SÜDZUCKER SUGAR DIVISION – WE MAKE THE WORLD A SWEETER PLACE!
Sugar is an essential ingredient in many applications, from food to non-food applications. Depending on the application, sugar provides many functionalities beyond sweetening, giving final products texture, colour, enhanced flavour, shelf-life, and much more. After all is said and done, the overall sensory experience makes consumers favour certain food and beverage products above others – that’s what our proprietary consumer research tells us year after year. So it is that in 2024, good value for money is more important than low price – and organic is back.
We at Südzucker Group’s Sugar Division are responsible for ensuring that consumers, food and beverage, and non-food industries can rely on the best natural-source ingredient for their recipes – sugar beet. So that you, as our business partner, can empower your customers to create those sweet little moments for themselves and their families. We take pride in delivering the highest-quality ingredients for food or other crucial non-food applications like pharmaceutical products or fermentation purposes. As a sugar producer, we believe in making the world a sweeter place.
When you work with us, we pledge to be a reliable, high-quality supplier and an innovation champion for the plant-based sweetening solutions of tomorrow.
But who or what exactly is the Südzucker Sugar Division?
Südzucker Sugar Division
The Südzucker Sugar Division is an organizationally independent unit responsible for Sϋdzucker’s sugar business. Our division has sugar factories throughout Europe. The main products are sugar and sugar specialties for end consumers and our industry partners. Our co-products are animal feed and carbolime, with other customized services and products based on sugar beets complementing our portfolio.
In essence, the Südzucker Sugar Division is the core business of the Südzucker Group. You could say that we’re the roots that got it all started. Over the years, Südzucker Group has grown and added new divisions and companies, but its core business remains sugar.
The Mission, Vision and Purpose of the Südzucker Sugar Division
Dr Mike Eberle – CEO Südzucker Sugar Division Südzucker AG
“As part of the Südzucker Group family, we are proud to head up the Group’s core activities rooted in a long-standing tradition across many countries, and in collaborating with employees who have repeatedly shown their ability to overcome the numerous challenges our business has encountered in recent years.
The cultivation of a pure, natural crop like the sugar beet is the foundation for producing high-quality beet sugar – a valued ingredient in numerous everyday products. For our customers, we aim to be the preferred partner for a wide range of beet-based solutions.”
Otto Brehm – CSO Südzucker Sugar Division Südzucker AG
“We’re uniquely positioned at the centre of the farm-to-fork paradigm. Our mission is to bring value to our farmers, customers, consumers and further value chain partners in everything we do. In a nutshell: identify customers’ and consumers’ needs and then develop the right solutions for them. The close-knit exchange with all parties involved allows us to find sweet-spot solutions and use our vast infrastructure to continuously improve our service to our partners and customers.”
Markus Neundörfer – CFO Südzucker Sugar Division Südzucker AG
“Growing in balance, i.e., responding and contributing to fair political and regulatory dynamics will generate opportunities for profitable growth. The Sugar Division follows Südzucker Group’s Strategy 2026+ by developing innovative, sustainable and beneficial solutions. As Business Partners, Sugar Division Finance and Controlling is fully dedicated to this. Let´s go for it together!”
Frank Kiesewetter – COO Südzucker Sugar Division Südzucker AG
“Our goal is to generate maximum value for our customers from the raw materials we source and process year-round – primarily beet sugar and co-products derived from regional sugar beets. We are firmly dedicated to ensuring occupational health and safety for our employees, continuously improving our processes, investing in further digitalization, and enhancing efficiency – including emission reduction targets. All of this is made possible by the outstanding team members at each of our locations.”
Südzucker – Your Partner For Plant-based Sweetening Solutions
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