Salt, bouillon cube, dried crayfish, vegetable oil (or any edible oil such as palm oil) and other seasonings are added to taste.

Industry in the woreda includes 45 grain mills, 12 edible oil mills, 5 bakeries, 6 wood-working shops and 1 metalworks.

Seeds can be pressed to produce an edible oil (solid at ambient temperatures) or margarine which are used for cooking.

A number of important consumer goods, including grain, cotton cloth, meat, eggs, edible oil, sugar, and bicycles, were rationed during the 1960s and 1970s.

The industries under this conglomerate include cement, steel, consumer goods, tobacco, edible oil etc.