Sustainable palm oil pledge from Central Foods

Frozen food distributor Central Foods has demonstrated its commitment to the environment by ensuring that all products in its range that contain palm oil only include sustainable palm oil that has been certified by RSPO – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

The company, one of the UK’s leading frozen food distributors, is a Supply Chain Associate of RSPO and has confirmed that only products with RSPO-certified palm oil feature in the Central Foods range.

“RSPO offers assurance to the customer that the standard of palm oil production is sustainable, and, as a responsible company that is committed to sustainable sourcing and to the environment, Central Foods is very pleased to be able to confirm that all products in our range that contain palm oil only include RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil,” said Gordon Lauder, managing director of Central Foods.

Northamptonshire-based Central Foods is one of the UK’s leading frozen food distributors, supplying hundreds of different lines into foodservice, ranging from vegetarian and free-from items, meat products, bakery items and canapés through to buffet products, desserts and puddings. It currently sells to more than 240 independent wholesalers, as well as larger national and regional wholesalers, and foodservice caterers across the entire foodservice industry including schools, universities, pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, leisure centres, garden centres, cafés, care homes and many other outlets.