Traceability

All Nature’s Way ingredients are traceable to source, naturally.

Rigorous quality management and food safety systems ensuring complete traceability from raw materials to the finished recipe, for every single ingredient in every bag.

Raw materials are only purchased from the best suppliers, each one being approved to supply raw materials following audits questionnaires and thorough analysis. Purchase specifications are based on very stringent and mostly human-grade standards or above.

Each raw material delivery is given a unique batch identity number and bar code to ensure full traceability. Each batch is sampled, archived, and analysed on-site in the laboratory to ensure compliance. The analysis includes a review of nutrients such as moisture, oil, protein, fibre, ash, starch and minerals, and importantly cook level.

Analysis of cook level, density, and moisture is being checked even before the product is dry, to ensure that the final product will be correct throughout the batch. Innovative indirect analysis (NIR) ensures digestibility and nutrient analysis are available for QC approval within seconds. Size, shape, colour and density of individual kibbles are also checked to exacting and unsurpassed standards. Routine microbiological and physical assessments are conducted, and every batch of cereal is checked for mycotoxins to human or even human baby food standards.