invite NGOs, government bodies, hospitals and private organizations to join us in building farmer capacities, promoting nutrition, and creating sustainable change for underserved Ugandan communities.

NGO Collaborations Government Programs Maternal & Child Nutrition Feeding Programs Institutional Supply Research Partnerships

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An agro-food company rooted in Kijabijjo.

Driving change,inspiring growth.

Feed families with food they can trust.

A nourished East Africa, sourced locally.

Honest crops, honest craft.

Nourishing families & communities.

Infant & Children Nutrition

Composite Porridge Flours

Single Ingredient Porridge & Staple Food Flours

Natural Spreads

Find Yellow Star foods near you

Measured in lives,not units.

Health Entrepreneurs Partnership

Good Gaali Foundation Partnership

Beyond sourcing,we empower our farmers to thrive

Good Agronomic Practices

Savings Groups & SACCOs

Climate Resilience

Voices from the field.

Partnered for scale.

SNV's Innovations Against Poverty

CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator

OXFAM UGANDA - Superstar Impact SME Challenge

From the field to the table.

We'd love to hear from you

Visit, call, or write to us

Drive change together

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Driving change,
inspiring growth.

Measured in lives,
not units.