Ella's Kitchen sustainability score: 49/100
Better than 84% of Food & Beverage (non-meat)
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Ella's Kitchen produces organic baby and toddler food in pouches and jars, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Henley-on-Thames, UK. A Hain Celestial subsidiary and B Corp since 2016, it operates with ~122 staff and outsourced manufacturing across Scotland, France, and Italy.
More about Ella's Kitchen
The brand is 100% organic and palm-oil-free.
Founded 2002Head office Henley-on-Thames, United KingdomStaff ~122Revenue ~£60-80MWebsite ↗
Ella's Kitchen has SBTi-validated emissions targets and a genuine biodiversity partnership with the RSPB, but lacks published absolute emissions data to verify progress. Supply chain measurement is improving through Foodsteps, yet operational transparency remains weak on energy sourcing and water impact.
Ella's Kitchen scores 49/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified May 2026.
That places Ella's Kitchen joint 179th of 1,023 companies scored, and 9th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).
What is Ella's Kitchen doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Energy Source and Water Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Ella's Kitchen lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations3/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature7/10No verified restoration beyond its own footprint, or supply chain not mapped for nature risk.
- How it uses materials and handles waste6/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Ella's Kitchen's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Ella's Kitchen's score changed?
Ella's Kitchen's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 48.
- 48 → 4825 April 2026
Session 2a cleanup: recomputed performance from sum(questions[].score). performance 47→48, score 48→49.
- Scored 484 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Ella's Kitchen's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
50% of them were published by Ella's Kitchen itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
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How does Ella's Kitchen compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?
Where Ella's Kitchen sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.
Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Ella's Kitchen sits 9th of 51.
Who scores higher in Food & Beverage (non-meat)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Ella's Kitchen.
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