Our standards
Our responsibility
The manufacture of our products complies with the currently applicable regulations regarding the production of food. Our food safety and quality management system is regularly confirmed by internal and external inspections and audits (e.g. via voluntary unannounced IFS audits).
Our manufacturing and packaging plants (Sweet Tec GmbH, Toffee Tec GmbH, Sweet Pack Tec GmbH) are certified in accordance with the International Featured Standard (IFS) Food and are checked for consistent implementation of the strict requirements in annual monitoring and recertification audits. The plants have been awarded the highest category, the “Higher Level”. This award is particularly important and highly regarded in the food industry because it combines the strictest guidelines in the industry and guarantees food safety and quality at the highest level.
Energy management
As an energy-intensive industrial company, we are working hard with our sustainability and energy management team to continuously reduce energy consumption in relation to the quantity of sweets produced. Since 2015, we have had the energy management system and our energy-saving measures at our production sites (Sweet Tec GmbH and Toffee Tec GmbH) certified annually by TÜV (in accordance with the international ISO 50001 standard). Our energy policy goal is to continuously improve our energy-related performance. This includes increasing energy efficiency and reducing specific energy consumption at the Boizenburg site.
Veggie products
We want to support and actively promote the veggie movement by providing consumers with trustworthy labeling for our vegetarian and vegan products. We are therefore gradually adding the V-label to our products wherever possible in order to make it easier for our customers to make purchasing decisions.
Raw material standards
Many different raw materials are used in the production of our delicious confectionery. When selecting them, we pay attention to quality and origin (especially for raw materials that come from distant growing regions). With the help of certification programs, we can ensure that, for example, environmentally relevant sustainability criteria and fair working conditions are taken into account.
Our palm oil
Sweet Tec GmbH and Toffe Tec GmbH use 100% certified palm oil in their products in accordance with the “Segregated” standard of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The companies began their membership in 2011, at that time still according to the “Mass Balance” standard, where sustainably sourced and conventional palm oil could be mixed. In 2015, the switch to 100% certified palm oil was successful. With the commitment of our companies, we want to help change markets so that certified palm oil becomes the norm.
Check our progress at: https://rspo.org/members/821/Sweet-Tec-GmbH’ – Sweet Tec GmbH and https://rspo.org/members/822/Toffee-Tec-GmbH – Toffee Tec GmbH
Our cocoa & chocolate
Toffee Tec GmbH also uses cocoa and chocolate in production, e.g. to coat the toffees with a crunchy chocolate shell. The site has been sourcing UTZ-certified cocoa since 2013 and
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