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Epd FOR “PIACERE LEGGERO” FRESH MILK IN PET BOTTLES 1. the company 1. the company 2. certification The company was set up in 1957 by a small cooperative situated near Bologna and owned by Granlatte Società Cooperativa Agricola, together with which it forms the largest milk chain in Italy, with shares held directly by the farmer members of the cooperative. Since the early nineties, the Group has been divided into two distinct, synergistic structures: a consortium of milk producers (Granlatte) – which operates in the farming industry and collects the raw material – and a joint-stock company (Granarolo S.p.A.), which controls the industrial and marketing activities. Granarolo is one of the leading food-processing companies in Italy. The Group closed the year 2011 with a turnover of about 849 million euros and has: • 6 production plants distributed across the country; • 2,083 employees; • 1,200 refrigerated vehicles for the distribution. The group’s business is divided into 3 main areas: milk & cream, yogurt and dairy products. Granarolo is the leading Italian company in the sale of fresh milk and organic milk and dairy products under an industrial brand name and is one of the leaders on the market for UHT milk (2nd largest market share), yogurt (3rd) and fresh cheese (2nd). The central office of Granarolo S.p.A. is situated in Bologna and it has production plants in several regions of Italy. 2. certification Granarolo adopts an integrated approach to quality policies that combines economic, environmental and ethical objectives along the entire food chain, from the farm to the consumer’s table. A path upon which the Company embarked about 15 years ago, by opting for a high quality strategy that has culminated today in the traceability of the chain, in the quality, in the environment and occupational safety. page 2
Epd FOR “PIACERE LEGGERO” FRESH MILK IN PET BOTTLES 3. the product This Environmental Product Declaration EPD concerns the “Piacere Leggero” partly skimmed pasteurized fresh milk packaged in one and a half-litre, one-litre and half-litre PET bottles. The “Piacere Leggero” pasteurized fresh milk in bottles solely comes from Italian selected farms and contains only 1,6% of fat. The whole raw milk coming from the Granarolo production plants is subjected to a single pasteurization treatment and conforms to all the requirements laid down by law 169/89. The standards currently adopted by Granarolo for the raw material used enable the milk to be subjected to a more delicate pasteurization process so as to make it more similar to milk freshly milked and, in addition, the milk is completely safe from the point of view of health and hygiene. 3. the product traced milk parameters weighted mean geometrical mean law standard Energy 199 kJ (47 kcal) Fat p/v 3.85% – – Protein p/v 3.44% – – Protein 3.24 g Somatic cells (thousands of cells per ml) Bacterial load (thousands of bacteria per ml) normal milk parameters – 286 – – 28 – weighted mean geometrical mean law standard Fat p/v 3.82% – – Carbohydrates Fat Food fiber 5.00 g of which sugar 5.00 g 1.60 g of which saturated 1.10 g 0.0 g Protein p/v 3.42% – – Somatic cells (thousands of cells per ml) Bacterial load (thousands of bacteria per ml) – 329 – – 80 – Sodium Calcium 0.05 g 120 mg (15% of the recommended daily intake) table 1 – quality and safety standards of raw material granarolo. table 2 - nutritional data per 100 ml of product. page 3
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