Associated British Foods (ABF) has been praised by non-profit, Lever Foundation for its new commitment to source only cage-free eggs and egg ingredients globally.
The Twinnings owner will be joining a growing number of food businesses with commitments to sourcing only cage-free eggs across global supply chains, including Big 4 grocers Tesco and Aldi.
This also spans across food manufacturers such as Bakkavor, Unilever, Nestle, Mondelez and Danone.
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As part of its responsible sourcing insights, ABF said: “We believe in the importance of high animal health and welfare standards,” adding that its grocery business, which is based partly in the UK, has committed to sourcing 100% cage-free eggs by 2025.
“We congratulate ABF on this new global cage-free egg policy, which will spare egg-laying hens across the world from intensive cage confinement while also boosting food safety for customers and enhancing the company’s sustainable sourcing standards,” Lever Foundation’s Kirsty Tuxford commented.
This comes as last month, more companies than ever were seen to be making global commitments towards cage-free production, according to the sixth annual EggTrack report by Compassion in World Farming.
Of the 232 companies in the report, 75.4% now report progress towards their cage-free commitments, an increase from 71% in 2021.
