'Curious about the journey of your cashews?'

Cashews grow on trees in Africa and Asia, mainly on small plots or in the bush. After the yield, we source directly from local exporters, cooperative farmer unions or farmer groups.

We have also initiated new plantations ourselves: we have started tree plantations in 66 villages near our factory in India. Forty of these villages contain workers coming to our factory at Tuticorin. To establish a connection with all the villages and the workers, we will provide cashew trees and other plants. Our goal is for cashew plants to become a long-term additional source of income for inhabitants

After an independent laboratory has checked the quality of the cashew kernels, they are shipped to the port of Rotterdam. From there, they are transported by road to our distribution centre in the Netherlands.

From the distribution centre, our cashews travel all over Europe. At local factories they are roasted to gold brown and vacuum packed into big bags to maintain the best quality and taste. From there, the cashews are divided into their final consumer bag or cup.

To end their trip, the cashews are transported to the distribution centres and supermarket retailers. From there, they are delivered to your store for you to enjoy.

Being transparent starts with knowing your suppliers of the raw materials. The raw cashew nuts we process are sourced from Africa and Asia. For us, it is crucial to know from where and from whom we are buying. By understanding our suppliers, we know exactly who’s dealing with our cashews and if they meet our standards in terms of values, reliability, the quality needs of the consumer.

We aim to source close to 90% of our raw cashew nuts directly from local exporters, cooperative farmer unions or farmer groups. We aim to have traceability back to the region where the raw cashew nuts are harvested.

Year on year, we work to increase the portion which can be traced back to the individual villages where the farmers live. In 2021, we aim to reach around 25% to be traceable back to the cooperatives.

To maintain our high integrity standard, we request our suppliers to sign our code of conduct underlining our core values. In addition, we audit our suppliers on financial procedures and ethical practices in order to improve the well-being of all involved in the process.