The web platform for animal welfare product comparisons: essenmitherz.ch

With the online tool "essenmitherz.ch", the SAP intends to examine all food of animal origin available in Switzerland over time and evaluate it for relevant animal welfare criteria.

In doing so, not only animal welfare labels will be looked at, as is often the case, but also designations of origin, quality seals, simple advertising brands as well as the legal and private minimum standards in Switzerland and abroad (EU/world). For the user of "essenmitherz.ch", information on the ratings is visible down to the detailed requirements.

The focus is on the individual product that can be purchased, not on entire quality labels. Why is that? Because the same quality label, the same legal basis, the same animal husbandry label, can have very good specifications for one animal species, while lagging far behind for another.

However, it is not only important to know the animal welfare value of individual products. It is equally important to gain an insight into the animal welfare efforts of those companies that sell articles of animal origin and earn money with them. For this reason, the STS will regularly survey retailers, catering wholesalers and system caterers operating in Switzerland on the composition of their product baskets and evaluate the data.