IN ADDITION TO ALWAYS BEING COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING IMPROVEMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING EXTERNAL CERTIFICATION BODIES CHECK OUR PRODUCTS, OUR PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND THE SERVICES WE OFFER SIMPLY GIVES THEM GREATER VALUE AND DEMONSTRATES THEIR QUALITY.
Ensuring the quality of the products and services it offers is Di Bartolo’s core value, which is pursued at all levels. We strive to constantly offer products that are: Selected by choosing tried and tested suppliers, from whom we buy only the best raw materials thanks to the product knowledge gained and developed over the course of 70 years in the business. Checked during all stages of processing, starting from when the raw materials arrive at our plants. Thanks to an in-house laboratory equipped with cutting-edge technology and by working with accredited external laboratories, we analyse incoming raw materials, semi-finished products being processed and finished products before they are dispatched. We have invested in technologies that allow us to monitor process parameters in order to ensure that limits are respected and procedures are followed. Safe by complying with the regulations in force and organising production processes and related monitoring so that we can promptly take action if parameters deviate from the limits we have set, thus ensuring consumer safety.
We are committed to offering a quality service, which is why we constantly focus on:
Training our Staff, to increase their awareness and expertise, with continuous training programmes, provided by qualified internal staff and by collaborating with external consultants.
Making our Organisation more efficient in order to offer a prompt problem-solving-oriented service, with the aim to achieve steady growth while continuously improving. This also involves constantly striving to improve production efficiency by automating processing lines and improving production flows.
Continuously pursuing innovation, by investing in increasingly automated systems with the advantage of being able to continuously and constantly control production processes, creating increasingly flexible products that can be adapted to meet the latest demands of the food industry.
Our creations stem from our experience and our knowledge of the ingredients, which are processed with cutting-edge production techniques, constantly focusing on innovation and experimentation. Over the years, this has prompted us to set up an R&D team as well as an in-house laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art analytical technology. Our R&D department is constantly seeking ways to maximise the performance of our ingredients in order to meet the ever-changing demands of the food industry and, most importantly, to assist our customers with researching and creating products that best suits their needs, offering them tailor-made solutions that add greater value to their preparations.
In addition to always being committed to continuous and ongoing improvement, we believe that having external certification bodies check our products, our production process and the services we offer simply gives them greater value and demonstrates their quality. Moreover, we satisfy our customers’ demand for products that meet the needs of Muslim and Jewish consumers.
It is one of the food safety standards recognised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), an international organisation whose main objective is to increase and promote food safety throughout the supply chain.
The Consorzio di Tutela della Mandorla di Avola (Consortium for the Protection of the Almond of Avola) was founded in 2000 by a group of producers with the aim of creating a supply chain linking producers and processors that would ensure traceability of product origin for end consumers. For this purpose, in 2006, the Marchio Collettivo (Collective Mark) was registered, which guarantees that products containing Avola Almonds undergo strict checks according to specific procedural guidelines.
Established in Milan in the early 1990s, Eurokosher provides kosher certification to production plants and centres and to producers of food and raw materials in Italy and Europe. Eurokosher assists companies in the food industry and several brands across Europe when it comes to applying the strict standards prescribed by Jewish food regulations.
Sedex is a nonprofit organisation committed to promoting the adoption of ethical principles in global supply chains and is the largest platform in Europe for collecting and processing data on the ethical conduct of supply chains.
It ensures that organically produced products are compliant at every stage of the production chain, from the field to the table, in accordance with EU standards (Reg. (EC) No. 834/2007 and 889/2008).
The Consorzio di tutela del Pistacchio verde di Bronte DOP (Consortium for the Protection of the Green Pistachio of Bronte DOP) was founded with the aim of protecting and promoting the main local product, which is truly one of a kind.
Halal Italia was founded in July 2010 by six Muslim professionals. Halal Italia is a voluntary certification body for “Made in Italy” products of excellence that comply with Islamic rules of lawfulness (halal) in the agri-food, cosmetics, health, pharmaceutical, financial, and insurance sectors. The promotion of Italian high quality is ensured by the fact that certified production processes are in strict compliance with international halal standards and European regulations.
UTZ certification is a global certification programme that sets standards for responsible agricultural production and sourcing of coffee, cocoa and tea products. Sustainable agriculture for a better future.