Aldi announces major changes: But Edeka is clearly ahead of the discounter
Created: 01/15/2022 10:04 am
By: Julia Schöneseiffen
The discounter Aldi only wants to sell milk from levels three and four in the future.
Aldi is not the only supermarket chain that wants to gear its range to more animal welfare.
Essen/Mülheim ad Ruhr - In the summer, the discounter Aldi announced that it would no longer sell meat from the lowest husbandry levels for reasons of animal welfare.
This animal welfare initiative is now being expanded to include drinking milk.
According to the company, by 2030 at the latest, both Aldi Süd and Aldi Nord in Germany only want to offer drinking milk from the more animal welfare-friendly forms of husbandry 3 and 4.
The Aldi Nord manager Tanja Hacker stated: "The development of the last few years shows that the demand for animal welfare products is growing steadily."
Aldi expands animal welfare initiative to drinking milk
Farming levels three and four guarantee, for example, that the cows get more space, fresh air or even outdoor exercise, as well as GMO-free feed.
Organic products are automatically classified as level four.
So far, the four-stage husbandry labeling was only used for meat and meat products.
This is now to change and will also be specified for milk and dairy products.
The four posture levels:
Stage 1: Stable housing
Stage 2: stable housing plus
Level 3: outdoor climate
Tier 4: Premium
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Edeka and Netto: Conversion already this year
The four husbandry levels enable consumers to see at first glance when shopping how high the level of animal welfare is when keeping livestock.
By 2030, Aldi only wants to offer drinking milk from the more animal welfare-friendly forms of husbandry 3 and 4.
(Iconic image) © Rolf Vennenbernd / dpa
In addition to Aldi, the supermarket chain Edeka also wants to ban milk from its refrigerated shelves because it is not kept in an animal-friendly manner.
Germany's largest food retailer Edeka and its discount chain Netto have even set themselves the goal of taking this step this year, as they announced at the beginning of the week, according to the
dpa
.
Other milk and dairy products are to follow.
(dpa/jsch)
