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 published by Business Insights in September, 2009. This report consists of 116 pages and the price starts from US $ 2875.

Introduction

Abstract

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.

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

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