Sustainability

Not only does Caravan Ingredients have initiatives in place to become a more sustainable company, but we are also helping our customers improve their sustainability. We dedicate a significant amount of time in the Innovation Center in order to find ways to help our customers reduce waste and keep product on their shelves for longer. These are considered our Extended Shelf Life products. Using extended shelf life technology extends the life of your product, reducing waste, while maintaining a "fresh baked taste” in artisan bread, donuts, cake, packaged breads and rolls and more.

Our goal in creating new and innovative sustainable food products, is to help our customers increase their bottom line. We were recently able to help a customer save over $100,000 in one month. This was achieved by incorporating our product, Fridge Soft, into all of their fresh bread lines. Fridge Soft is an enzyme based product designed for anti-staling applications in fresh, refrigerated, frozen and par baked yeast leavened products. By incorporating Fridge Soft, they were able to reduce their stales to produce a more sustainable product, achieving a $100,000 per month savings. Additionally, the shrink rate was reduced from 11% to 6% by increasing the shelf life of the product. This has also begun to affect fuel and labor as there are a reduced amount of returns as well as fewer routes ran each day.

This is just one example of how Caravan Ingredients is helping customers to become more sustainable, thus saving them money. 

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