Allos Hof-Manufaktur GmbH

About Allos Hof-Manufaktur

Allos Hof-Manufaktur GmbH, headquartered in Bremen, is an organic pioneer producing plant-based organic foods under the brands Allos, Cupper, De Rit, Little Lunch and Tartex. The range includes mueslis, crunchies, poppies, porridges, fruit bars, plant-based and fruit spreads, pâtés, schmaltz, soups, snacks and teas. Production takes place at two owned German plants: the Allos Hof in Drebber (cereals and bars, around 80 employees) and the Freiburg plant of Allos Schwarzwald GmbH (spreads, pâtés, schmaltz, 83 employees), where plant-based spreads have been produced since 1963. The Freiburg plant sources 100% green electricity from the region and covers around 22% of its electricity needs through its own generation; since 2022, new autoclaves have reduced energy consumption by up to 30%. The company belongs to the European Ecotone Group, has been B Corp certified since 2018 and employs around 260 people.

Site

Bremen

Processes

Manufacture of organic foods (mueslis, bars, spreads, soups, tea, snacks), Handcrafted recipe development, Joint production within the Ecotone Group

Certificates

B Corp, Organic control body DE-ÖKO-001, Organic control body DE-ÖKO-003 (Freiburg site), B Corp (B Lab), Organic control body DE-ÖKO-003

Founded

1974

Employees

260

Industries

Organic foods, Food manufacturing (vegetarian/vegan)

1. 01

   Raw material purchasing (organic raw materials, partly biodiversity-cultivated)

2. 02

   Recipe development

3. 03

   Production at the Drebber and Freiburg plants

4. 04

   Packaging

5. 05

   Distribution under the brands Allos, Cupper, De Rit, Little Lunch, Tartex

Our Plants

Bremen

DE

Administration / Headquarters

Materials

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Drebber

DE

Production plant Allos Hof: mueslis, crunchies, poppies, porridges, fruit bars

Materials

Organic cereals, biodiversity oats from Germany

• Modern, resource-efficient production machinery
• Production exclusively with green electricity

Freiburg

DE

Production plant Allos Schwarzwald GmbH: plant-based and fruit spreads, pâtés, schmaltz

Materials

Organic raw materials for sweet and savoury spreads

• Autoclaves for hermetic preservation (since 2022)
• Two block-type thermal power stations
• Photovoltaic system
• New packaging machines

Product Categories

Inside the production

Quality & Certification

All products are manufactured in accordance with the regulations of the EU Organic Regulation; the company is certified through the organic control bodies DE-ÖKO-001 (Bremen, Drebber) and DE-ÖKO-003 (Freiburg) respectively. Since 2018, Allos Hof-Manufaktur has been certified as a B Corp.

Our History

1. 1963

   Start of plant-based spread production at the Freiburg plant

2. 1969

   Foundation of the De Rit brand on a farm in the Netherlands

3. 1974

   Walter Lang founds a self-sufficient farm in Drebber – the birth of the Allos brand; the first bars are made by hand

4. 1984

   Foundation of Cupper Teas in Dorset, England

5. 2010

   Launch of the educational initiative “Breakfast on the Farm”

6. 2018

   B Corp certification

7. 2021

   Launch of “Breakfast with the Farm Gang” with learning boxes for school classes

8. 2022

   New autoclaves at the Freiburg plant reduce energy consumption by up to 30%

9. 2023

   Unsweetened mueslis and porridges are produced with biodiversity oats from Germany