Excellent score at unannounced AIB audit
Sonneveld has passed the annual unannounced AIB audit with success. Sonneveld considers its voluntary participation with the AIB programme, an extra stimulus for improving its processes and food safety. ‘The periodic AIB audits instantly results in more commitment from the employees working in production and they are more motivated. We are now one of the very few companies to have gained the BRC A* status (unannounced, passed in April 2011), as well as the AIB unannounced Recognition of Accomplishment’ status. This confirms the high quality level we are aiming for’, according to Maarten Boonstra, Quality Assurance and Care Manager. Sonneveld is still the first Dutch company in the bakery industry with an AIB 'Unannounced Recognition of Accomplishment’.

Ensuring food safety
Sonneveld has been participating with the American Institute of Baking (AIB) ‘Food Safety Audit’ system since 2007. This standard is internationally recognised as one of the strictest for ensuring food safety. Food safety is, just like quality, only realistic with the right attitude of our employees. To assess whether we do the right things, we let us check, unannounced, three times a year by independent institutions.

About Sonneveld
Sonneveld Group B.V., founded in 1956, supplies an extensive assortment of bread improvers, bread mixes and release agents. These products are supplied to both traditional as well as industrial bakers. An important share of the turnover is derived from exports to countries in Europe, the Middle East, South America and South East Asia. Sonneveld is market leader in the Netherlands and one of the most important players in the Benelux. Sonneveld is part of Orkla Food Ingredients, an important European player in bakery ingredients such as confectionery mixes, marzipan and margarines.