Using Sustainable Ingredients in Food and Drinks: Opportunities in local sourcing, fairtrade and organic

Using Sustainable Ingredients in Food and Drinks: Opportunities in local sourcing, fairtrade and organic

With growing global awareness of issues derived from man-made changes in the environment, consumers are beginning to make purchasing choices driven by ethical considerations. This report looks at the impact sustainability has had on the food and drinks industry and on some of the ingredients, and describes the current regulatory situation. It points out sustainability strategies adopted by leading players in the industry, lists a number of non-governmental organizations involved in sustainability initiatives, and offers a future outlook based on these findings.

Using Sustainable Ingredients in Food and Drinks

Executive Summary

Introduction

The sustainable ingredients market

Case studies: Ingredients

Case studies: Companies

Conclusions

Chapter 1 Introduction

Summary

Introduction

Sustainable cultivation methods

Wildcrafting

Cultivation

Sustainably sourced ingredients

Environmentally sustainable sourcing

Method of production

Energy (carbon footprint)

Local sourcing

Conflicting consumer trends

Green products

Fairtrade

Organic products

Packaging

Cause marketing

Regulatory background

Wildcrafting

Organic

Labeling

Greenwashing

Chapter 2 The sustainable ingredients market

Summary

Introduction

Fairtrade

By region

By category

Organic food and beverage markets

Organic food

Chapter 3 Case studies: Ingredients

Summary

Introduction

Sustainable ingredients in food and drinks products

By search terms (growth and weighted growth)

Share of sustainable ingredients

By key trend

By claim

Key ingredients

Omega-3

Alternate sustainable source: Marine algae

Alternate sustainable source: Krill

Coffee

Shade-grown coffee

Organic coffee

Cocoa

Cinnamon

Palm Oil

Key applications

Example: Natural Sea Pink Salmon

Example: Cocoa Camino Organic Chocolate Chips

Chapter 4 Case studies: Companies

Summary

Introduction

Major ingredient and finished product manufacturers and sustainability

Kerry Group plc

Tate & Lyle

DSM

CSM

Corn Products International

Ajinomoto

Danisco

Südzucker

BASF

Archer Daniels Midland

Cargill

Royal Cosun Group

Givaudan

Associated British Food

McCormick & Company

Arla Foods

International Flavors and Fragrances

DuPont

Imperial Chemical Industries (Akzo Nobel)

Aarhuskarlshamn AB

Organizations

Fairtrade Foundation

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform

Sustainable Agriculture Network

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

Rainforest Alliance

The Organic Trade Association

Ethical Consumer Research Association Ltd

Ethical Products Organisation

Chapter 5 Conclusions

Summary

Introduction

Importance of various sustainability strategies for the food and drinks manufacturer

Raw materials sourcing (cultivation, wildcrafting)

Processing

Packaging

Transportation

Company attitudes towards sustainability

Sustainability as a consumer choice

The informed consumer

Regulatory issues

Future outlook

Index

List of Figures

Figure 1.1: The Protected Harvest label

Figure 1.2: Sustainable methods of production

Figure 1.3: A carbon footprint label

Figure 1.4: Climate change chocolate by Bloomsberry & Co and Earth Water

Figure 2.5: Sustainable ingredients by key trend

Figure 2.6: Fairtrade overall product sales by country 2008

Figure 2.7: Estimated sales of organic food and drink, top five markets ($m), 2008

Figure 3.8: Sustainable ingredients by trend

Figure 3.9: Sustainable ingredients by claim

Figure 3.10: Natural Seal Pink Salmon

Figure 3.11: Cocoa Camino Organic Chocolate Chips

Figure 4.12: Sustainability initiatives by Top 20 ingredients manufacturers

Figure 4.13: The Fairtrade Mark

Figure 4.14: Rainforest Alliance certification logo

Figure 5.15: Sustainability and product life cycle

List of Tables

Table 2.1: Fairtrade overall product sales by country, 2007-2008 ($m)

Table 2.2: Fair-trade sales by country and category, 2002, 2007, 2012 ($m)

Table 2.3: Estimated sales of organic food and drinks, top five markets ($m), 2008

Table 3.4: Food and drinks products by claim

Table 3.5: Sustainable ingredients by key trend

Table 3.6: Sustainable ingredients share by claim