Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 23 October 2026 · 4 sources
Portuguese canned sardine brand of the Pinhais cannery in Matosinhos.
Until Nuri 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.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 3 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 3 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Met: Respects worker rights
- 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 Nuri's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
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 Nuri is canned by hand at the family-owned Pinhais cannery in Matosinhos, Portugal, which has just under 100 staff, mostly women, and exports over 95% of its output. Its sardines are bought fresh at the local fishing port. No certifications, audits, labour policy or reports on crew conditions on the boats that supply it are published.
Sources and actions
Sources 4
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- In Portugal, taking a dive into sardines (San Juan Daily Star) · search the archive · Conservas Pinhais in Matosinhos makes Nuri, its international label; workforce almost entirely women
- Pinhais: 100 years of great resilience in the fish preserve industry of Matosinhos (Portus Online) · search the archive · Family business; just under 100 staff, mostly women; hand production in Matosinhos; fresh fish from the local port; over 95% exported
- Nuri (Conservas de Portugal brand archive) · search the archive · Nuri packed by Pinhais & Cª Lda, Matosinhos, for Glatz GmbH; no certifications listed
- Nuri Spiced Sardines in Olive Oil 125g (BuyWisely) · search the archive · Sold by Australian retailers including Wholefoods, FoodWorks Macksville and IGA
Company details
- Owned by
- Conservas Pinhais & Cia.
- Headquarters
- Portugal
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Nuri ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/nuri, last researched 23 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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