Food & Beverage (non-meat)

Rebel Kitchen sustainability score: 44/100

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About Rebel Kitchen

Rebel Kitchen manufactures plant-based beverages, primarily coconut water and coconut-based dairy alternatives, sold in the UK and Europe. Founded as part of Nurture Brands, a multi-brand plant-based food company, it sources organic coconuts from Philippine smallholders and uses minimal processing.

More about Rebel Kitchen

A B Corp since 2016.

Founded 2006Head office London, GBStaff ~33Revenue ~£5M (est.)Website ↗

Our verdict

Rebel Kitchen is a small B Corp–certified plant-based beverage maker with genuine sustainability commitments but critical gaps in execution. Carbon neutrality claimed via offsets without published absolute emissions data or reduction evidence. Missing: quantified supply chain footprint, formal science-based targets, standalone sustainability reporting, and water/waste metrics.

Rebel Kitchen scores 44/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified May 2026.

That places Rebel Kitchen joint 306th of 934 companies scored, and joint 18th of 51 in Food & Beverage (non-meat).

The ten questions

What is Rebel Kitchen doing well, and where does it fall short?

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (7/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Water Impact (2/10, 3/10).

What's missing

Where Rebel Kitchen lost points

For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.

  • Emissions from its own operations4/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
  • Emissions from its supply chain4/10Most of its supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions aren't measured.
  • Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
  • How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
  • Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
  • How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
  • Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
  • Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
  • How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
  • Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.

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The calculation

How is Rebel Kitchen's SINK score calculated?

Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
Food & Beverage (non-meat) sector ceiling.
50 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the ten questions, each scored 0 to 10.
42 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 50) + (0.7 × 42) = 44.4
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on total emissions. Bigger polluters lose more.
× 1
Final score
Rounded. Below expectations.
44 / 100
Where the evidence comes from

What evidence is Rebel Kitchen's score based on?

9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.

33% of them were published by Rebel Kitchen itself; the rest come from independent sources.

Scored on 5 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.

[1]Independent source
Rebel Kitchen: Client Story
2019
Q1Q2Q3Q8Q10
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[2]Third-party verified
Nurture Brands Ltd — B Corp Directory
Ongoing
Q1Q9
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[3]Self-reported
Nurture Brands UK — LinkedIn
Ongoing
Q1Q4Q6
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[4]Public record
Rebel Kitchen Coconut Water — PreparedFoods.com
Unknown
Q2Q6
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[5]Public record
Coconut Bytes — Convenience Store Magazine
Unknown
Q5
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[6]Public record
Clean Sweep for Nurture Brands — Asian Trader
Unknown
Q5Q9
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[7]Self-reported
Beyond Net Zero Hero: Ben Arbib, Founder of Nurture Brands
Unknown
Q5Q8
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[8]Public record
Rebel Kitchen Claims Carbon Neutral Status
2019
Q10
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[9]Self-reported
Rebel Kitchen — Official Website
Ongoing
Q7
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Rebel Kitchen in context

How does Rebel Kitchen compare with other food & beverage (non-meat) companies?

Where Rebel Kitchen sits among food & beverage (non-meat) peers.

Among the 51 major food & beverage (non-meat) brands we've scored, Rebel Kitchen is tied =18th of 51, with 7 others.

=18/51
Rebel Kitchen's rank
42
Industry average
19
Industry low
58
Industry high
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