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

Table of Contents

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
• Sudzucker
• 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