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Maria Chiorando,
PlantBasedNews.org
July 2018
The brand removed meat and fish from its meals earlier this year...
Major food company BOL has ditched dairy to become 100 percent
plant-based.
The company removed meat and fish and fish from its range of ready-to-eat
pots of salads, soups, and other meals a year ago in a bid to reduce its
environmental footprint.
Now it has completed its transformation into an animal-free brand. According
to BOL, ditching dairy means it will save the equivalent of 91,000 square
metres of farmland, 7 million litres of water and 194 tonnes of CO2 across
just one year.
Carbon neutral
As a result of its new plant-based stance, BOL will be launching more
than 10 new products this year - including four brand new Salad Jar recipes
as well as seven new recipe Veg Pots. The company has been working with
nutritionist Ian Marber to create recipes it says are both healthy and
tasty.
In addition, BOL is moving its kitchen to Lincolnshire. "This move to the
heartland of British produce ensures the best ingredient quality and
sustainable sourcing: 80 percent of all UK grown ingredients come from
within 50 miles of the new site and it widely uses wonky veg rejected from
supermarkets," said a spokesperson.
"This drastically improves BOL Foods' footprint and therefore impact on the
environment. The new facility has been zero waste to landfill for the last
three years and is also a carbon neutral site."
Plant powered
In a statement sent to Plant Based News, Paul Brown, founder of BOL Foods
said: "Back in February, we made the commitment that this Summer BOL would
become 100 percent plant-based – well, as of this week we’ve now ditched
dairy in the final piece of our plant-powered jigsaw.
"We're on a mission to inspire the world to eat more plants, whether at home
or on the go & our new range of delicious Veg Pots, Salad Jars and Super
Soups are now more local, fresher and tastier than ever.
"We're not perfect, but I believe businesses can be a force for good in
helping both people and the planet and this marks another step towards that
for us. Eat plants, love life."
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