Cosun produces and sells natural ingredients and foodstuffs for the international food industry, foodservice channel (restaurants, caterers and wholesalers) and retail outlets. The group also processes organic residues into products for non-food applications.

Its activities are organised into four groups:

• Basic ingredients, sugar en inulin (Suiker Unie and Sensus).
• Industrial alcohol and bioethanol (Royal Nedalco).
• Potato products, including chilled, frozen and dried potato products and a wide range of other prepared potato specialities (Aviko).
• Compound ingredients, including fine bakery specialities, toppings and fruit & vegetable applications (Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients and SVZ).
  
  As a specialist in the taste, functionality and health of ingredients, Cosun develops products concepts and applications that meet its customers’ specific wishes.
  
  Our marketing and research expertise is at the service of today’s and tomorrow’s food market. This expertise has been concentrated around specific customer groups and applications. For research and quality control, we have our own research and development organisation, Cosun Food Technology Centre (CFTC).
  
  The group as a whole achieves a turnover of EUR 1.7 billion and has an average workforce of  4,200 FTEs.
  
  We work in the first links of the food chain through the collection and large-scale processing of farm products into high quality ingredients and foods. Together with our customers, suppliers and members, we develop products that meet the needs of the food market both now and in the future.