Intersnack Poland Sp. z o.o.

Our approach to changing the cashew industry

Honest Cashew

snack by snack

Every handful of cashews has a long journey behind it: from smallholder farms, through busy processing facilities, all the way to your snack bowl. Along that journey, working conditions, incomes and traceability are not always as they should be.
 

Honest Cashew

is Intersnack’s initiative to make a difference. It’s how we take responsibility for the way our cashews are processed and brought to market, and how we can use our influence to support better standards for workers, farmers and communities. So, each pack of cashews is one you can trust and love, snack by snack.

Honest Cashew focuses on three areas: Responsible Employment, Consistent Quality and Partnering for Change. Processing in our own facilities in India and Vietnam means we can closely oversee working conditions and cashew quality, while long-term projects and sector initiatives help drive higher farmer incomes and better environmental practices along the value chain.

Responsible employment

We believe good snacks should come from good jobs. In our integrated processing facilities, teams work together in a safe environment with clear standards for health and safety, training and workers’ rights. All employees have health and accident insurance and annual salary contracts rather than short seasonal arrangements, giving families more stable and dignified livelihoods.

Consistent quality

Great quality isn’t a coincidence: it’s a habit. To make sure every pack meets the same high standard, our structured quality-control process includes almost 50 checks across more than 500 parameters, from steaming, shelling and peeling to grading, packing and dispatch. Independent laboratories and third-party audits regularly verify that our cashews meet strict quality, safety and traceability requirements, so you know exactly what you are enjoying.

Partnering for change

Real change happens in partnership. We work with cooperatives, NGOs and sector initiatives to strengthen the wider cashew value chain. Through partners such as ComCashew and GIZ, thousands of smallholder farmers have received training to improve productivity and quality, including a project in Cambodia that aims to support 2,000 farming families and shorten the supply chain. Together, these efforts reflect Intersnack’s long-term commitment to meaningful partnerships, cooperative 

A cashew's journey

Before the cashew ends up in the supermarket, it has already had quite a journey. Did you know that - from harvest to processing - it takes 5000 man-hours to fill just one container of cashews? Who are the people doing this work? Where and under what circumstances do they work? We want to assure that our cashews provide a future for everyone involved. That is why we have already been actively engaged in the supply chain for years.

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responsibility

We are committed to continually improving working conditions in our supply chains. Through dialogue and audits, we assess any issues or risks. We work with our suppliers, partners and multi-stakeholder initiatives to improve working conditions, crop yields, product quality and the livelihoods of farmers in our supply chains.

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