Odysea

How ethical is Odysea?

Odysea is a brand of Cooking Oil which has been given a below-benchmark score on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Cooking Oil Ratings Table. Although it has not yet met our ethical benchmark, we hope to see Odysea make progress in future.

Read more about the issues facing the Ethical Cooking Oil sector and find out which companies have achieved accreditation for their commitment to being ethical and sustainable.

What does Odysea do?

Odysea is a brand of Greek food products and ingredients which was launched as a market stall in London in 1991 to bring authentic Greek flavours to the UK.

In which areas does Odysea perform poorly?

Odysea is awarded a bottom rating for its Environmental Report as its ‘Our Values’ page does not include any information about the brand’s ethical or sustainable credentials. It also gets a bottom score for Fair Trade due to a lack of any certification. Find out more about how we rate by exploring our ethical criteria.

In which areas does Odysea score well for its ethics?

Odysea is given a top score for our Organic criteria as it has products certified by EU Leaf. We found no criticisms of Odysea relating to; GM, Nuclear Power, Fossil Fuels, Animal Welfare, Political Donations or Armaments, so it scores well for these criteria.

How can Odysea improve its ethical rating?

The below-benchmark score that Odysea is awarded is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria. To reach our minimum benchmark score and qualify for Ethical Accreditation, Odysea has some issues to resolve including its lack of Fair Trade certification.

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