Menengai Oil Refineries
Bar soap, laundry soap, cooking fat, and edible oils under the Menengai brand across East Africa.
Kenya's largest manufacturer of bar soap, laundry soap, cooking fat, and edible oils under the Menengai brand. Menengai's Nakuru refinery processes over 100,000 metric tonnes of vegetable oils annually and distributes to Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and DRC. ISO 22000 and HACCP certified. Products include white bar soap, cooking oil blends, and shortening formulations for food manufacturers. Halal-certified production available. Competitive wholesale pricing with EAC preferential tariff access.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Nakuru, Kenya
- Founded
- 1969
- Website
- menengaioil.com
- Categories
- Pantry & Dry Goods, Cleaning & Household Supplies
- Markets
- Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia
Verified facts
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-04 OpenSanctions
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-04 OpenSanctions
- media-mention (green), checked 2020-02-18 tuko.co.ke
- standards-mark-certified (green), checked 2026-05-20 Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), register of products with Standardisation Mark permits
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-04 Domain registry record
Claimed certifications
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- HACCP
- Halal Certified
- KEBS Standardization Mark (Kenya) KEBS products with S-Mark
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA
- Consumer goods sold in the EU fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, applies since 13 Dec 2024): a responsible person in the EU is mandatory. EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (GPSR)