Special Recognition Award in the Planet Friendly Award category

Italian producer Barilla was singled out for a Special Recognition Award under the Planet Friendly Award banner in 2021 for coupling the advancement of animal welfare with a rebalancing of their protein offer to consumers.

Since making a commitment to convert all their eggs and egg product to cage free in 2012, Barilla has successfully implemented cage-free eggs across their entire global business.

They have also reformulated some of their products which has led to a progressive decrease in the use of egg ingredient.

In 2020, Barilla launched three new biscuits across two of their brands which now contain either no egg or have a lower egg content and a higher percentage of legumes such as chickpeas and lentils.
In the US, a reformulation of the products containing eggs has also allowed Barilla to launch a whole range of pasta with 100% plant-based protein.

Barilla has also stepped up their efforts to reduce the environmental impact of their products, working to reduce water consumption and to cut CO2 emissions. Today, three of Barilla’s brands fully offset their CO2 emissions.

FOR PEOPLE, Barilla helps educate children and young people and provides consumers with the tools to make conscious and responsible food choices, inspiring them to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

FOR THE PLANET, an 8% reduction in the use of egg as an ingredient from 2016 – 2020 resulted in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

AND FOR THE ANIMALS – more than two million hens leading cage free lives and approximately 14% or 332,000 hens taken out of their global supply.

We are proud to receive this award, the result of Barilla's constant commitment to animal welfare issues. Thanks to the collaboration with CIWF, we achieved the important goal of globally removing cages from our eggs supply chain; in addition to this, in the last few years we have launched several products with high content of plant-based proteins, reducing the consumption of eggs. And the journey has not finished, we will continue our activities to further improve.

Elena Franchi, Raw Materials Purchasing Manager at Barilla

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