- CEO
- Marko Pipunic
- Full Time Employees
- 1,283
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- Osijek Croatia
- Business
- Zito d.d. is a vertically integrated agricultural and food processing company based in Croatia. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Osijek, Croatia, the company operates across the complete agribusiness value chain, spanning primary crop production, livestock farming, animal feed manufacturing, grain storage and commodity trading, food processing, and renewable energy generation. The company's core product and service portfolio comprises large-scale agricultural crop cultivation, including wheat, corn, barley, soybeans, sunflower, rapeseed, and sugar beets; seed processing, certification, and agricultural supply distribution; animal nutrition and compound feed manufacturing under the Vitalka brand; livestock operations, including pig breeding and fattening, beef cattle rearing, and dairy farming; commercial fresh table egg production; grain intake, warehousing, logistics, and trading services delivered through an extensive network of modern silos and storage facilities; premium dry-cured meat and charcuterie manufacturing under the DOBRO brand, featuring dry-cured ham (prosciutto), pancetta, dried pork neck (budjola), and cured salamis produced without artificial additives, soy, or gluten; refined edible vegetable oils under the TENA brand, including sunflower oil and rapeseed oil; mayonnaise, margarines, vegetable fats, dressings, and culinary condiments marketed under the Zvijezda brand; and renewable electricity and thermal energy generation via agricultural biogas facilities and solar photovoltaic installations. Zito d.d. serves retail grocery chains, foodservice distributors, industrial food processors, wholesale commodity traders, and commercial farming enterprises across Croatia, the wider Central and South-Eastern European markets, and the European Union. In recent strategic developments, the company converted its legal structure to a public joint-stock company and completed the largest initial public offering (IPO) by a private company on the Zagreb Stock Exchange, listing its shares under the ticker symbol ZITO on the Official Market in July 2025 to support a EUR 125 million capital expenditure program focused on capacity expansion, technological modernization, and operational sustainability. Furthermore, Zito d.d. accelerated its regional consolidation by acquiring a 100% equity interest in Zvijezda plus d.o.o. in Croatia and Zvijezda Slovenia from the Fortenova Group in a transaction valued at approximately EUR 115.7 million, substantially expanding its manufacturing capacity, product portfolio, and market dominance in edible oils and condiments.