Coqueiro
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 23 October 2026 · 3 sources
Brazilian canned sardine and tuna brand owned by Camil Alimentos.
Until Coqueiro traces its fish and seafood to the boat or farm and has the conditions of the people who catch or farm it checked independently, it can't show that they are free and fairly paid.
Know something we've missed? Send evidence. Represent Coqueiro? Send a right of reply.
Compare Coqueiro with another brand
Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It relies on fish and seafood that it can't trace to the boat or farm. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace it and check the conditions of the people who catch or farm it.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 2 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsJudged on where its products are made: worker rights are poorly protected in Brazil.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Traces its catch to the boat or farm and has crews' or farm workers' conditions checked independently
Red flags 2
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Relies on fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farm
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From Coqueiro's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Systematic violations | Below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: fishing fleets and processing plants have some of the worst documented forced labour, including trafficked crews held at sea for years.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Relies on fish and seafood from fishing boats and farms, where crews and farm workers, often migrants recruited into debt, have been held for months or years, beaten and denied pay, out of reach of factory audits. It hasn't shown any steps to trace its fish and seafood to the boat or farm or have the conditions of the people who catch or farm it checked, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Camil, which bought Coqueiro from PepsiCo in 2011, cans sardines and tuna at its own industrial unit in Brazil; Coqueiro's plants were in São Gonçalo and Itajaí at the time of the sale. Raw sardines come from Brazilian catches and from imports, but the exporting countries, fishing fleets and tuna sources are not named. Camil publishes no vessel or supplier list, no seafood certification and no checks on crews of the boats that supply it.
Sources and actions
Sources 3
Show all 3 sources
- PepsiCo unloads Brazil's Coqueiro (SeafoodSource, 2011) · search the archive · Camil Alimentos bought Coqueiro from PepsiCo; plants in São Gonçalo and Itajaí; mainly canned sardines and tuna; about 1,500 employees
- Camil Alimentos Relatório de Sustentabilidade 2021 · search the archive · Camil has one canned fish industrial unit in Brazil; sardine shortfall in 2021 due to raw material disruption locally and in exporting countries
- Camil Alimentos Relatório da Administração e Demonstrações Financeiras 2024 · search the archive · Coqueiro canned sardines and tuna remain part of Camil's Brazilian business; no seafood sourcing or labour disclosures
Company details
- Owned by
- Camil Alimentos S.A.
- Headquarters
- Brazil
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Coqueiro ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/coqueiro, last researched 23 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
Other canned and pouched fish brands
Nothing we've rated in canned and pouched fish is better than Lacks transparency yet.
Something missing or wrong?
Grades are opinions based on the evidence listed here. Send us evidence, or a right of reply if you represent Coqueiro.