
Production of soups, sauces, bouillons, seasoning blends, ready meals and desserts for food service, industry and private label
Hügli Nahrungsmittel GmbH
Steinach (CH) · Radolfzell · Hard (AT) · Neuburg (Langenhaslach) · 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 is an international food company with Swiss roots that has been producing convenience products since 1935. The product range includes soups, sauces, bouillons and bouillon cubes, seasonings and spice blends, ready meals, desserts and delicatessen specialties, as well as snack seasonings, meat compounds and savoury compounds for the food industry. The company develops and produces for kitchens in professional catering (food service), for food manufacturers and for food retail in the areas of private label and co-packaging; own brands such as Eden, Granovita and tellofix are distributed through the retail trade. With around 1,500 employees and locations in eleven European countries, Hügli is one of the larger suppliers of shelf-stable convenience products in Europe. Since 2018, Hügli has been a business division of the listed Bell Food Group. The registered office of Hügli Nahrungsmittel GmbH is located in Radolfzell; the group headquarters is in Steinach, Switzerland.
- Site
- Radolfzell
- Processes
- Production of soups, Production of sauces, Production of bouillons/bouillon cubes, Production of seasonings/spice blends, Production of ready meals, Production of desserts, Production of delicatessen specialties, Private label development and co-packaging
- Materials
- Spices, Oils, Fish, Seafood, Meat (Meat Compounds), Meat
- Founded
- 1935
- Employees
- approx. 1,500
- Industries
- Food service / mass catering, Food industry, Food retail (private label & brands)
- 01
Procurement of raw materials
- 02
Product development
- 03
Production
- 04
Refinement/packaging (co-packaging)
- 05
Sales Food Service / Food Industry / Retail
Raw Materials & Products
Spices
Raw material for seasonings and spice blends for snacks and convenience products.
Oils
Raw material with an elevated risk index in the supply chain, subject of risk management.
Fish
Raw material with an elevated risk index in the supply chain, subject of risk management.
Seafood
Raw material with an elevated risk index in the supply chain, subject of risk management.
Meat
Basis for meat compounds for the food industry.
Products & Services




Inside the production






Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of soupsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Production of saucesPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Production of bouillons/bouillon cubesPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Production of seasonings/spice blendsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Spices |
| Production of ready mealsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Production of dessertsPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Production of delicatessen specialtiesPlastics | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Private label development and co-packagingAssembly | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
| Development of functional foodsEngineering | – | – | – | – | Food raw materials |
Additional services
History
- 1935
Founded by Beat Stoffel in Switzerland; company name after Otto Hügli; first product 'Brodox', the first industrially manufactured bouillon cube
- 1936
Start of sales of ready-made soups
- 1959
Establishment of the first subsidiary in Hard, Austria
- 1960er
Acquisition of the Radolf-Werke in Radolfzell, today the group's largest production site
- 1974
Relocation from Arbon to Steinach, today's group headquarters
- 2000
International expansion through acquisitions: Bonita (CZ), Interplaning (DE), Supro (CH), Ali-Big (IT), Contract Foods (UK), Bresc (NL) as well as acquisition of the brands Vogeley, EDEN and granoVita
- 2018
Hügli becomes a business division of the listed Bell Food Group