Super C Chef
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 23 October 2026 · 7 sources
Thai canned sardine, mackerel and tuna brand of tuna processor Sea Value.
There's no proof Super C Chef pays more than the legal minimum, which in Thailand is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, a hidden, unaudited supply chain in high-risk countries and fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farm. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- 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 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in Thailand, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- 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
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Traces its catch to the boat or farm and has crews' or farm workers' conditions checked independently
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- Red flag: Relies on fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farmShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- 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 press and retailer reports; Super C Chef doesn't say where its products are made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | No guarantee of rights | 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.
- 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 Super C Chef is a Thai-market brand, about 90% sardines and mackerel and 10% tuna, owned by Sea Value, Thailand's second-largest tuna canner, with three plants in Thailand and one in France and about 18,000 workers. Its main tuna suppliers are Itochu and Taiwan's FCF, a trader Greenpeace linked to forced labour on vessels in 2020. Greenpeace's 2020 Southeast Asia canned tuna ranking rated Super C Chef Good, with top traceability scores. No vessel list, labour certification or independent crew checks are published.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| US Department of Labor goods lists | Listed | The US Department of Labor lists seafood from Thailand as produced with child or forced labour. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 7
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- Sustainability and Justice on the High Seas: 2020 Southeast Asia Canned Tuna Ranking (Greenpeace) · search the archive · Super C Chef rated Good (70-100%), among top performers on traceability; ranking includes legality and labour criteria
- Greenpeace demands sustainability and human rights due diligence for Southeast Asian tuna (Greenpeace Thailand, August 2020) · search the archive · Super C Chef the only Thai brand rated Good of nine Thai brands; sold in the Thai market
- Seafood fact sheet: child labor and forced labor in seafood production (US Department of Labor, ILAB) · search the archive · Lists 20 countries or areas with documented child or forced labour in seafood production, including Thailand
- Sea Value pivots to booming pet food sector (Bangkok Post) · search the archive · Three processing facilities in Thailand incl. Samut Sakhon and one in France; about 18,000 employees; main tuna suppliers Itochu and FCF
- Thailand's Sea Value achieves record $1bn sales (Undercurrent News, May 2025) · search the archive · Thailand's second-largest canned tuna producer; about 200,000 t of skipjack processed in 2024
- Evidence persists of IUU, forced labor in Taiwanese fleet, including on FCF-linked vessels (SeafoodSource, March 2020) · search the archive · Greenpeace found excessive overtime, document confiscation and unpaid wages amounting to forced labour on vessels linked to FCF
- Canned fish market case study: Three Lady Cooks, Super C Chef, Roza (Marketeer, July 2023) · search the archive · Super C Chef is owned by Sea Value PCL; sales about 90% sardines and mackerel, 10% tuna and ready meals; began as a tuna processing factory
Company details
- Owned by
- Sea Value PCL (Thailand)
- Headquarters
- Thailand
- Employees
- About 18,000
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Super C Chef ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/super-c-chef, 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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