Quality and certifications

With over 90 years of experience and know-how in the oils and fat industry, we source and select vegetable oils and specialty ingredients that suit our clients’ applications.

All our raw materials come from supply chains carefully selected for the quality of their sanitary safety standards and production processes. They also are closely monitored to ensure compliance with the ISO 9001 standard and HACCP methods.

OLVEA Vegetable Oils produces and commercializes a wide range of vegetable oils and butters which can be:

OLVEA’s vegetable oils which are processed and refined in our eco-refinery OLVEA Green Technologies, have obtained the Kosher certification. This certification, delivered by the Orthodox Union guarantees that the products and their production comply with all the requirements of kashrut (the laws of kosher food).

Organic
Fair for Life
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Certifications management

When receiving our vegetable oils, we do our own physicochemical tests to confirm that the oils match our purchasing requirements. A monitoring plan for contaminants has also been set up with COFRAC-certified labs to ensure the compliance with the current European regulations.

Our quality policy revolves around 4 main themes:

High quality supply

supplier approval process,

setting up of security stocks,

quality controls with on-site and COFRAC-accredited labs, especially for contaminants, as well as checking the suppliers’ analysis report.

Customer focus

knowledge of the vegetable oils market,

analysis of supply and demand,

innovative offer to meet our customers’ needs, in compliance with the regulations in force.

Good manufacturing practices

control of the chemical, allergenic, physical and microbiological hazards according to HACCP methods for the safety of the delivered oils,

control of cross-contaminations between different oils,

batches traceability system,

control and management of logistics.

Organization

managing the process from quotation to delivery,

through effective communication,

with a skilled and regularly trained staff,

developing continuous improvement according to ISO 9001 quality management system.