Dossche Mills’ low carbon wheat out this year
Dossche Mills, Agravis Raiffeisen and OCI Global have announced their pioneering low carbon wheat flour will be distributed to food manufacturers at the end of 2023 and early 2024.
The wheat, to be used in the production of bread and other staple foods, is already growing in fields in Germany and will be harvested in summer 2023.
The flour is made from wheat grown with OCI’s lower carbon Nutramon fertiliser. Compared to conventional fertilisers, this has a lower greenhouse gas balance up to a 50% reduction (cradle-to-gate), the Dutch feriliser manufacturer said.
The lower carbon fertiliser is certified by ISCC PLUS, which guarantees the responsible sourcing of sustainable raw materials based on a mass balance approach. The fertiliser in this case, supplied by OCI, is linked to biomethane derived from agricultural waste and residue streams as an alternative for natural gas.
Dossche Mills, Agravis and OCI enjoy a long-term partnership: Agravis and OCI in production and distribution of fertilisers, Agravis and Dossche Mills in collecting and processing grain.
The GHG emissions reduction of the project – which will trace the footprint from crop growth through to harvest – is REDCert certified on farms, facilitated by Agravis. The reduction figures will be calculated following the completion of the pilot.
Kristof Dossche, CEO at Dossche Mills said as a leading flour mill in Benelux, Dossche Mills has ambitious targets in terms of offering sustainable grown wheat.
“The partnership with Agravis and OCI is a first step in the transition to a sustainable wheat chain and is part of our long-term commitment/goal to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable climate-neutral food chain for the benefit of both farmers and consumers,”. Dossche added. “By 2030, we want to go the extra mile to serve our customers in line with European regulations.”
