§ A Feature in Three Parts
The mills in Ullapara were ours before the certifications, before the export licence, before the word “flexitank” meant anything to us. We kept grinding because the seed from Sirajgonj was good.
We are third-generation sesame processors. The mills in Ullapara were ours before the certifications, before the export licence, before the word “flexitank” meant anything to us. We kept grinding because the work was steady and the seed from Sirajgonj was good.
The export desk came later, when buyers started writing in with specifications and SGS reports. This site is the company we’ve become for those buyers. The character — patient, careful, honest about what a shipment is and isn’t — hasn’t changed.
If you are a refinery in Busan, a food manufacturer in Rotterdam, a trader in Dubai — the desk answers within a business day. Crude oil ships in flexitank at twenty-two tonnes. Seeds ship in PP bags or containers. Every lot carries an SGS certificate of analysis, a phytosanitary clearance, and a health certificate. That is the short version of what we do.
The longer version — how the seed travels from a farm in the Sirajgonj sesame belt, through our cleaning floor, through the extraction line, to a container loading at Chattogram port — is the story of the next pages.
Sirajgonj sits along the Jamuna river in north-central Bangladesh, a flat expanse of alluvial soil that has grown sesame for as long as anyone in the district can remember. The seed likes a long dry spell after the rains — which is exactly what the climate here delivers, once the monsoon pulls back in early autumn. The farms are small, mostly family-held, and the crop rotates with pulses and mustard as the soil demands.
Our factory sits in Ullapara, an upazila within the district — close enough to the farms that seed travels by short inland road, not by rail or barge. The proximity is not incidental. It means a lot that fails moisture testing can return to the farmer the same week; it means we know, by name, who grew what we are pressing.
“The seed from Sirajgonj is good. We have always said this, and the SGS panel has always agreed.” — Shufola, Managing Director’s Note
Our relationships in the belt are old. Some of the farms we buy from today first sold to my father; a handful first sold to my grandfather. That continuity is not a marketing point — it is a practical advantage. The farmers know what we will pay, know what we will reject, know that a harvest that fails our moisture cutoff will be returned rather than written down. Trade flows both ways: we advance against planned acreage in certain seasons; they hold back first pick for the crushing schedule we announce in July.
The seed that comes off the farms is mixed: brown double-skin dominates the belt, but we source black and yellow double-skin alongside, and a smaller volume of single-skin from the highland growers to the north. Each arrives in jute sacks, stencilled with the farmer’s code. A clerk logs each sack against a lot number as it enters the yard.
Our factory runs on the two rhythms a sesame processor learns early: the slow, year-round work of cleaning and drying against the intense, seasonal push of crushing. The yard fills in autumn and empties by the spring. The oil lines run hardest from November through February, which is when the richest fraction — the first pressing — comes off.
The building itself is not ornamental. Corrugated steel walls, concrete floors, a raised catwalk over the cleaning line, three rust-red silos out back. A Swiss-built Bühler machine handles the fine cleaning; the rest is custom iron, built by technicians who have spent their lives around sesame. There is an in-house quality lab at one end, a loading bay at the other, and not much in between except the work.
Every lot travels a short inland road from the Ullapara crushing line down to Chattogram, where our port office handles shipping coordination, C&F liaison, and documentation.
“Two points. One short inland road. Every lot accounted for.”
Oil is our core business. Crude sesame oil from the first pressing ships in flexitank; refined ships bottled or drummed to spec. Seeds ship in PP bags, cleaned and dried to the moisture cutoff a refinery or bakery asks for.
— 01 · Featured
Crushed from carefully selected seeds at the Ullapara line. Deep golden color, rich natural aroma. The first-pressing fraction is our core export product for refineries and premium food manufacturers.
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Crystal-clear with a light, clean taste. Suitable for cooking, food processing, and consumer-grade products.
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Double-skin variety. Cleaned and dried to optimal moisture levels. Versatile for oil extraction, bakery, and confectionery applications.
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Double-skin variety. Cleaned and dried to preserve quality and shelf life. Rich in nutrients, prized in East Asian cuisines and health-food markets.
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Double-skin variety. Cleaned and dried for uniform quality. Mild flavor profile suited for bakery, confectionery, and tahini production.
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Single-skin variety sourced from highland regions. Cleaned and dried. Smooth texture with a delicate nutty flavor for premium food applications.
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Single-skin variety from highland cultivation. Cleaned and dried. Distinctive flavor for specialty and traditional food products.
Spec sheet →Every lot travels the same five stages, in the same order, over the course of two to three weeks between intake and bill of lading. What changes from lot to lot is the density of tests, the customer’s packing spec, and the Incoterm.
Selected from trusted farms across the Sirajgonj sesame belt for premium raw material quality. Every sack arrives coded to a farmer and a planting lot; nothing enters the cleaning floor without a yard log entry.
Multi-stage mechanical cleaning followed by drying to optimal moisture levels for quality preservation. The Bühler line handles the fine fraction; the drying floor takes the rest of the week.
Selected seeds crushed to extract crude sesame oil, preserving natural aroma and nutrients. The first-pressing fraction is what buyers ask for by name; the cake goes to feed and soap applications and is tracked separately.
SGS-certified laboratory testing for acidity, moisture, colour, and purity. Results travel with the lot as a certificate of analysis; a retained sample stays with us for two years.
Packed in flexitank, drums, or PP oven bags. Full export documentation from LC to Bill of Lading prepared in-house, cleared through Chattogram port by our in-house desk.
The export desk is a tight operation. Documentation, LC handling, freight booking, and C&F liaison all stay in-house. We do not subcontract the paperwork, which is why amendments and port holds rarely become a buyer’s problem.
Bill of Lading, Certificate of Origin, Phytosanitary, Health Certificate, and all LC-required documents prepared in-house.
Partnerships with major shipping lines. Flexitank for oil, standard containers for seeds. Direct access to Chattogram port.
Established banking relationships. Expert LC negotiation, amendment handling, and compliance documentation.
Every shipment tested by SGS Bangladesh. Full compliance with buyer specifications and food safety standards.
Flexitank, drums, and PP oven bags. Private labeling and custom packaging available on request.
From proforma invoice to final shipment — C&F coordination, freight booking, and regulatory compliance.
§ Accredited & Documented
SGS Tested · Phytosanitary-certified · Health Certificate — issued per shipment · Certificate of Origin · Bangladesh Bank Compliant
Whether you need a quote, product specifications, or want to discuss a long-term supply partnership — we respond within twenty-four hours on business days.