Our commitment to sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. This means: •
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Using sesame, an amazing crop that thrives in hot, dry climates, requires very little water to cultivate, is naturally pest resistant, and is self-pollinating, as the main ingredient in our Sesamemilks. Upcycling what’s left after sesame seeds are pressed for oil. Packaging our products in recyclable Tetra Pak cartons made mainly from renewable plant-based materials.
Sesamemilk is Sustainable USES LESS WATER Hope and Sesame® Unsweetened Original Sesamemilk uses... 76% less water than most oat milk, 87% less water than most almond milk, and 92% less water than most whole milk to make 1L of milk.1
BETTER FOR BEES Almond cultivation requires commercial bees to pollinate the groves during a short window; millions of bees are shipped in and more than 30% die from stress and pesticide poisoning.2 Although pollinators can increase yield, sesame is self-pollinating, no commercial bees required.3
UPCYCLED CERTIFIED™ After sesame seeds are pressed for oil, we make sesamemilk with the remaining sesame, making Hope and Sesame® Sesamemilk the only Upcycled Certified™ plant milk.
Liters of Water Used per Liter of Milk Produced
WATER USAGE (L/Kg)
250
200
201
150
129
100
70
50
0
17 Hope and Sesame® Original
Oat Milk
Almond Milk
Whole Milk
1 Source: Planet FWD Lifecycle Assessment Study 2 Source: The Guardian, January 8, 2020 3 Source: University of Florida IFAS, Entomology and Nematology Department, Open Sesame: The Pollination of Sesame Plants, 4-20-2016.
