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7,000 Football fields!
Just imagine! This is how much room the fields that our potatoes grow on need. They grow for at least three months until they are harvested. Around 300 selected farmers bring us the best quality. Long-term contracts are the basis of a partnership that brings the know-how of our agricultural experts together with the experience of our farmers. Hand in hand, they provide reliable quality and guaranteed income for the farmers.
Strict guidelines guarantee reviewable cultivation methods which protect the environment and the consumer. Documented data on fertilization, irrigation and soil conditions along with targeted checks along the line from planting to harvest deliver important information. We have categorically decided against GM plants. Our method of contracted cultivation supplies us with high quality potatoes and allows for sustainable farming and an intact environment.
By the way:
Our potato fields are all found close to our factories in Germany and Poland. This way our transport distances are short, it saves resources and is good for the region.
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Our wheat
The flour that is used for our products is made from the best wheat and only ground in mills that we have certified ourselves. Some of the mills are also certified according to ISO and BRC. Here too: Goodness can be found right next door. For example, we use wheat from the region around our factory.
Best vegetable oils
For the production of your favorite snacks, we only use pure and high quality sunflower oil and rapseed oil, which have a high share of unsaturated fats.
High quality nuts
Sustainable and high standards – these are the criteria our nuts have to fulfill before they come into the bag. Therefore, we set great value on long-term and cooperative relationships with our suppliers and farmers at the origin.
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PALM OIL FROM SUSTAINABLE CULTIVATION
Besides sunflower oil, we also use palm oil to make some of our products. For the products that we use palm oil for, already in 2014 we switched to 100% certified sustainable palm oil at all our European locations.
In addition, we are member of the RSPO (Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil) and the FONAP (Forum for Sustainable Palm Oil).
Packaging
Better to be on the safe side.
In order to bring fresh snacks to your table, they have to be packaged right. But how can we do this and be environmentally friendly at the same time?
A bag load of good ideas
Did you know that the foil of our chips bag is as thin as a hair? Something so thin doesn‘t weigh very much either – actually just a few grams when the bag is empty. These are the details that our packaging specialists work on. Their motivation is the aim to use resources efficiently and to make our packaging even better with new ideas. So that our snacks remain fresh and get to you safely – and so that you don‘t have that much to throw away when you are done.
Eco-friendly packaging
The large share of our cardboard is made of recycled material. In addition, our german and polish sites are certified according to the FSC® standard for well-managed forestry since the beginning of 2018.
