Deeply rooted in West Africa, fonio has been cultivated for generations on smallholder farms, but is now taking on a wider role as a gluten-free alternative in baked products across North America and Europe. Its light, nutty flavor profile, paired with more protein than rice or cassava flour, blends a real story with real taste and health benefits your customers will love.
With 7–9% protein, fonio flour adds more nutrition to a blend than white rice flour (about 6%) or cassava flour (1–3%).
In our baking trials, fonio contributed a light, slightly nutty character to bread, cake, and patisserie. Tasters rated fonio baguettes at about 80% for flavor, aroma, shape, and texture.
Fonio is a gluten-free grain with meaningful protein content, suitable for gluten-free lines or to add nutrition to a multigrain loaf. In our madeleine trials, 50/50 blends of fonio with corn or manioc received positive feedback on flavor.
Fonio has been cultivated in West Africa for generations, often in regions where other grains do not grow well. Our flour is Fairtrade certified and fully traceable, supporting sustainability and positive impact for farming communities.
Our R&D team blended fonio flour with wheat, corn, millet, and manioc flours in a variety of bread and patisserie recipes. Here are the results from those trials.
14 loaves per 3 kg flour blend at about 270 g baked, with about 80% taster approval on flavor, aroma, shape and texture.
15 loaves per 3 kg flour blend at about 295 g baked, with about 80% taster approval.
7 loaves at about 480 g each, baked at 220°C for 20 minutes after an 80-minute proof.
Tasting notes: good flavor, very good aroma.
100% of tasters liked the flavor, with very successful texture across 30-piece batches.
7 of 8 tasters liked the flavor, with very successful texture.
Let us know how much fonio flour you would like to try. We will send a free sample, along with recipes and support from our team.
We recommend starting with 10% fonio flour in your blend to increase protein and flavor. Most bakers won't need to change their process, and our team is available to help with any adjustments.
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Terra's fonio comes from the Groupement des Producteurs de Fonio au Foutah (GPFF) in Guinea's Fouta Djallon highlands.
Our fonio is Fairtrade-certified and processed in BRC-certified facilities, with full traceability from farm to warehouse.
Every formulation, yield and tasting note from Terra's bread, cake and patisserie trials, with photos from each batch. One page, ready to share with your R&D team.
