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Hügli – Fertigung

Production of soups, sauces, bouillons, seasoning blends, ready meals and desserts for food service, industry and private label

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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

1935Founded
approx. 1,500Employees
11 countriesLocations in Europe
HRB 550023, Amtsgericht Freiburg i.Br.Commercial Register

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)
  1. 01

    Procurement of raw materials

  2. 02

    Product development

  3. 03

    Production

  4. 04

    Refinement/packaging (co-packaging)

  5. 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

Snack Seasonings – Sauce Culture
Snack Seasonings – Sauce CultureSpice blends · Food Industry
Snack Seasonings – Curries Around the World
Snack Seasonings – Curries Around the WorldSpice blends · Food Industry
Bresc Umamibox
Bresc UmamiboxSavoury Compounds · Food Industry
Beef Rub
Beef RubSeasonings · Food Service

Inside the production

Founded in 1935
Founded in 1935
Launch of ready-made soups in 1936
Launch of ready-made soups in 1936
First subsidiary in Hard in 1959
First subsidiary in Hard in 1959
Relocation to Steinach in 1974
Relocation to Steinach in 1974
Brands of the Hügli Group
Brands of the Hügli Group
Hügli becomes part of the Bell Food Group in 2018
Hügli becomes part of the Bell Food Group in 2018

Industries

Food service / mass cateringFood industryFood retail (private label & brands)

Processes & technical limits

ProcessesToleranceMax. partWeightLot sizeMaterials
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

Private label / co-packagingDevelopment of convenience products (soups, sauces, seasonings, ready meals, desserts)Snack seasoningsMeat compoundsSavoury compoundsFood service solutions

History

  1. 1935

    Founded by Beat Stoffel in Switzerland; company name after Otto Hügli; first product 'Brodox', the first industrially manufactured bouillon cube

  2. 1936

    Start of sales of ready-made soups

  3. 1959

    Establishment of the first subsidiary in Hard, Austria

  4. 1960er

    Acquisition of the Radolf-Werke in Radolfzell, today the group's largest production site

  5. 1974

    Relocation from Arbon to Steinach, today's group headquarters

  6. 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

  7. 2018

    Hügli becomes a business division of the listed Bell Food Group

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