The moment for everyone to contribute to a better world is now. De Smaakspecialist seizes that moment, every day, with a big or a small step; we make organic foodprints. Organic food is in our DNA and that is how we want to leave a positive foodprint on the earth. A print that respects the earth instead of depleting it.
Fortunately, the noises around keeping this beautiful world liveable are getting louder; from sustainable development goals to Farm to Fork strategy. In response to the challenges that lie ahead, de Smaakspecialist, as a certified B Corp, uses its business as a force to do good, where money is our means and not an end. The inextricable linking of impact and business is what drives us and what remains. Indeed, it strengthens each other and brings a liveable world a little closer every day.
The core of our business is developing, producing and distributing responsible and delicious organic food, with attention and love for people, animals and nature. Of course with our organic products in the supermarket, largely under our own brands like Smaakt, BioToday, RAW Organic Food, Consenza and Seamore. But also by inspiring people every day through our impact projects.
Sustainability Certificate
At the end of 2018, the Smaakspecialist achieved its sustainability certification B Corp. With this, the Smaakspecialist meets strict requirements in the areas of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. As a certified company, the Smaakspecialist works with a long-term vision, constantly improving in the value chain, optimizing business impact and creating good working facilities. As a B Corp company, we demonstrate that impact leads to scalability, profitability and positive change.
Sustainable development goals from the UN
What do you want the world to look like in 2030? With that in mind, the United Nations has adopted a new global agenda consisting of seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to make the world a better place. Companies, governments, knowledge institutions and citizens will all have to make an effort to achieve the goals in 2030. De Smaakspecialist can proudly state that we contribute to no less than 8 of these 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Good for you, your environment and our future
A lot of the products of the Smaakspecialist are organic. That means that the foods are produced under the most natural conditions possible and that no artificial aromas, colors or flavors are added to the products. But we go further than that. For example, almost all our product are vegan (both fresh and dry groceries) and free of added refined sugars! Sustainable packaging is also an important pillar, where we work with FSC approved paper and BioBased foil.
Sharing knowledge and inspiration
Next to our products, we want to inspire others with our knowledge about sustainable food. That’s why we initiated three impact projects. During a KidsProef lesson primary school kids learn all about healthy food, the recipes on food platform Organic Kitchen give foodies a portion of daily cooking inspiration, and pop-up concept Bio Proeflokaal lets people literally taste the world of organic food. Ready to get inspired?