Sustainable kitchen products and food packaging for retail and food service

Kitchen products for retail and food service

At our factory in Rauma, Finland, we manufacture a wide range of sustainable kitchen products and food packaging solutions both for our Fredman brand and our private label customers worldwide.

With over 25 years of experience, ongoing product development and close relationships with our customers in retail and food service sectors, we understand the needs and preferences of both consumers and kitchen professionals.

We believe that innovation and sustainability go hand in hand. That is why we also help our customers in product development for fully custom food packaging solutions, such as cardboard food boxes.

Why choose Fredman as your kitchen product supplier or private label manufacturer?

Selecting the right partner for a long-term supplier or private label manufacturing relationship should be done carefully. It is a values-based decision where product quality, transparency, commitment to sustainability and delivery reliability are key.

Our long-term relationships with customers in retail and restaurant industries are based on:

• 25 years of operations, nurturing domestic labour in own factory in Finland.
  
  
• Record-high delivery reliability: 98.5%.
  
  
• Commitment to highest-quality, food-safe sustainable raw materials.
  
  
• 100% traceability of all raw materials used in manufacturing.
  
  
• Certifications:
  
  
  • 94% of all wood-based raw material used in our production is certified (2023: 66% FSC and 28% PEFC).
  
  
  • Over 40% of our products have been awarded the valued Finnish Key flag symbol (Avainlippu), demonstrating manufacturing in Finland and therefore maintaining Finnish employment.
  
  
  • Several Fredman products (including coffee filters and baking paper products) have been awarded the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. It is of the world’s toughest environmental certifications, awarded to products and services that meet ambitious environmental requirements defined by national ecolabeling boards.
  
  
  • The German ecolabel Blue Angel (Blauer engel) has been awarded to our coffee filters, demonstrating that they meet the stringent standards set by the label for environmentally friendly products and services.
  
  
  • Our operations are ISO certified for quality, environmental and food safety management as well as occupational health and safety management systems.
    
    
• Only 0,07% (15.48t CO2e, 2023) of our emissions were generated directly by our own operations (company facilities, incl energy production and vehicles) and purchased energy.
  
  
  • We continuously work with our partners to reduce the carbon footprint of the entire value chain with. For example, science-based plans for climate actions.
    
    
• We are dedicated to significantly increasing the recyclability of our products and maximising the use of renewable raw materials. Currently, over 50% of our products meet these criteria.