Vegetable oils and fats for commercial customers

Social compatibility

Until we can enjoy a product of the countries of the south, many people become worldwide active. With trade partners from the south, we commit ourselves, among other things, to the payment of fair prices and the granting of reliable, long-term and on partnership based trade relations.

Non-animal* testing / Vegan / BSE and TSE

We understand veganism as a philosophy and life-style trying, as far as practically possible, to avoid all forms of exploitation and cruelty towards animals capable of suffering.

We reject any kind of animal testing within the production of our products.

Hence we confirm herewith that the manufacture and development of our products do not and have not involved the use of any animal product, by product or derivative and do not or have not involved testing of any sort on animals* conducted at the initiative of my company or on its behalf, or by parties over whom we have effective control. Our products are qualified as vegan and thereby no risk of BSE/TSE.

*We understand the word "animal" to refer to the entire Animal Kingdom, which is all vertebrates and all multi-cellular invertebrates.

Halal/Kosher

We declare to the best of our knowledge that our products meet the following requirements:

They do not contain pork-derived ingredient
They do not contain alcohol and during manufacturing, we do not use alcohol, alcohol-derived ingredients, pork, or pork-derived ingredients
They do not contain wine or wine-vinegar
They do not contain gelatin
They do not contain any dairy products
They do not contain any meat products
Products produced by us were not manufactured with equipment/machineries, which was used producing products, which contain any of the above mentioned.

In addition, we declare that the raw material used in our factory plant do not pose any problem for halal/kosher certification, such as e.g. dairy derivatives, meat derivatives, fats, enzymes, grapes, gelatin, alcohol, wine etc.

At plant, there is also no use of steam return system or spray dryer.

Ecological compatibility

It is our goal to contribute to environmental as well as climate protection by developing and using production methods, which are dedicated to these issues. Therefore, we use only natural raw materials from, if possible, controlled ecological cultivation. We also seek to solely use eco-friendly and energy-efficient production procedures as well as packaging and transportation systems. Our parcels are transported a way that produces lower emission, that way minimizing our environmental effects. All our products are marked with the Green Point.

Because of our participation in the dual system of the green point for recycling sales packaging, we provide far more than only the fulfilment of our obligations from the Packaging Ordinance. We contribute to climate protection and conservation of resources. In fact recycling is an important factor for reducing greenhouse gases and is a crucial contribution to climate protection.

CITES

We declare to the best of our knowledge that we do not use any plants to manufacture our products, which are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). In some rare cases we use plants which are listed in CITES (e.g. prickly pear seeds). However, the plants we use are cultivated which means that the restrictions of CITES do not apply.

GMO (Genetically modified organisms)

Our product range does not include any genetically manipulated products. We strictly reject the use of genetic engineering in agriculture as well as in the food industry, because this contradicts our self-understanding of healthy and fair food production. Our products are GMO free and therefore in accordance with Regulations (EC) No. 1829/2003 and No. 1830/2003. A labelling regarding presence of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is therefore not necessary.

Child labour

Herewith we declare to the best of our knowledge that our products are manufactured and/or processed without exploitative child labour within the meaning of the Convention 182 of the International Labour Organization (ILO).