Peerless Foods

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Supplier of fats & oils

Unilever brands such as Flora, Flora Proactiv, Olivio, Bertolli, and Becel are manufactured by Peerless for Unilever under a long-term supply contract.

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Peerless Foods	AUS	website	email
Peerless Holdings Pty Ltd       owns 100% of Peerless Foods	AUS	website
Edible oil and meat product manufacturers The Peerless Group of Companies has two divisions: Peerless Edible Oils and Margarines, and Pridham Organic Recyclers (of meat products).

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Peerless Foods
Palm oil scorecard - WWF This company received a score of 7 out of a possible total of 9 in the WWF Palm Oil Buyers' Scorecard 2016, which rates companies on what they are - and aren't - doing to prevent the negative environmental and social impacts of palm oil production. [Source 2016][More on Palm Oil]		Palm oil claims This company states on its website that it is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and GreenPalm programme, and supports an industry wide commitment to source sustainable palm oil by 2015. [Source 2011][More on Palm Oil] GM-Free brands Brands owned by this company were rated 'green' in Greenpeace's 2011 Truefood Guide, signifying a clear policy on excluding GM-derived ingredients, including oils derived from GM crops, and animal products from animals fed on GM crops. [Source 2011][More on Genetic Engineering]
Peerless Holdings Pty Ltd
Australian Packaging Covenant signatory Signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation. [Source 2017][More on Packaging]

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Unilever sells Miracle to Peerless
17th Nov 2005 — (FOREIGN >> AUST) Unilever sold retail brands of Miracle, Copha, Fairy and Kremelta to Australian owned company Peerless Holdings. In addition, Unilever brands such as Flora, Flora Proactiv, Olivio, Bertolli, and Becel are now manufactured by Peerless for Unilever under a long-term supply contract.   [source]