Every day, thousands of Nigerians buy popular flour-based snacks such as puff-puff, buns and doughnuts from roadside vendors without ever wondering how or where they are made. In this report, DANIEL AYANTOYE traces their journey, uncovering unhygienic conditions, regulatory gaps and hidden dangers lurking behind every bite
As the sun dipped below the Lagos skyline, workers sprang into action, mixing flour, sugar and yeast into dough in large bowls as they raced against time to produce batches of popular street snacks such as puff-puff, buns and doughnuts for the next day’s dawn hawking across the bustling city.
By first light, the golden-brown snacks would begin their journey across Lagos, changing hands from production centres to hawkers and, eventually, to commuters hurrying to work, schoolchildren heading to class and office workers seeking a quick breakfast.
For many Nigerians, these handy street snacks remain a favourite because they are affordable, readily available
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