FoodEurope Issue 4 2016

60 company news
Sensient further invests
in Hungary
Sensient Food Colors Europe has
invested in its Hungarian facility in
Diósd, to further enhance its
customer support. Sensient is
extending its tailor made
packaging for customers, enabling
the production of pack sizes for
the exact customer batch size
required. This ensures product
safety when handling food colours,
saves time and eases production
by using dedicated quantities.
For the pet food market Sensient
can also offer water soluble
sachets, further extending the
ease of use for customers in this
increasingly important industry
sector.
The flexibility of this new facility
means that products can be
packaged in wide range of
different pack sizes to meet
growing customer demands in a
more tailored environment.
Eszter Krahl, Managing Director of
Sensient Food Colors Hungary,
commented, “this customised
packaging facility further extends
the services and convenience we
offer, demonstrating Sensient’s
approach of constantly improving
dedicated support tailored to our
customers’ needs.”
The site in Diósd has full FSSC
22000 certification and operates
to Sensient’s consistent high
standards. n
Cargill direct purchasing licence boosts cocoa
sustainability
Cargill’s cocoa &
chocolate business
has established its
own licensed buying
company (LBC)
following the
successful
application for a
licence from the
Ghanaian Cocoa
Board (Cocobod).
The new LBC is now fully operational and Cargill
has purchased its first consignment of beans directly from cocoa farmers in
Ghana, with around 30,000 farmers already registered with the LBC. By
directly sourcing the beans, the company is now able to diversify the way it
sources sustainable beans and rolls out the Cargill Cocoa Promise more
effectively to better serve its customers.
“Direct sourcing of certified beans from farmers via our own LBC in Ghana is
an exciting new business model for us”, said Lionel Soulard, Managing
Director West-Africa, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate: “Cocoa sustainability is at
the heart of our global growth strategy for cocoa and chocolate. Developing a
direct sourcing capability in the world’s second largest cocoa producing
country means we will be better placed to meet growing demand for
sustainable, certified cocoa.
“We are confident this business model will add value at every level particularly
for farmers who, as a result of working directly with us, will make a better
living out of cocoa farming, and we are really proud of this development.”
Cargill has been operating a cocoa processing plant in Ghana since 2008. The
move to direct sourcing of cocoa via its 60 strong team in the country reflects
the company’s commitment to growing the business in Ghana. It will also
enable a more direct approach to supporting more productive, profitable and
sustainable farms.
The new purchasing model will be fully sustainable and fully certified. By
operating its own LBC, Cargill will implement high standards of safety,
integrity and quality throughout the supply chain in Ghana.
“We already source directly from cocoa farmers or farmer organisations in the
other cocoa producing countries in which we operate. By moving to this model
in Ghana we will be much better positioned to fully implement the Cargill
Cocoa Promise.
“This means expanding our sustainability activities to enable farmers to
benefit from premium payments for certified sustainable cocoa beans.
Farming communities will also be able to benefit from training, community and
farm development support which will also help with improving their livelihoods.
For example around community support, we will be building four new schools
to serve the children of cocoa farmers in the four districts where we will
operate.
“It is our objective to work hand in hand with the Ghanaian authorities to
improve the livelihoods of cocoa communities for generations to come,”
concludes Lionel Soulard. n
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