Ardo CSR rapport 2024 - Flipbook - Page 52
We are Ardo
The path to a more
sustainable food system
Minimal environmental
impact
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Sustainability
statements
2. Promoting fresh frozen products
Fresh frozen vegetables, herbs, and fruit have a range of benefits and
are ideal to enable a more sustainable diet for our consumers.
Grown in open fields
in the natural season
Enjoy complete convenience in the kitchen
Packed full of vitamins
Higher vitamin C retention in fresh frozen beans
The nutritional value of vegetables, herbs
with our fresh frozen vegetables, herbs, and
We grow our vegetables, herbs, and fruit
and fruit starts to fall straight after they’re
fruit as everything is pre-washed and
during the ‘right’ season. This minimises our
harvested. At Ardo, they are frozen in
pre-cut! And because our fresh frozen
impact on the environment as they grow in
factories close to the fields in the country
products are easy to divide into portions,
the best possible conditions and use less
of origin, immediately after harvesting,
you can be sure you’re using the right amount
water and energy.
so they retain their maximum nutritional
every time. Ardo’s fresh frozen products not
value.
only save energy, but also a lot of time in the
kitchen!
Less food waste
Cost-effective
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Vitamin C retention (%)
Complete convenience
Frozen -18°C
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60
Freshly bought vegetables after 3 to 7 days
40
Cold storage 4°C
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days
Cold storage 13°C
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10
days
15
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At Ardo, our products are already
Time after harvest (days)
pre-washed and pre-cut, and we process
Our fresh frozen products allow you
the residual waste left behind in our own
to save on costs in the kitchen by
biomethanisation plant. This means you can
enjoying fresh frozen vegetables,
Myth or fact: are fresh vegetables more
be sure that the weight you buy actually ends
herbs, and fruit day in, day out,
nutritious than fresh frozen vegetables?
up on your plate. Moreover, according to
at stable prices that don’t change
various university studies, frozen vegetables
depending on the season.
The general perception is that fresh vegetables
can lead to more than 80%1 lower waste at
are far more nutritious than their fresh frozen
the retailer level and an additional 20 to 40%2
counterparts. But are they really?
less waste at the consumer level.
A study from Ghent University revealed significant
differences in vitamin C levels between fresh and
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Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment (2021)
United States, Heller and Keoleian (2017) United States
Study from Wageningen University in Dutch households
frozen green beans.
Source: Ghent University
