A high and reliable product quality is our declared goal corporate objective

For this purpose a team of 6 competent employees in our quality control department is at your disposal. From incoming goods to outgoing goods, we accompany the entire processes of our products with great commitment within the framework of our internal quality management system.

Our more than 750 articles from the agricultural and bakery trade goods sectors comply at least with the EU Eco Regulation. Many of these articles are also approved as association goods, for example Bioland, Naturland, Demeter or BioSuisse. The routes of our trade goods, from domestic grain to organic vanilla from the Comoros, are of course fully traceable.

Trust is good, quality control is better...

Each batch of grain, coarse meal and flour is analysed in our own laboratory for productspecific (baking) properties. We thus offer the highest possible degree of product safety and can respond to individual customer requirements. In order to ensure the optimum quality of our self-produced grain products, we specifically mix raw ingredients from different batches. Any additional analyses that we cannot carry out ourselves, such as tests for pesticides, mycotoxins, microbiology, heavy metals and special contaminants, are only outsourced to accredited laboratories with whom we have worked for many years.

Our commercial goods are pre-analysed according to our analysis plan and always purchased with detailed specifications. In doing so, we attach great importance to longterm, trusting cooperation with producers and traders in the most diverse countries of origin, also beyond European borders. Alternatively, we can obtain the Merchandise from experienced importers. A consistent and comprehensive incoming goods inspection ensures the quality of our extensive product range.

In addition to the requirements of our various certification standards, which serve to ensure compliance with eco-conformity and food and feed safety and are reviewed at least annually in independent external audits, we have established a comprehensive internal quality management system.

It is the many small and large steps in all areas that make for sustainable corporate thinking for us.

• Organic

Our natural resources are not infinite. If you want a sustainable economy, you have to do business ecologically. This thinking determines our actions in each of our areas – in agriculture, as a producer and as a trader. We are convinced that this is the right way – for nature, for us today and for our grandchildren. Through the nutrient cycles in organic farming, the available resources can be used optimally and the soil fertility that is so important for all our lives is restored and maintained. This also protects our climate, as humus-rich soils act as a CO2 sink and at the same time, by dispensing with nitrogenous mineral fertilisers, significantly less CO2 is released into the atmosphere. Through organic farming, we prevent pollution with environmentally toxic substances, such as synthetic pesticides and nitrogenous mineral fertilisers, thus protecting the flora and fauna as well as our groundwater. Even genetically modified substances do not belong in food and are prohibited in organic farming and processing. Instead, diversity of natural is preserved and promoted e.g. by hedges/flower strips and habitats for pollinating insects such as bees and bumblebees.
Through all this production and trade we are producing and trading with high quality food and protect our environment – for all of us.

• Logistics & Packaging

We pride ourselves on not only keeping an eye on the whole supply chain, but also designing it. Here too, sustainable thinking determines our actions. This begins with logistics and does not end with packaging.
In our own modern vehicle fleet we use telematics to record diesel consumption and driving behaviour. This not only enables us to implement your delivery wishes in the best possible way, but also ensures efficient collection and delivery of the goods.
In food wholesale, it is often not possible to do without packaging completely. However, we pay attention to sustainable packaging materials and reduce these and especially the plastic content. Wherever possible, we try to minimise the product and transport packaging.

• Energy/ecology

In our daily work, we always question ourselves how we can save energy and resources. With the certification of our energy management system according to ISO 50001, we have committed ourselves to continuously improve our energy-related performance in all areas. In doing so, we have defined a number of energy targets. For example, we want to reduce our total electricity consumption by at least 1.5% per year. For the trading company, this corresponds to an annual electricity saving of around 18,500 kWh and thus a saving of around 4.96 t of CO2, which is thus emitted less into the environment. For the organic feed, this corresponds to an annual electricity saving of around 10,500 kWh and thus a saving of around 2.84 t CO2. In the area of logistics, we are also aiming for an annual diesel saving of 1.5%, which corresponds to about 1,000 litres of diesel.

This is achieved, among other things, by energy-saving measures, continuous process optimisation and the comprehensive use of efficient technologies. As part of a training campaign, we sensitise our employees to the subject of energy and energy management and thus promote the willingness of each individual to take responsibility. This helps to improve our energy-related performance. For us, saving energy consists of many small steps, but there are also some big ones - in 2017, we built two new energy-efficient cold storage halls and are using the waste heat generated to heat the warehouse office and the related sanitary facilities.