Cosun

Bedrijfsprofiel

Royal Cosun is an agro-industrial group of businesses that process agricultural raw materials into food products and ingredients for the food industry, the foodservice channel and the retail market. Well-known brands are Suiker Unie, Van Gilse and Aviko.

The group's ambition is to extract the maximum value from its raw materials: this is good for the environment and makes economic sense and it meets society's demands for sustainable products and production methods. The Cosun businesses also supply animal feed products, make renewable chemicals to replace oil-based chemicals and produce biogas from residual flows.

Cosun is a cooperative with some 9,500 members/shareholders, more than 3,400 jobs in fte and annual turnover of about €1.9 billion.

Subsidiaries and Factory Locations

Aviko

Aviko is one of the four largest potato processors in the world and is European market leader of fresh, frozen and dried potato products. Aviko provides appropriate potato products for every market (foodservice, retail or industry).

Duynie

Duynie is Europe’s largest company active in the valorisation of co-products released in the food, beverage and biofuel industry.

Product Types offered by this company

- Aardappelketen

Nieuws over dit bedrijf

Aviko performed extremely well in 2016. The company made the most of the openings on the sales markets and improved its operating efficiency.
Shown: Aviko Supercrunch fries (Courtesy: Aviko)

februari 09, 2017

Cosun Potato Processing activities (Aviko) make up for decline in sugar

Royal Cosun announces an increase in its profit for 2016 in comparison with 2015. The projected decline in the profit on sugar was offset by firmer results on other activities, especially potatoes.

From the archive

2016 Crop Progress for the potato variety Agria in The Netherlands

augustus 23, 2016

Aviko Potato provides detailed information on the development of the 2016 potato crop

Yearly Aviko Potatoes follows the progress of the potato crop through regular sampling and the resulting data are shared publicly based on their commitment to transparency. PotatoPro took a closer look.

From the archive

Royal Cosun core activity is the production of sugar from sugar beets. Above a view of the Suiker Unie plant in Dinteloord, with a field of sugar beets in the foreground.

februari 11, 2016

Cosun presents financial results; Aviko performance further improved

In 2015 Royal Cosun achieved a lower result than in 2014, but it was still better than expected. Cosun subsidiary Aviko results further improved in 2015, thanks to higher sales at good prices.

From the archive