Tracking Asia’s Progress Toward a Cage-Free Future

The 2025 Asia Cage-Free Tracker evaluates 95 companies across five key markets, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand, showing expanding corporate participation but persistently uneven progress toward cage-free sourcing. While more companies are making commitments, transparency and implementation remain inconsistent across the region.

KEY FINDINGS

companies evaluated (22% increase from 2024).

14.7%

have achieved or are on track for 100% cage-free sourcing.

3.2%

show strong implementation (70–98.9%).

13.7%

are in the early stages (1–39.9%).

34.7%

report global-only data with no Asia-specific breakdown.

29.5%

provide no reporting at all.

Across the region, more than 75% of companies have set their deadlines at 2025 or earlier, making this year a defining moment for accountability and progress.

OTHER KEY DATA

Of the 95 companies contacted and included in the report, 28 are Hotels, 37 are restaurants, cafés and bakeries, 6 are catering or food services, 15 are manufacturers, 4 are Supermarkets and 5 belong to travel and tourism.

CHALLENGES

Some of the most frequently mentioned reasons related to the obstacles that may hinder companies from transitioning to cage-free egg sourcing include:

Economic Crisis: Current contexts, such as social, sectoral, and economic crises, create challenges in production, purchasing, and retail chains.

Increased Costs: A significant cost difference exists between cage-free eggs and other systems, especially in Ecuador and Uruguay.

Misleading Information: Some producers do not provide entirely accurate information regarding the animal welfare conditions of their production systems.

Limited Local Production of Processed Cage-Free Eggs: Producers of cage-free eggs focus mainly on shell egg production.

Liquid Egg Purchases: Minimal purchases of this product in large quantities.

Production Chain Monitoring: Imported products offer clarity about the origin of their ingredients, but local products are not required to provide detailed reports, making it difficult to verify the use of cage-free eggs.

Outsourced Product Information: The lack of information about outsourced products, which may come from battery-cage systems, makes it difficult to verify the positive impact on the lives of hens.