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Why We Started: Replacing Generic Condiments on East Africa's Tables

Walk into almost any lodge or restaurant in East Africa and you'll find the same thing on the table: imported ketchup an...

Thomas Claessens
vision origin story

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Building the Foundation: A Belgium–Uganda Team

DRIP LAB is built on two continents by design.In Uganda, our co-founder — a professional chef — leads product developmen...

Thomas Claessens
team founding

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Three Recipes, One Signature: Our Sauce Line-Up

After extensive development work by our chef co-founder, our product line has taken shape around three recipes:Pineapple...

Thomas Claessens
product recipes

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Our First Customers: Lodges That Believed Early

Every brand remembers its first customers. Ours are lodges — the exact establishments we built DRIP LAB for.Today we ser...

Thomas Claessens
customers milestones

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Building the Machine: ERP, Data and a 300+ HORECA Database

A sauce company scales on its kitchen — but also on its systems. Before pushing for growth, we invested in infrastructur...

Thomas Claessens
infrastructure ERP

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The Road Ahead: Certification, Brand Launch and 500 Clients

With the foundations in place — recipes, systems, packaging strategy, quality validation — here is where DRIP LAB is hea...

Thomas Claessens
roadmap growth

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How We Incorporated in Uganda: A Founder's Guide with Bluebell Legal

Building a food brand in Uganda means building a Ugandan company — properly. Here's what the incorporation journey actua...

Thomas Claessens
incorporation Uganda legal

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Made in Uganda, with Uganda: Our Discussions with Makerere University

From the beginning, our ambition has been bigger than a sauce: build a value chain that is genuinely East African, end t...

Thomas Claessens
production Uganda Makerere

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Procédure de pasteurisation & embouteillage à froid

Document de travail — version préliminaire à valider avec un consultant sécurité alimentaire avant mise en production.1....

Thomas Claessens

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Pasteurization & Cold-Fill Bottling Procedure

Working draft — to be validated with a food safety consultant before production.1. PurposeThis procedure describes the p...

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