COCORETTE'S commitment to its hens for the benefit of consumers

From its outset, the company's strategy has been focused on farm-produced eggs. To that end, Cocorette organizes the production and distribution of farm eggs through a network of small producers grouped up by region. 

In order to ensure high-quality eggs, Cocorette decided to go beyond the regulations and to establish its own set of requirements for the producers. This is made possible by the involvement of the directors and partners in the functioning of the business, in coherence with the company's values.

These requirements, based on a small farm size, were officially validated in 1998 by the French Ministry of Agriculture with the label “œuf fermier” (farm egg). The following non-exhaustive list of criteria must be respected in order to use the label ”œuf fermier”:

• 70% of the hens' feed must be made up of grains and wheatfeed (grain husk and bran) [regulations for free range eggs require 60%]
  

• Eggs laid in straw nests and gathered by hand [vs. collective nests et gathering by conveyor belt as accepted for Label Rouge]
• The eggs must come from small farms (no more than 3,500 hens), which is favorable to animal welfare, makes the farmer's work more enjoyable and makes it possible to gather the eggs by hand and have the hens lay them in wooden nests garnished with straw. In addition, there are no unpleasant noises nor smells, unlike factory farming.
• Open-air runs
• Each hen has access to between 4 and 10m² of grassland [European regulations require 4 m²]

Cocorette organizes audits to ensure that the requirements are followed. Each region has its own team of technicians for performing regular checkups on every farm in the network.