Great ingredients
are what we do

Allergen Statement

UPP ingredients are produced from vegetable crop side-streams (primarily brassica crops such as broccoli) and are non-allergenic by formulation.

The following allergens, as defined under UK and EU Food Information Regulations (FIC), are not intentionally used in the manufacture of UPP ingredients:

• Cereals containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut)

• Crustaceans

• Eggs

• Fish

• Peanuts

• Soybeans

• Milk (including lactose)

• Nuts (tree nuts)

• Celery

• Mustard

• Sesame

• Sulphur dioxide and sulphites (>10 mg/kg)

• Lupin

• Molluscs

• Cross-contamination control

UPP operates under a food safety management system with documented allergen risk assessments, segregation controls, validated cleaning procedures, and supplier assurance programmes.

No allergenic ingredients are handled on site. The risk of cross-contact is therefore assessed as low.

Traceability Statement

UPP operates full batch traceability across its harvest-to-ingredient platform in accordance with BRCGS Food Safety Standard requirements.

Traceability is maintained across the following stages:

Processing & conversion

• Raw material batch IDs are retained through all processing stages

• Process parameters, yields and downgrades are logged digitally

• Blending pathways are controlled and documented to ensure consistency

Finished ingredient

• Finished goods are assigned a finished product lot code

• Each lot code is traceable back to:

  • input crop batches

  • processing line

  • production date

  • QA release status

Distribution

• Dispatch records link finished product lot codes to customer deliveries

Recall capability: UPP can perform one-step-forward / one-step-back traceability and execute a full product recall within 4 hours, in line with customer and regulatory requirements.

Country-of-Origin

UPP ingredients are produced under a short, transparent UK supply chain designed to minimise food miles, reduce Scope 3 emissions, and ensure supply resilience.

Crop origin: United Kingdom (during UK growing season) or Spain (during UK off-season) sourced from UK pack-houses. Primary sourcing from UK grower partners (and their Spanish partners), including organised grower groups

Processing: United Kingdom. Ingredients manufactured at UPP’s facility in the UK

Finished ingredient country of origin: United Kingdom. Where multiple UK farms contribute to a production batch:

• Country of origin remains UK/Spain

• Full farm-level traceability is retained internally

• Customer documentation will state:

• “Country of origin: United Kingdom (multiple UK/Spanish farms)”

Future expansion model (forward-looking disclosure): As UPP replicates its modular production model internationally:

• Country of origin will reflect the country of harvest and manufacture

• UK-manufactured ingredients will remain clearly segregated from non-UK production