How do I apply for a job at SMJ?
Submit your resume in the Careers Section of this website. Alternatively, you may email your resume to recruitment@smjaleel.com
Where can students and teachers find information about SMJ for a school/university project? Is there a particular contact person for this?
If the information you seek is not available on this website, please refer to the Contact Us section, and email the SMJ representative (in your country) with your request.
Where can I buy S.M. Jaleel’s beverages?
You will find our beverages at supermarkets, shops, pharmacies, vendors, school cafeterias, restaurants, and wholesalers. You may also purchase directly from our offices. Please refer to our “Contact Us” section to find the operating headquarters near you.
Please describe how soft drinks are made.
First, we begin with purified water. A concentrated (flavoured) syrup is added to the water, chilled, then carbonated. The beverage is then filled into sterilized cans or bottles, labeled and packaged. We also manufacture our own tetra packs and bottles at SM Jaleel. Every stage of the process is automated so that the product is [...]
Are your beverages certified Kosher?
Chubby which is produced in Canada by the Cott Corporation, is Kosher and has a Kosher symbol on the label.
Please describe how juices are processed.
Depending on the juice product, we use either a frozen concentrate or the juice from freshly squeezed fruit. When the concentrate is used, the mixture is diluted to a desired consistency. At this stage, the other ingredients including sugar, flavours, and colours are added to complete the mixture. Once it all comes together, the mixture [...]
Please list and describe the steps involved in the water purification process.
When purifying water we do the following: Chlorinate basic water Filtrate the chlorinated water through a sand bed Filtrate through an activated carbon bed Filtrate through a polisher filter Effect UV irradiation Reverse Osmosis membranes Complete the process with Ozonation.
How do you ensure that quality standards are respected in all countries?
We are vigilant about ensuring quality, and safe procedures. We test and formulate all our products in accordance with the current standards of each country we operate in.
Please state how SMJ is involved with RECYCLING
There is an ongoing environmental effort at SM Jaleel. We sell all post industrial material (returned bottles, cans and plastic), cardboard, pallets and metal drums to recycling companies. We also have shredding machines both in Barbados, which shred returned plastic (PET) bottles (post consumption). The shredded plastic is packed in sacks and exported to international [...]
Please state how SMJ is involved with RE-USE.
We complement our recycling efforts by re-using discarded material on the plant for other functions. Approximately 10% of all virgin (rejected) bottles before being filled are sterilized and re-injected into the line We re-use the liners that come with the pallets of empty cans, for lining the sugar pallets, and the stacked finished product. We [...]