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Apetit Group’s production plants use household water, lake water and sea water. Water consumption is the highest at the Säkylä frozen foods plant, where water is used particularly for processing vegetables. Household water is used at all production facilities.
Lake water and household water are used at the Säkylä frozen foods plant. The processing of harvest season vegetables is the process with the highest water consumption. Water is used in a closed system for cooling equipment. The Kantvik vegetable oil milling plant uses sea water in a closed system for process cooling purposes.
The Säkylä plant’s water consumption represents more than 80 per cent of the entire Group’s water consumption, not taking into account the sea water used in the closed system at the Kantvik plant. Water used for processing vegetables goes to the wastewater treatment plant for processing, while lake water used for cooling is returned to the same body of water through a closed cycle.
The frozen pizza plant in Pudasjärvi uses only household water, and its water consumption is low compared to Apetit’s other operations. In both Pudasjärvi and Säkylä, water is used for washing production equipment, for example.
As all of Apetit Group’s production facilities are located in Finland, no water is taken from areas where water is scarce. Apetit has studied the eutrophication effects and water footprint of selected products to reduce its environmental impacts.
Among Apetit’s production plants, water consumption is highest at the Säkylä frozen foods plant, particularly in production activities involving harvest season vegetables. The water efficiency of the Säkylä plant has been improved over the past few years. In 2024, a screen for real-time water consumption monitoring was introduced in production of harvest season vegetables. With this, process managers are able to monitor water consumption in real time and, if necessary, react to deviations in water consumption. In addition, 12,700 m3 of the pure water used in the Sucros’ sugar beet process were utilized in the 2024 harvest season production. Pea receiving processes were updated at the plant in 2022, which reduced water consumption by 2,500 litres per frozen pea tonne.
The use of lake water decreased significantly in 2024 compared to previous years. In addition to the factors mentioned above, heat recovery and new condensers have also made water use more efficient. The amount of water treated at the wastewater treatment plant is affected by the production volumes of both Apetit and Sucros.