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60 company news<br />
FrieslandCampina Kievit announces dairy solutions for<br />
single-serve coffee capsules & pods<br />
FrieslandCampina Kievit, one of the leading global manufacturers of beverage<br />
and food ingredients, has developed a range of premium dairy-based solutions<br />
for capsules that promises the rich taste and appealing appearance consumers<br />
are willing to pay a premium for. With the launch of the new Vana®-Cappa<br />
range, FrieslandCampina Kievit continues its mission to create moments of<br />
indulgence for consumers.<br />
Coffee enthusiasts are increasingly seeking to replicate at home the quality and<br />
variety of choices offered by coffee shops. This is reflected in the global volume<br />
growth of 8.5% of the single-serve coffee pod market and the increase of 9% in<br />
the number of milk-based single-serve coffee pod introductions in 2016, compared to the year before.<br />
The ‘milky part’ providing creaminess, in the form of both dairy and non-dairy alternatives, has substantially gained<br />
popularity, which created the demand for a variety of coffees such as cappuccino, café latte and latte macchiato.<br />
The out-of-home experience is now looking to be replicated in-home as well, with preferences shifting from multi-serve to<br />
single pod, and black coffee to Italian-style specialties. This steady growth is set to continue in the years ahead, with<br />
single-serve expected to grow 25% by the year 2021.<br />
Commenting on the launch, Charll van Veen, Sales Manager Single-Serve Brewing Systems at FrieslandCampina Kievit,<br />
said: “Coffee preferences vary enormously throughout the world. Offering consumers rich taste and appealing<br />
appearance comes down to understanding the many factors that influence purchasing habits, like creaminess, milkiness,<br />
colour, foam height, texture and intensity of the coffee flavour. Our portfolio of dairy-based solutions for single-serve<br />
brewing systems embraces this diversity.” n<br />
SVZ triumphs in inaugural EcoVadis sustainability<br />
awards<br />
Premium fruit and vegetable ingredients supplier, SVZ, has been crowned<br />
‘best CSR performer’ in the food and beverage category at the first<br />
EcoVadis Sustainability Leaders Awards. Celebrating excellence in<br />
sustainability practices across the world, the awards ranked SVZ as the<br />
strongest performing company in the category.<br />
SVZ won the accolade for its efforts in four areas: environment, labour<br />
practices, fair business practices and sustainable procurement. The<br />
company scored highly for its sustainability standards across diverse criteria, such<br />
as energy consumption, working conditions and sustainable agricultural practices across its supply chains, among others.<br />
The award win follows SVZ’s coveted EcoVadis Gold rating for excellence in sustainability in 2016, meaning it ranks in the<br />
top two percent of all businesses evaluated.<br />
Jobien Laurijssen, sustainability manager at SVZ, comments, “We’re delighted to have been recognised by EcoVadis in<br />
the Sustainability Leaders Awards. Sustainability is absolutely integral to our business, and our initiatives to date have<br />
proved very successful, including our farmer training programme – helping to implement best practice and maximise<br />
sustainability. Maintaining an efficient supply chain means that every member of SVZ and its network of growers is<br />
continually looking to improve environmental performance while working to the highest quality and safety standards.<br />
“From processing at source to reducing pesticide use and supporting water management programmes, we will continue<br />
this positive work for many more years to come, to not only benefit our employees and local communities, but further<br />
afield, too.”<br />
Constantly working to improve its sustainable agricultural principles, SVZ joined farmed-owned co-operative Royal Cosun<br />
in 1986 and is committed to a wide range of successful CSR initiatives to maximise positive value creation in its supply<br />
chains. In 2010, the company set a target to reduce energy consumption by 20% by 2020 across all its operations. SVZ<br />
also outlined its new structured CSR programme in 2014, built around the core pillars of sustainable agriculture, efficient<br />
operations and valuing people. n<br />
www.foodmagazine.eu.com <strong>issue</strong> two | <strong>2017</strong>
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