Special products segment
Overview
Production sites
23 worldwide
Products
Functional ingredients for food, animal feed, non-food and pharmaceuticals; Convenience Food, Portion packs and contract manufacturing/packaging
Customers
Food industry, Food retailers, Hotels, Gastronomy, Catering
Special products segment
The special products segment comprises the divisions BENEO, Freiberger and PortionPack.
BENEO
BENEO produces and markets ingredients from various raw materials for food and pet food with nutritional and technological benefits.
Freiberger Group
Freiberger Group is a producer of chilled and frozen pizzas, frozen pasta dishes and snacks with a clear focus on private label business in Europe and the USA.
PortionPack Group
PortionPack Group specialises in developing, packaging and marketing portion packs.
- BENEO produces and markets functional ingredients from plant-based raw materials
that have nutritional and technological benefits. - Products made from raw materials such as chicory root, sugar beet, rice, wheat, faba beans and more: Dietary fibres, flours and starches, vegetable proteins, vegetable texturisers, prebiotics, sugar substitutes, low glycaemic index sugars
- Fields of application: food (bakery, cereals, beverages, confectionery, dairy products, meat substitutes); animal feed; pharmaceutical excipients (for tablets etc.), etc.
- Consulting in the areas nutritional science and application technology; support for the development of innovative ingredients.
- Sales offices in Asia, Europe, South America and the USA as well as a sales network in more than 80 countries.
- One of the three largest manufacturers of frozen and chilled Pizza worldwide
- Products: deep-frozen and chilled pizza as well as deep-frozen pasta dishes and snacks; sauces and dressings; products for in-store bakeries
- Production locations: Berlin, Muggensturm, Osterweddingen, Burg, Oberhofen/Austria, Westhoughton/Great Britain and another 4 in the USA
- 21 lines in Europe, 9 in the USA; daily output of up to 4.5 million products
- Specialist for private labels, supplier of many leading food retailers in Europe and North America
- Brands: Alberto, al Forno, Pizzatainment
- Design, production and sales of portion packed products; contract manufacturing and contract packaging
- Product range: Dry products (e.g. sugar, sweeteners, spices, powdered drinks, oatmeal, etc.); liquid products (e.g. sauces, honey, concentrates, etc.); chunky products (e.g. biscuits, peppermint sweets, chewing gum, etc.)
- European market leader
- Major market: out of home (hotels, catering, restaurants and canteens)
- Ten affiliates in seven countries: Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, South Africa and Spain