1 in 3 Latin American companies now source cage-free eggs

Sinergia Animal’s Cage-Free Tracker 2025 says 48 of 148 evaluated companies in Latin America now source only cage-free eggs, with transparency rising sharply across the region. In Peru, all four local companies tracked have fully transitioned, while several multinational chains still report no country-specific progress.

Why it matters: - Cage-free egg sourcing is moving from pledges to full implementation across Latin America. - The shift affects food, hotel, and restaurant supply chains in six countries: Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay. - Higher transparency makes it easier to track whether corporate animal-welfare commitments are being met locally.

What happened: - Sinergia Animal updated its annual Cage-Free Tracker 2025, an annex covering the 2025 monitoring cycle. - The tracker evaluated 148 companies that had made public commitments to eliminate eggs from battery cages. - Of those companies, 48, or 32.43%, have reached 100% cage-free egg sourcing across the region. - In Peru, the tracker includes 4 local companies and 36 multinational companies operating in the country. - All 4 Peruvian local companies evaluated have completed the transition.

The details: - Regional completion rose from 43 companies in the previous measurement to 48 in 2025. - 107 of 148 companies, or 72.30%, now report progress, up from 35.5% in 2022. - The companies with 100% cage-free egg sourcing in Peru are Acurio, Antigua Casona San Blás, Grupo Arama through Armónica Café, and Hoteles Estelar Perú. - Acurio reached full compliance in 2023. - Antigua Casona San Blás reached full compliance in 2023. - Grupo Arama’s Armónica Café reached full compliance in 2024. - Hoteles Estelar Perú reached full compliance in 2024. - The tracker counts only companies that made a public commitment on a website, social media, or sustainability report and that operate in at least one of the six surveyed countries. - The report covers both local companies and multinationals with regional operations.

Between the lines: - The regional gains suggest consumer pressure and corporate scrutiny are pushing cage-free sourcing faster in some markets than in others. - Shammy Coello, Sinergia Animal’s Latin America general director, said the progress reflects a deeper cultural shift and shows animal welfare and business viability can move together. - Coello also said multinational chains often report stronger progress in Europe or North America than in Latin America, leaving regional reporting limited or generic. - The transparency gap remains especially visible among large international chains operating in Peru.

What’s next: - Sinergia Animal is urging companies in Peru to publish periodic country-level reports and clear roadmaps. - The organization is asking consumers to prefer brands that certify cage-free sourcing and to demand more transparency. - Sinergia Animal is also calling on lawmakers to regulate egg and egg-product labeling and to penalize misleading animal-welfare claims. - The tracker will continue as an annual regional monitoring tool for cage-free commitments in Latin America.

The bottom line: - One-third of tracked companies in Latin America have now fully switched to cage-free eggs, but Peru’s next test is whether multinational brands will match local companies’ pace and disclose verifiable progress.