Unicorn Ingredients, awarded at BRC Standard as a broker of seeds, oils and pulses

Unicorn Ingredients, a British supplier of ingredients for the bakery and specialist breads markets has been awarded the BRC Standard for Agents and Brokers as a Broker of seeds, oils (sesame and olive), honey and pulses. 

BRC Global Standards is an internationally recognized safety and quality certification program designed to guarantee the standardization of quality, safety and operational criteria. Often a fundamental requirement of leading retailers, the standards are used by over 23,000 certificated suppliers in 123 countries.

The Agents and Brokers module was added to the BRC Standard in 2014. It recognizes the critical link agents and brokers provide in the movement and trade of products and the role they play in influencing supplier product safety and quality standards as well as their responsibility for “maintaining an effective chain of traceability.”
Unicorn Ingredients sources its products from independent farmers and co-operatives based around the world and imports them into the UK. In order to achieve the BRC Standard it has worked closely with its suppliers and helped them to put in place the necessary standards and procedures to gain approval.
“We have every faith in our suppliers,” says joint managing director Nikki Divers (pictured), “but this Standard is about displaying information, demonstrating best practice and giving our customers the confidence that we know everything there is to know about the products we sell. As a supply chain specialist, it is vital that we demonstrate to our customers that we understand how important this is”.