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Brand Name Pete's Tofu
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Company Sunrise Soya Foods
Location Vancouver, BC, Canada
Products tofu and soymilk
Dairy Rating Company does not sell dairy products
Market Area Canada, Pacific Northwest and Northeast USA
Web Site http://www.sunrise-soya.com
 

Sunrise Soy Foods is a Canadian soyfoods company. They manufacture primarily non-organic, non-GMO soy foods, but their Pete’s Tofu® brand and Soyganics® are organic. They readily shared their sourcing information with us. They do not buy directly from family farmers, but buy North American-grown soybeans from Canadian brokers.

They write:

“Sunrise Soya Foods is the leading tofu manufacturer in Canada. We produce two corporate brands. The “Sunrise” brand is produced from conventional, non GMO beans. It is predominately ingredient tofu and comes in soft, medium firm, extra firm and desserts. “Pete’s Tofu” is predominately a ready-to-eat product, made with organic beans and ingredients.

Sunrise is committed to creating high quality traditional and tofu products that meet the needs of our health conscious customers who seek food that is cholesterol free, dairy free, low in fat and convenient to prepare.Our Vision: "Tofu in every Fridge". Our products are available in both Canada and the USA.”


Criteria Points Comments
Ownership Structure 70 Privately owned
Percentage Organic Soybean Purchases 60 10% Organic, 90% non-GMO purchases
Disclosure of Information for Verification 100 full and open disclosure
Organic Certifier 75 QAI
Organic Product Line 60 10% organic, 90% non-GMO, no GMOs
Manufacturing 100 All manufacturing done in-house
Sourcing and Farmer Relationships 60 Company purchases North American soybeans from a broker, but these claims could not be verified
Prevention of GMO contamination 40 no testing
Flavors 50 non-organic natural flavors
Soy Lecithin 50 non organic lecithin
Total (out of 1000) 665 THREE BEANS (Good)