Franken Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG

About Franken Brunnen

Franken Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG is a mineral water company headquartered in Neustadt an der Aisch in Bavaria. The family-owned business began bottling mineral water in 1932 and today distributes a broad portfolio of mineral waters, healing waters, spritzers, lemonades and sweetened beverages. Its own brands include Franken Brunnen, Ileburger Sachsen Quelle, Bad Kissinger, Residenz Quelle, Krönungs Quelle, Limit, Mabella, fruit2go, Tee-Olé and St. Anna Heilwasser; in addition, the company carries out contract bottling under licence, including the 0.35-l Almdudler glass bottle for Germany since 2016. In 2017 the spring reached a bottling volume of 594 million litres. Bottling takes place at four sites: Neustadt an der Aisch (headquarters), Bad Windsheim (Krönungs Quelle), Bad Kissingen (Theresienquelle) and Eilenburg (Sachsenquelle GmbH). The company supplies grocery retail and the hospitality industry in Germany, offers spring tours and is active in sponsoring Bavarian sports clubs as well as the triathlon event Challenge Roth.

Site

Neustadt an der Aisch

Processes

Plant tours/spring tours, Hospitality equipment and partnership, Distribution and licensed bottling (Almdudler 0.35 l glass, Germany)

Materials

Mineral water, Healing water, Lemonades & Soft Drinks, Licensed bottling

Certificates

ÖKO-TEST "Very good" (2026, Naturelle)

Founded

1932

Industries

Beverage industry, Mineral water/Soft drinks, Hospitality industry, Grocery retail

1. 01

   Extraction of spring water (mineral water, healing water)

2. 02

   Water treatment at the spring

3. 03

   Bottling in glass and PET bottles

4. 04

   Distribution via grocery retail and the hospitality industry

5. 05

   Licensed bottling and distribution of third-party brands (e.g. Almdudler)

Products and Beverages

Sites

Product Portfolio

Inside the production

Quality

The company advertises with its own springs and quality; in 2026, FRANKEN BRUNNEN Naturelle 0.75 l glass Individual received the top ÖKO-TEST rating of "Very good".

Company History

1. 1932

   Start of mineral water bottling by the Hufnagel family in Neustadt an der Aisch, distribution in the regional area

2. 1967

   Establishment of a further operation in Bad Windsheim due to rising demand

3. 1975

   Bottling volume of one million bottles reached, sales area extended to the whole of Bavaria

4. 1988

   New plant in Bad Kissingen, bottling of the water of the Theresienquelle

5. 1990

   Exclusive bottling and marketing of the herbal lemonade Almdudler for southern Germany (until 2009)

6. 1991

   Opening of the Sachsenquelle GmbH production facility in Eilenburg (brand Ileburger Sachsen Quelle); acquisition of the Köhler beverage plant in Eilenburg and the Hungarian mineral spring APENTA Kft.

7. 1996

   Acquisition of the Residenz Quelle in Bad Windsheim

8. 2003

   Entry into OberSelters Mineralbrunnen Vertriebs-GmbH

9. 2004

   Entry with more than 25% into Allgäuer Alpenwasser AG

10. 2005

    Acquisition of Sinziger Mineralbrunnen GmbH (brands Sinziger and Gerri)

11. 2007

    Shareholder in Romina in Reutlingen

12. 2008

    Expansion of the range with the brand Kneipp Quelle; sale of the APENTA stake

13. 2011

    Acquisition of more than 95% of Allgäuer Alpenwasser AG, squeeze-out of minority shareholders

14. 2014

    Sale of the Oberstaufen site as of 31 December; continuation as Allgäuer Alpenwasser GmbH under new ownership

15. 2016

    Bottling and distribution of the 0.35-l Almdudler glass bottle in Germany

16. 2017

    Bottling volume of 594 million litres

17. 2026

    ÖKO-TEST top rating "Very good" for FRANKEN BRUNNEN Naturelle 0.75 l glass Individual