Bernard Matthews Farms

As a totally integrated food chain business, we guarantee full traceability of all our Bernard Matthews Foodservice products from farm to fork. Farming approximately  seven  million turkeys each year, our turkeys are hatched in Norfolk   and   reared   on  our  56  farms  across  Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire.  The  turkeys  are fed on a cereal-based diet, which contains locally sourced wheat from East Anglia, which is prepared at our own mill near Kings Lynn, ensuring the highest level of quality and control.

All  our  farms  are Quality British Turkey and Assured Foods (Red Tractor) certified  and  we  work closely with the Humane Slaughter Association. Our farming  practices  are also in line with the Farm Animal Welfare Council’s Five   Freedoms.  Our farms and factories are open to regular inspections  from  independent bodies such as DEFRA and the RSPCA . Through long-standing and constructive  association  with  these  organisations, Bernard  Matthews is at the forefront of driving the standards of best practice in turkey farming.

All  Bernard  Matthews  Foodservice  branded  turkey products are made from British turkey. We have made considerable progress in reducing the salt, fat  and  saturated  fat  contents of our added value products to meet FSA targets  and do not use artificial colours or flavours and, where possible, preservatives.

At  the  heart of our products is turkey, a meat which is a great source of protein, with turkey breast  having  the  lowest  saturated  fat  of any mainstream  meat.  As  we look to the future, our focus will be to continue advocating greater turkey consumption.  In developing our product ranges we will  continue  to  use  British turkey and quality ingredients and hope to inspire  caterers  with  exciting, innovative  products.  In  2011 we will continue  to  promote  turkey as the preferred protein choice, highlighting its benefits through our ‘change your meat, not your menu’ campaign.