Every food safety software platform promises to make you audit-ready. The difference between them is who writes the content inside: the requirement sets, the checklists, the critical limits, the clause mappings and the corrective action logic. A software company hires content writers or hands the job to you. ASCloud is built by ASC Food Safety Consultants, a consultancy whose FSSC 22000 and BRCGS lead auditors, SAATCA-registered R638 implementers and environmental health practitioners implement and audit food safety systems in plants across South Africa every week. The software is the delivery mechanism for that work. As at October 2026 it serves sites from R499 to R3,800 per site per month, excluding VAT.
Content by people who sit in the audit room
When FSSC 22000 Version 7 was published in May 2026, the ASC team mapped the changes into the requirement set within weeks, because they were already preparing clients for the same transition. Subscribers received the mapping as proposed revisions with a gap view. A software vendor with a content team learns the standard from the document. A consultancy learns it from the audits it sits through and the non-conformances it closes.
Setup by consultants, not by you
The most common reason food safety software fails is that it is never finished. The quality manager is given an empty system and a video tutorial, and the paper never leaves. On ASCloud an ASC specialist loads your documents, builds your checklists from your existing forms, migrates your records within the quoted scope and trains your team in two live sessions. You go live with your own system in five working days.
Support that knows your plant
ASC’s offices in Gqeberha, Johannesburg and Cape Town carry more than 366 Google reviews between them. The people who answer the phone during your audit are the people who configured your system, and they have sat on both sides of the audit table. Ticketing and chat have their place. They are not the same as a lead auditor on a screen-share at 07:00 on audit day.
One company, the whole chain
ASC consults, trains and audits. ASC Food Safety Training runs the online courses your team needs for FSSC 22000, HACCP, R638 and food safety culture, and the training records land on ASCloud. ASC Pest Control records its visits directly on your system where it serves your site. The document toolkits in the ASC shop are the same procedures the system runs. The audit, the training, the pest control and the records all speak the same language.
What a software-only vendor does better
Honesty matters. If your group is standardising one platform across continents with deep integrations into a global ERP, a large international vendor has more connectors built and offices in more regions. Compare both carefully on your own records, and ask both who maintains the content when the standard changes.
Meet the people who built it
A 20-minute demo with your standard loaded, run by a food safety specialist, not a sales deck.
Frequently asked questions
Who is behind ASCloud?
ASC Food Safety Consultants, founded by Mthokozisi Nkosi, FSSC 22000 and BRCGS lead auditor and HPCSA-registered environmental health practitioner, with offices in Gqeberha, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Do consulting clients use ASCloud?
ASC’s consulting, training and auditing clients include KFC Africa, Spur Corp, Adcock Ingram and TotalEnergies. ASCloud is a separate product that the same specialists configure for subscribing sites.
Is the software developed in South Africa?
Yes. ASCloud is developed and supported in South Africa by ASC’s software team working beside its lead auditors, with the data hosted in South Africa.