Food industry

Quality based on tradition – rich in potential for the future.

This is where pleasure meets ideas.

Saxony-Anhalt whets the appetite for more. The food industry is one of the strongest industrial sectors in Saxony-Anhalt - with a high employment effect, stable added value, a clear export orientation and characterized by small and medium-sized companies. The location scores with an optimal infrastructure, well-trained specialists and an innovation-friendly environment. Regionality is part of the recipe for success.

Many companies combine tradition with a spirit of innovation: Proven products remain in the range, new ideas bring fresh impetus - from creative baked goods to organic and fair trade offerings. Modern products are created in close cooperation with research institutes, which sustainably strengthens quality, efficiency and innovative power.

Our recipe: convince with the tried and tested - and make a name for yourself with the new.

HERE companies are agile, opening up international markets, focusing on plant-based concepts, alternative proteins and digital process solutions. In this way, the industry is well equipped - for the food challenges of tomorrow.

 

 

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Companies with >20 employees

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Turnover in € billion

Advantage Saxony-Anhalt

  • Best availability of raw materials - Saxony-Anhalt is characterized by Germany's best soils
  • three of the most efficient sugar factories in Germany
  • very good traffic situation with seven highways
  • interesting, competitive industrial sites
  • a distinctive research and university landscape
  • short, direct routes to the relevant decision-makers

Did you know?

  • ... that Saxony-Anhalt has the oldest chocolate factory in Germany, the Hallorenfabrik.
  • ... that the first microalgae farm in Europe comes from Saxony-Anhalt.
  • ... that the Magdeburger Börde is the region with the highest yield potential and best soils in Germany.

Focal points

  • Confectionery
  • Meat processing
  • bakery products
  • Dairy products
  • Beverage industry
  • sugar

Networks & Partners

Companies on site

Success stories

KATHI Rainer Thiele GmbH

Kathi baking mixes from Halle an der Saale stand for tradition, quality and family passion, founded by the creative Käthe Thiele. A small garage production facility has grown into an internationally renowned family business that produces baking mixes in a wide range of varieties - from classics to innovations that now even travel as far as Vietnam. The Thiele family continues to write its success story with passion, consistency and the courage to develop further.

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Rotkäppchen Mumm sparkling wine cellars

The Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH group of companies, based in Freyburg (Unstrut), is active both as a producer and distributor in the food categories of sparkling wine, wine and spirits. As a group, Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien is the market leader in the sparkling wine, branded wine and spirits categories in Germany.

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Algae farm Klötze GmbH & Co KG

In a photobioreactor system consisting of five hundred kilometers of glass tubes, company G in Saxony-Anhalt produces microalgae for the food, animal feed and cosmetics industries, fulfilling customer requests from Europe, Asia and America. ). The closed photobioreactor technology enables low-pollutant and efficient cultivation compared to open systems. The project began in the 1990s as a CO₂ capture approach and was restarted in 2004.

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The taste of Saxony-Anhalt

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