Manufacturer of frozen foods such as fish sticks, spinach, vegetables, ready meals and poultry products in Germany

iglo GmbH

Hamburg · Reken · BremerhavenNew on Amplifa

1939First frozen food products under predecessor brand Solo

approx. 1460Employees (Hamburg approx. 90, Reken approx. 530,

3Locations in Germany

approx. 2.3 billion units/yearFish stick production at the Bremerhaven plant

minus 40 °CFreezing temperature in frozen food production

About iglo

iglo GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, is a German food company for frozen foods and belongs to Nomad Foods Limited. The product range includes fish products such as fish sticks, Schlemmer-Filets and Filegro, spinach and vegetables, ready meals, poultry products and potato products. Fish processing takes place at Frozen Fish International GmbH in Bremerhaven, where around 2.3 billion fish sticks are produced per year; freezing takes place at minus 40 degrees Celsius. Vegetables such as spinach and peas are grown with contract farmers in the Münsterland, harvested with GPS-guided soil-conserving methods and processed at the Reken plant, where the spinach travels from field to package in three hours. All fish products are MSC and ASC certified, and the fish are traceable via a origin code on the packaging. Quality assurance includes testing against 43 criteria by iglo quality managers as well as regular inspections by the independent testing laboratory SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS.

Site: Hamburg
Processes: Deep-freezing/freezing of food (frozen food technology, freezing at minus 40 degrees Celsius), Breading/coating of fish fillet (breading, batter, beer batter, multigrain breading), Fish processing/production (fish sticks, approx. 2.3 billion units/year at the Bremerhaven plant), Vegetable cultivation and processing (cultivation, GPS-guided soil-conserving harvest, processing, Quality inspection (testing against 43 criteria, sampling in the production process, external, Recipe ideas and nutritional counselling, Fish origin tracking via origin code
Materials: Alaska pollock, Pollock (saithe), Atlantic salmon, Wild salmon (pink salmon), Pangasius, Shrimp, Spinach, Peas (Ebba pea)
Certificates: MSC (Marine Stewardship Council), ASC, MSC certification (fish products), ASC certification (fish products), Inspections by SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS, ISO 9001
Founded: 1939
Employees: approx. 1460 (Hambur
Industries: Frozen food, Food

01
Supplier selection (food safety, sustainability,
02
Vegetable cultivation with contract farmers in the Münsterland
03
GPS-guided soil-conserving harvest
04
Fish processing and breading (Bremerhaven)
05
Freezing at minus 40 degrees Celsius
06
Quality inspection against 43 criteria and in-process sampling
07
Packaging and distribution in Europe

Ingredients & Fish Species

FIS-1

Alaska pollock

Main fish species of the fish sticks with 65 % fillet content from sustainable fisheries

FIS-2

Pollock (saithe)

Fish species for Schlemmer-Filets, from the Northeast Arctic, Norwegian Sea and North Sea

FIS-3

Wild salmon (pink salmon)

For salmon sticks, among others from Alaska and Kamchatka

FIS-4

Pangasius

For Goldknusper filets and Filegro beer batter, from ASC-certified farming in Vietnam

VEG-1

Spinach

Core product, grown in the Münsterland, from field to package in three hours

VEG-2

Peas (Ebba pea)

Vegetable variety grown and processed since the 1950s

ZUT-1

Wheat flour & breadcrumbs

Basis of the breadings, also as multigrain breading with a seed mix

ZUT-2

Rapeseed oil

Frying oil in breaded fish products

ZUT-3

Chicken meat

For poultry products such as chicken nuggets and chicken fricassee

Locations

Hamburg

Headquarters

Reken

Production plant vegetables/frozen food

Materials: Spinach, peas, vegetables

GPS-guided soil-conserving harvesting machines (fields in the Münsterland)

Bremerhaven

Production plant fish processing (Frozen Fish International GmbH)

Materials: Alaska pollock, pollock (saithe), wild salmon, pangasius, shrimp, Atlantic salmon

Deep-freezing/freezing system (freezing at minus 40 degrees Celsius)

Products

**Fish sticks**Breading and deep-freezing · Fish

**Schlemmer-Filet creamed spinach**Breading and gratinating (ready meal) · Fish

**Goldknusper filets cheese-herb**Breading · Fish

**Chicken Nuggets Classic**Breading · Poultry

**Chicken fricassee with mushrooms**Frozen ready meal · Poultry

**Chicken Sticks Classic**Breading · Poultry

**Favorit fish sticks gluten-free**Breading · Fish

Inside the production

Industries

Frozen foodFood

Processes & technical limits

Processes	Tolerance	Max. part	Weight	Lot size	Materials
Deep-freezing/freezing of food (frozen food technology, freezing at minus 40 degrees Celsius)Surface	–	–	–	–	Fish (pollock/saithe, Alaska pollock, salmon, pangasius), Vegetables (peas, spinach), Meat/poultry
Breading/coating of fish fillet (breading, batter, beer batter, multigrain breading)Surface	–	–	–	–	Alaska pollock fillet, Pangasius fillet, Wheat flour, Rapeseed oil
Fish processing/production (fish sticks, approx. 2.3 billion units/year at the Bremerhaven plant)Assembly	–	–	–	–	Alaska pollock, Pollock (saithe), Wild salmon, Pangasius, Shrimp, Atlantic salmon
Vegetable cultivation and processing (cultivation, GPS-guided soil-conserving harvest, processingAssembly	–	–	–	–	Spinach, Peas, Vegetables
Quality inspection (testing against 43 criteria, sampling in the production process, externalTesting	–	–	–	–	Fish

2 Anlagen & Maschinen

Machine	Manufacturer / model	Quantity	Working area	Year built	Site
Harvesting machine (GPS-guided soil-conserving vegetable harvest)	–	–	–	–	Münsterland (fields around the Reken plant)
Deep-freezing/freezing system (freezing at minus 40 degrees Celsius)	–	–	–	–	Bremerhaven

Additional services

Recipe ideas and nutritional counsellingFish origin tracking via origin code

Quality

The iglo quality managers inspect the fish before processing against 43 criteria such as taste, bones and sensory properties; throughout the entire production process, samples are taken according to a defined inspection catalog. The independent testing laboratory SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS regularly checks the fish sticks for contaminants and nutrients.

Evidence	Bremerhaven
MSC certification (fish products)
ASC certification (fish products)
Inspections by SGS INSTITUT FRESENIUS
ISO 9001

History

1939
First frozen food products in Germany under predecessor brand Solo Feinfrost
1945
First frozen food products of sister brand Findus launched in Sweden
1959
First fish sticks come off the line at the iglo plant in Bremerhaven
1960
Name Iglo used for the first time in the Netherlands
1961
Renaming to Iglo Feinfrost; start of spinach production in Germany
1963
Merger to form Langnese-Iglo GmbH
1970
Acquisition of Findus-Jopa GmbH from Nestlé; production in Reken
1985
Introduction of the advertising mascot Käpt'n Iglo in Germany
2006
Spun off into iglo GmbH on 1 July; sale of Iglo and Birds Eye to Permira for 1.73 billion euros
2015
Sale to Nomad Foods Limited for 2.6 billion euros
2019
Withdrawal from the Lebensmittelverband Germany in the course of the Nutri-Score introduction
2020
Launch of the meat substitute brand Green Cuisine