UniCafe wins Luomu SM trophy for tenth time

UniCafe has picked up its tenth win at the Luomu SM (Organic Finnish Championship) competition. The competition pitted professional kitchens against each other to compete on their use of organic ingredients in 2024.

The purchase of 67,849 kilograms of organic ingredients meant the average UniCafe customer had 40 grams of organic food on their plate in 2024.  Offering organic products has long been an established component in the sustainable procurement of Ylva’s UniCafe restaurants.

”We are proud to have succeeded in making organic products a part of students’ everyday lunch routines. Our tenth win is proof that this is not about isolated actions, but the result of years of consistent work”, says Ylva’s Restaurants Business Director Anne Immonen.

UniCafe is committed to offering organic food and developing its organic selection going forward.  By weight, the four most significant organic foodstuffs are coffee, milk, soy yoghurt and tofu.

“Supporting student well-being is at the core of UniCafe’s operations. For us, every meal is an opportunity to provide nutritious and responsibly produced food”, says Product Development and Purchasing Manager Susanne Reiju.

This year was the twelfth time that restaurant and food service operators have gone head-to-head in the Luomu SM competition.

The competition has three series for both the private and public sectors. Which series a competitor competes in depends on the number of meals it serves over the course of the year. UniCafe took the win in the Large Private Operator category with 5.4 per cent of its procured ingredients being organic.

UniCafe joined the Portaat Luomuun (Steps Towards Organic Food) programme in 2013. The amount of organic ingredients in the food we serve is being raised methodically across all UniCafe restaurants. Our selection already consists of approximately 200 different products.

The results of the Luomu SM competition were published on Wednesday 1st of October at the Organic Food Day event in Helsinki. The amount of organic ingredients used was verified using purchase statistics from the professional kitchens. The Luomu SM competition for professional kitchens has been organised annually since 2014.

Further information:

Anne Immonen
Business Director, Restaurants
+358 40 512 5008
anne.immonen@ylva.fi

Susanne Reiju
Product Development and Purchasing Manager
tel. +358 40 057 6283
susanne.reiju@unicafe.fi