Südzucker Group: sugar, starch, fruit and ethanol
Südzucker Group: sugar, special products, starch, fruit and CropEnergies ethanol. Group revenue EUR 8.352 billion in 2025/26.
Südzucker Group is a German processor turning agricultural raw materials into sugar, specialty food ingredients, starch, fruit products and ethanol.
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Südzucker Group, led by Südzucker AG, is a German agricultural processing group. It turns agricultural raw materials into sugar, food ingredients, starch and fermentation products. The group is organised into five segments: sugar, special products, CropEnergies, starch and fruit. CropEnergies produces renewable ethanol, while the fruit segment processes fruit for the food industry. This broad spread of businesses is what the group itself credits for absorbing pressure in individual markets.
For growers, Südzucker is above all a buyer of raw materials under contract. Crops are delivered to its factories under agreed terms on quantity, quality and payment, and they also supply the starch and ethanol businesses. Processing creates co-products as well, and how these are used matters to growers and buyers alike. Industrial buyers source sugar, specialty ingredients, starch, fruit preparations and ethanol, where quality specifications and continuity of supply matter most.
Size of the business
Südzucker Group revenue was EUR 8.352 billion in the 2025/26 financial year. Of that total, the sugar segment accounted for EUR 2.786 billion.
What does the company offer?
Südzucker Group offers sugar, specialty products, starch, fruit processing and renewable ethanol through CropEnergies.
How should a buyer make contact?
Südzucker is organised by segment and country, and the group website lists the contacts for each business. Enquiries go best when they state the product, the intended application, the volumes and the timing.
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