Manufacture of soups, sauces, seasonings and long-shelf-life convenience products for large-scale catering, industry and retail
Hügli Nahrungsmittel GmbH
Steinach (CH) · Radolfzell (DE) · Hard (AT) · Neuburg (DE) · Zásmuky (CZ) · Brivio (IT) · Redditch (GB) · Werkendam (NL) · Budapest (HU) · Trnava (SK) · Łódź (PL) · La Vall d'Uixó (ES)New on Amplifa
About Hügli
Hügli Nahrungsmittel GmbH, headquartered in Radolfzell, is part of the international Hügli Group, founded in Switzerland in 1935 and, since 2018, a business unit of the Bell Food Group listed on the Swiss stock exchange. The company develops and produces soups, sauces, bouillons, seasonings, functional foods, desserts, ready meals and delicatessen specialties. The Group is represented with around 1,500 employees and twelve locations in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Spain; the largest production site is Radolfzell. Business activities are divided into Food Service for professional out-of-home catering, Food Industry for food processing manufacturers, and Private Label and Co-Packaging for retail and branded goods manufacturers. Own brands such as Eden, Granovita and tellofix are distributed in food retail, health food and organic specialist stores, and online.
- Site
- Radolfzell
- Processes
- Private Label / Own Brand Development, Co-Packaging, Product development and consulting (private label concepts), Snack Seasonings, Seasoning blends for meat, soups and convenience products, B2C brand distribution (Eden, Granovita, tellofix)
- Materials
- Soups, Bouillons and Ready Meals, Sauces and Convenience Products, Snack Seasonings and Seasoning Blends, Meat Compounds and Savoury Compounds, Desserts and Delicatessen Specialties
- Founded
- 1935
- Employees
- ca. 1500
- Industries
- Food Service / Out-of-Home Catering, Food Industry, Food Retail, Organic and Health Food Retail, Food Industry / Food Manufacturer, Food Retail / Brand Owner
- 01
Product development and consulting (private label concepts)
- 02
Procurement of raw materials and packaging
- 03
Production of soups, sauces, seasonings and convenience products
- 04
Co-packaging and filling for third-party brands
- 05
Distribution via Food Service, Food Industry, Private Label and own brands
Product Groups and Processes
Soups, Bouillons and Ready Meals
Ready-to-cook soups and bouillons for large-scale catering, the food industry and retail; the pioneering product was the industrially manufactured bouillon cube Brodox in 1935.
Sauces and Convenience Products
Sauces and convenience products as long-shelf-life items for professional kitchens and further processing.
Snack Seasonings and Seasoning Blends
Snack seasonings as well as spice blends for meat, soups and convenience products for food processing manufacturers.
Meat Compounds and Savoury Compounds
Flavour carriers and compound solutions for meat and savoury applications, including umami-focused profiles such as the Bresc Umamibox.
Desserts and Delicatessen Specialties
Desserts and delicatessen specialties complement the range from starter to after-dessert.
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1935
Founded by Beat Stoffel; the product developer Otto Hügli gave the company its name. The pioneering product was "Brodox", the first industrially manufactured bouillon cube.
- 1936
Launch of sales of ready-to-cook soups – an absolute novelty for the company and the food industry.
- 1959
Foundation of the first subsidiary in Hard, Austria; in the 1960s acquisition of the Radolf works in Radolfzell, today the Group's largest production site.
- 1974
Relocation from Arbon to Steinach, the present head office of the Hügli Group.
- 2000
International expansion through acquisitions: Bonita (Zásmuky, CZ), Interplaning (Neuburg, DE), Supro (St. Gallen, CH), Ali-Big (Brivio, IT), Contract Foods (Redditch, UK), Bresc (Werkendam, NL); additionally acquisition of the Vogeley, EDEN and granoVita brands.
- 2018
Hügli becomes a business unit of the Bell Food Group, listed on the Swiss stock exchange.