![]() ![]() Not a single company contacted by Greenpeace was able to demonstrate it was actually tracking the full amount or origin of soya consumed as animal feed in its supply chain. Some leading supermarkets claim to be supporting the production of sustainable soya but in practice, this means buying credits to offset their soya use. Tesco alone admits to using one sixth of the UK’s soya – 99% of it for animal feed.UK supermarkets account for two-thirds of the UK’s soya imports – the vast majority for animal feed. ![]() ![]() Some, like McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King, Nando’s and Subway refused to disclose their meat sales or soya use altogether None of the companies surveyed could guarantee the soya they use for meat production was deforestation-free.Leading supermarkets are buying their soya from commodity giants like Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge and Cargill, all of which have been involved in the destruction of forests or other habitats in the Brazilian Cerrado, the world’s most wildlife-rich savannah.Greenpeace surveyed 23 UK leading food brands about their chicken sales and soya usage, including supermarkets, fast food outlets and other quickserve restaurants. Meeting Britain’s annual demand for soya requires 1.4 million hectares of land – an area larger than Northern Ireland – and vast swathes of forest and wildlife-rich savannah in South America are being destroyed to grow the crop. Over one billion chickens are slaughtered in the UK every year, 95 percent of which are intensively farmed, a model of production that relies on industrial feed containing soya. The UK imports over three million tonnes of soya every year from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay to feed factory farmed animals – primarily chickens. While more and more shoppers choose to avoid beef and pork on health, animal welfare and environmental grounds, consumption of chicken is booming with UK supermarkets and fast food chains boosting demand by ramping up promotional offers.īut a Greenpeace report, Winging it: How the UK’s chicken habit is fuelling the climate & nature emergency, published today, reveals that far from being an environmentally-friendly option, a lot of the chicken sold in the UK is contributing to the destruction of wildlife-rich forests in South America. British consumers swapping red meat for chicken and other poultry may be contributing unwittingly to the destruction of South American forests because of a total failure by high street brands to monitor where animal feed comes from, a new Greenpeace report warns. ![]()
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