Frequently Asked Questions

We have a Palm Oil policy for Quorn products. This policy applies to all products produced under the Quorn brand.

Quorn Foods are aware that there are a range of important environmental and social concerns regarding the production of palm oil, a natural vegetable oil widely used in the food industry.

As part of our ongoing drive to improve all aspects of sustainability in our business, we are members and active supporters of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, RSPO, which has developed a globally recognised standard and certification scheme for sustainably produced palm oil.

We believe it is necessary to use one well-established and recognised system to achieve progress at scale and provide full assurance that the standards of production across our supply chain are sustainable. That is why Quorn Foods are requesting that all of our suppliers and industry partners adopt the RSPO standard, plus in 2017 Quorn Foods achieved full RSPO Supply Chain Certification.

Quorn Foods use a small amount of palm oil, all of which is sustainable, indeed our usage of palm oil represented just 0.0006% of the 63 million tonnes of palm oil produced globally on an annual basis (according to figures for 2014).

We apply the following policy for palm oil usage in our Quorn branded products:

1. We will minimise our use of palm oil In accordance with our health credentials, we aim to use the healthiest possible oils in our products, therefore where possible oils such as sunflower and rapeseed oil are used.
2. We only use sustainable palm oil In products where palm oil is necessary for its unique properties, we use 100% certified sustainable palm oil. As of 2017, 97.5% is certified as per the ‘segregated’ RSPO supply chain system, the remainder from ‘mass balance’ systems. As availability of segregated increases, we aim to convert all usage to this scheme by 2019.

For more information on RSPO and their certification schemes, please visit the RSPO website at www.rspo.org.

There are over 20 different Quorn products available in the US.

We're proud to say that our product range in the US uses cage free eggs.

Unfortunately, we cannot influence any individual stores to stock our products. Instead, we can only make recommendations to each Head Office that they do so. If you continue having difficulty in obtaining Quorn products we suggest that you contact the manager at your local store and make your request to them directly.

Quorn products are currently available in the UK, USA, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Philippines, Germany, Thailand and Singapore.

Our address is: PO Box 10789, Chicago, IL 60610

We’re delighted Quorn customers are so enthusiastic about our new Vegan range. We are aware that a statement has been circulating regarding our Vegan plans for the future. Whilst as a business we remain wholly committed and passionate about developing our Vegan range further and launching more delicious products, due to the technicalities involved as well as a shortage of potato protein – a vital ingredient – we cannot at this stage commit to making the entire Quorn range completely Vegan. But watch this space as more products are coming.

Quorn™ products, including Quorn’s Vegan line, that are available to purchase have not been involved with animal studies. The Quorn™ Vegan products have now been accredited with the Vegan Trademark by the Vegan Society, and the respective products will have the Vegan Society logo added to the back of pack.

Quorn™ and Quorn’s Vegan range contain an ingredient called mycoprotein. Mycoprotein was developed in 1968 and in order to satisfy the requirements of US and UK regulators that mycoprotein was safe for human consumption, a series of animal feeding trials were requested to be carried out by regulatory bodies. Since 1995 there have been no further requirements for such trials and Monde Nissin, Quorn’s new owner, is committed to ensuring no additional work will be carried out for the mycoprotein ingredient. Indeed the CEO of Monde Nissin, Henry Soesanto, is himself a Vegan.

At Quorn, we have a vision to make the world’s diets healthier and more sustainable, so we don’t start where everybody else does when it comes to protein production. Rather than using livestock, we take a natural nutritious fungus from the soil and ferment it to produce a dough called mycoprotein. It’s high in protein, high in fiber, low in saturated fat, and contains no cholesterol. And because producing mycoprotein requires less land and water than producing animal proteins, mycoprotein has a 90% lower carbon footprint, so it’s better for our planet. Mycoprotein is used as an ingredient in all Quorn™ products, which is why Quorn offers Sustainable Nutrition™ - enabling you to make lots of great tasting meals, in a way that’s better for our planet.

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