- CEO
- Niels Porksen
- Full Time Employees
- 19,853
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Address
- Maximilianstrasse 10 Mannheim Germany 68165
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 2021
- Business
- Südzucker AG, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany and founded in 1926, stands as Europe's largest sugar producer and a leading multinational group processing agricultural raw materials into high-quality food ingredients, animal feed, ethanol and other industrial products across five segments including sugar, special products, CropEnergies, starch and fruit; its core offerings encompass beet sugar and specialties such as organic beet sugars, fondants, pearl sugars, liquid sugars and sucrose-based excipients; glucose syrups and saccharification products; native and modified starches including pregelatinized varieties from rice, corn, tapioca and potatoes along with potato flakes, vital wheat gluten and bio-innovations; functional ingredients for food, beverages, cosmetics, infant and child nutrition; frozen and chilled pizzas plus portion pack articles under the Freiberger division; fruit preparations and juice concentrates; ethanol and animal feed co-products, with certifications including organic, Fairtrade, GMO-free, RSPO, MSC, kosher and halal to meet diverse customer needs in industrial B2B markets, retail and food service primarily in Europe and globally for special products, starch and fruit operations. The company maintains over 90 production facilities, predominantly in Central Europe, serving food, animal feed, petroleum industries and consumers through reliable supply chains, customized solutions and R&D support for product development. Recent developments include the successful completion of a delisting tender offer and acquisition of an additional 10.54% stake in its CropEnergies AG subsidiary in February 2024 for €105.7 million, enhancing control and strategic focus; issuance of a €700 million hybrid bond in the first half of fiscal year 2025/26 through subsidiary Südzucker International Finance B.V. to bolster financing; ongoing investments such as transitioning from coal to gas at sites in Zeitz, Germany and Strzelin, Poland alongside expansions in loading and silo capacities; a strategic warehousing partnership with GEODIS for Südzucker Polska S.A. announced in November 2025; and capacity expansions for plant-based proteins in the special products segment.