Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

stamford

oil-lover wrote: »

The lubricants sold by John Deere (tractors) are made by Shell

I always thought it was BP thanks for that one :T

spaceman5

DJ_Garcia wrote: »

Some years ago I used to work for a softdrinks company who produced most friut juices for most supermarkets. The company used to also make Sunny D.

My job was to add the ingredients (concentrated juice, water, aditives, etc) in to a large decanter that produced 50,000 litres at a time.

Once the friut juice was made up (Orange, Pinapple, Grapefruit, Etc) it would go off to the packaging department to several different machines each with diiferent supermarkets packing (this also includes brand name juices.

The bottom line is:

Most friut juices produces in the UK are only made by a couple of companies,

And all juices are the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you used to work for gerber foods in bridgwater then, lol.

spaceman5

lipidicman wrote: »

So St. Ivel makes all the juices for all supermarkets?
St. Ivel is part of the Dairy Crest/Unigate group, the largest supplier of milk
I'm not disputing that you did Asda and M&S for that product
But ALL juices and Milk? Dairy crest dont mention fruit juices in their main products.

http://www.dairycrest.co.uk/index.shtml

St ivel dont make all juices for supermarkets, there is a company in bridgwater called gerber foods who make most of the juices for supermarkets, including leading brand names and own brand names, they also make sunny d, amongst others HTH Dave.

Schamansky

Gerber definitely make the "Del Rivo" line for Aldi.

Schamansky

stamford wrote: »

Hi S - Is there a web site showing the names & addresses of the producers from these codes ?

After some really heavy digging,
here's the UK meat processing plants:

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/foodindustry/meat/meatplantsprems/meatplants

On the bottom of the page, you can view or download Excel sheets listing all FSA approved UK meat processors, sorted by their veterinary control numbers. (Scroll down to Lists of Approved Premises).

Example: UK BL 020 EC is Bernard Matthews.

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Here's a selection of processors from other EU countries:

Meat and Dairy processors in the Republic of Ireland:
http://www.fsai.ie/industry/apprvd_food_est/industry_apprvd_food_est.asp

Dairy processors in the Netherlands:
http://www.cokz.nl/sites/web/images/erkende%20bedrijven%20april%202007.pdf

Meat processors in Belgium:
http://www.afsca.be/sp/pa-pa/doc/ets-agrees/2005-09-09_ListeEtablissement_agr52-65.pdf

Dairy processors in France:
http://agriculture.gouv.fr/spip/IMG/pdf/annexe_15.pdf

Meat processors in Denmark:
http://www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk/Kontrol/Autorisation/Foedevarevirksomheder/Lister_over_autoriserede_foedevarevirksomheder.htm

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There's far more. You can access more information, lists, processing plants with their veterinary control numbers, etc. using this site as your key:
http://www.vetlex.com/vl_free/estab_ms.htm
This site links you to the agricultural ministeries/food safety authorities of all European Union member states and some associated countries. Just click a flag. You'll then have to find your way to the lists of approved processors on these national sites. Not all sites are available in English, I'm afraid.

EDIT:
This link from the Food Standards Agency website does the same job:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/establishments/list_en.htm

EDIT: The German link is broken. :mad::rotfl:
A list of German dairy processors can be found in post #949.

MoonCake_2

I will admit I have not read through all of this huge thread but I have one for you (hope this is not a repeat) mostly for all you ladies out there -

Bourjois cosmetics are run on the same production lines and use the same ingredients as Chanel cosmetics. Bourjois, as I am sure you are aware is a lot cheaper. I know this as I worked in the perfumery/cosmetic industry in a past life and one of our sales reps visited the production line.

MoonCake
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stamford

Schamansky wrote: »

After some really heavy digging,
here's the UK meat processing plants:

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/foodindustry/meat/meatplantsprems/meatplants

On the bottom of the page, you can view or download Excel sheets listing all FSA approved UK meat processors, sorted by their veterinary control numbers. (Scroll down to Lists of Approved Premises).

Example: UK BL 020 EC is Bernard Matthews.

---

Here's a selection of processors from other EU countries:

Meat and Dairy processors in the Republic of Ireland:
http://www.fsai.ie/industry/apprvd_food_est/industry_apprvd_food_est.asp

Dairy processors in the Netherlands:
http://www.cokz.nl/sites/web/images/erkende%20bedrijven%20april%202007.pdf

Meat processors in Belgium:
http://www.afsca.be/sp/pa-pa/doc/ets-agrees/2005-09-09_ListeEtablissement_agr52-65.pdf

Dairy processors in France:
http://agriculture.gouv.fr/spip/IMG/pdf/annexe_15.pdf

Meat processors in Denmark:
http://www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk/Kontrol/Autorisation/Foedevarevirksomheder/Lister_over_autoriserede_foedevarevirksomheder.htm

---

There's far more. You can access more information, lists, processing plants with their veterinary control numbers, etc. using this site as your key:
http://www.vetlex.com/vl_free/estab_ms.htm
This site links you to the agricultural ministeries/food safety authorities of all European Union member states and some associated countries. Just click a flag. You'll then have to find your way to the lists of approved processors on these national sites. Not all sites are available in English, I'm afraid.

EDIT:
This link from the Food Standards Agency website does the same job:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biosafety/establishments/list_en.htm

EDIT: The German link is broken. :mad::rotfl:
A list of German dairy processors can be found in post #949.

Many thanks S will stick this away for further use.

I trawled a bit & the Excel links for UK Milk & Dairy is at bottom of

http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/farmingfood/milkandairy

Sarahsaver

stamford wrote: »

Was talking to my son the other day about Xmas pudding makers and he was asking what they did for the rest of the year

I would think they make enough money not to need to do anything rest of the year;)
You can make them well in advance so i would imagine they make xmas puds!

Re. the makeup I am now a makeup merchandiser and since doing the job i have already noticed in a couple of months similar packaging for many brands just a different label. Also the smells are different. Products aimed at older customers smell more 'mature'( I'm thinking powdery type frangrances IYKWIM??) , aimed at the young tend to be fruitier smells and cheap to mid range do not smell much at all. Smell is a big psychological issue for the customer and the manufacturer.
Re Bourjois I tried a bourjois lipgloss for the first time and it lasts much longer than a l'or!al one which is £2 more expensive, but I know many people would buy the l'or!al as it is a slightly more 'mature' image.

crocodileteeth

I'm sure that I have read somewhere on this forum that the skincare range by M&S is made by Clarins.

Sarahsaver

On the food programme recently on r4, it was said that over 90% of the base ingredient chocolate in the WORLD is made by 3 companies.