Cooperative meat producer of pork and beef products with exports to more than 20 countries

Danish Crown A/S

Horsens (DK)New on Amplifa

1887Founded

Cooperative / farmer-ownedLegal form (CVR registration)

About Danish Crown

Danish Crown is a global meat producer owned as a cooperative by farmers, with its origins in Denmark. The company processes pork and beef into fresh outlet-chain and consumer products, including minced meat, sausage and further-processed products under the Steff-Houlberg brand as well as meat-vegetable mixed products (Kød & Grønt) in the ratios 50/50, 65/35 and 60/40. The value chain covers slaughtering, cutting, processing, further processing and export; historically, the tradition of bacon exports to England goes back to the founding of the Danish Bacon Company. The history reaches back to the first Danish cooperative pig slaughterhouse in Horsens. Brands include Tulip, Antonius, Bornholmergrisen, Steff Houlberg and Burger BOOST; distribution channels include, among others, Coop Denmark for Bornholmergrisen. For the CO2 footprint calculation of the products, an LCA model according to ISO 14040/14044 is applied.

Site: Horsens
Processes: Food safety, LCA / CO2 footprint calculation (ISO 14040/14044 verified), CrownFarm Track ESG program for farmers, Mixed products (meat-vegetable mixes 50/50, 65/35, 60/40), Further processing / sausage production (Steff-Houlberg), Export (Danish Bacon Company tradition)
Materials: Pork from Danish production, Veal and young cattle meat, Meat-vegetable mixed products
Founded: 1887
Industries: Meat processing, Food industry, Agriculture / producer cooperative

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Slaughtering
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Cutting
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Processing
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Further processing / sausage production
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Export

Production and Processes

SPF

Pork from Danish production

Core raw material for fresh meat, bacon and further-processed products.

KNV

Veal and young cattle meat

Basis for minced meat products and mixed products.

Meat-vegetable mixed products

Minced meat with a vegetable share in 50/50, 65/35 and 60/40 as a 1:1 replacement for minced meat.

Sites

Horsens

Historical origin / first cooperative pig slaughterhouse

Materials: Pork

Products

**Bornholmergrisen BBQ Pølser with Østnadel**Sausage further processing · Retail

**Bornholmergrisen Flæskesteg**Fresh meat · Retail

Inside the production

Solar installation – renewable energy in production

Founding of the first Danish cooperative pig slaughterhouse in

Industries

Meat processingFood industryAgriculture / producer cooperative

Additional services

Food safetyLCA / CO2 footprint calculation (ISO 14040/14044 verified)CrownFarm Track ESG program for farmersMixed products (meat-vegetable mixes 50/50, 65/35, 60/40)Further processing / sausage production (Steff-Houlberg)Export (Danish Bacon Company tradition)

Reference customers

Coop (Denmark, sale of Bornholmergrisen)

History

1887
Founding of the first Danish cooperative pig slaughterhouse in Horsens (Horsens Andelssvineslagteri); first slaughter on 22.12.1887
1889
Founding of the small retail shop of Søren Houlberg in Copenhagen (origin of Steff-Houlberg)
1902
Founding of the Danish Bacon Agency Limited for bacon exports to England
1906
Renaming to Danish Bacon Company
1909
The Tulip trademark (three tulips) registered as Denmark's first trademark
1912
First use of the Tulip trademark in exports to England
1917
Søren Houlberg brings German sausage masters to Denmark; bacon exports halted during the First World War