Manufacturer of the Original Kanne Bio Brottrunk® – organic fermented products for people, animals and plants from Westphalia.
Kanne Brottrunk GmbH & Co. Betriebsgesellschaft KG
Selm-Bork · LünenNew on Amplifa
About Kanne Brottrunk
Kanne Brottrunk GmbH & Co. Betriebsgesellschaft KG, based in Selm-Bork (North Rhine-Westphalia), produces the Original Kanne Bio Brottrunk®, known since 1981 – a fermented beverage made from organic wholemeal bread, the company's own natural sourdough and spring water, containing live lactic acid bacteria and vitamin B12. The origin was the Kanne bakery founded in Lünen in 1904; from 1967, master baker Wilhelm Kanne III spent around two decades experimenting with the fermentation of bread grain. The product range also includes Brolacta®, Enzym-Fermentgetreide® (fermented grain with enzymes), Pauer® essence, mixed beverages, baked goods, oils, syrups and care products. A second pillar is fermented grain products as animal feed and biological plant strengthening agents for agriculture, trialled in a 40,000 m² organic trial nursery in Lünen. The family-owned company employs around 400 staff, produces with organic certification (Lacon, DE-ÖKO-003) according to HACCP and IFS Progress Food, and covers a large share of its energy needs through its own wind and solar installations.
- Site
- Selm-Bork
- Processes
- Research and development, Factory outlet, Environmental Academy (training), Export, Organic trial nursery / plant cultivation consulting (Kanne cultivation method), Own energy generation (wind power, photovoltaics)
- Materials
- Fermentation, Natural sourdough, Organic whole grain (rye, wheat, oats), Fermented grain as a plant strengthening agent
- Certificates
- Organic certification (EU Organic Regulation / DE-ÖKO-003), HACCP, IFS Progress Food, QS Standard (single feedstuffs, feed industry), Vegan Label (V-Label), FiBL input materials list, Organic certification EU Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-003, Lacon), QS Standard (single feedstuffs), V-Label (vegan)
- Founded
- 1904 (Bäck
- Employees
- 400 (Unternehmensgru
- Industries
- Food (organic beverages and fermented products), Agriculture / Animal feed, Dietary supplements / Health, Animal feed (livestock farming, pets), Plant cultivation
- 01
Raw material selection: organic grain from organic farming operations
- 02
Bread baking in the company's own bakehouse with house-made natural sourdough
- 03
Fermentation of the bread over several months in fermentation tanks
- 04
Bottling at filling facilities in Selm-Bork
- 05
Analytical quality control with scientific accompaniment
- 06
Distribution via online shop, factory outlet and retail, plus export
Raw Materials and Processes
Fermentation
Multi-month fermentation of organic wholemeal bread with live lactic acid bacteria and naturally occurring vitamin B12, without additives and without pasteurisation.
Natural sourdough
House-made natural sourdough from wholemeal rye flour as the basis of the traditional bread and beverage production.
Organic whole grain (rye, wheat, oats)
Raw materials from certified organic cultivation by long-standing agricultural partner farms in Germany.
Fermented grain as a plant strengthening agent
Liquid fermented grain and Brottrunk for plants for the biological strengthening of vegetables, cereals, fruit and vines.
Locations
Selm-Bork
DEMain site: production, bottling, administration, research, bakehouse, Tyrolean stone mill
- Materials
- Organic whole grain, natural sourdough
- Modern fermentation tanks
- Grain storage
- Bottling facilities
- Bakehouse
- Tyrolean stone mill
Lünen
DEBakery (approx. 30 branches), organic trial nursery (40,000 m²), environmental academy, fish ponds, wind power and
- Wind turbine
- Photovoltaics (approx. 550 kWp total output at both sites)
- Seven-chamber water treatment system
- Fish ponds and biotopes
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality and Certification
Production follows the HACCP concept and IFS Progress Food; the organic quality has been inspected since 1993 by the state-recognised inspection body Lacon (DE-ÖKO-003) in accordance with the EU Organic Regulation. Animal feeds are QS-certified, and the products are continuously examined scientifically.
| Evidence | Selm-Bork |
|---|---|
| Organic certification EU Organic Regulation (DE-ÖKO-003, Lacon) | |
| HACCP | |
| IFS Progress Food | |
| QS Standard (single feedstuffs) | |
| V-Label (vegan) | |
| FiBL input materials list |
History
- 1904
Founding of the Kanne bakery by Wilhelm Kanne I in Lünen-Süd
- 1932
The business is taken over by Wilhelm Kanne II
- 1948
Wilhelm Kanne III joins the bakery
- 1957
Wilhelm Kanne III becomes a master baker and takes over management of the company
- 1967
Start of experiments on the fermentation of bread grain
- 1981
Founding of Kanne Brottrunk GmbH & Co. KG in Lünen; market launch of Original Kanne Bio-Brottrunk
- 1983
Wilhelm Karl Kanne IV takes over management of the bakery
- 1985
Kanne Bio Fermentgetreide® enters the German market
- 1986
Export business begins in many European countries
- 1987
Opening of the Kanne organic nursery
- 1989
Export to South Korea; Kanne products available in eleven countries
- 1993
Organic certificates (Lacon) for Kanne Bio Brottrunk®, Kanne Bio Fermentgetreide® and all organic products
- 1996
New construction of the Kanne Environmental Academy
- 2000
Construction of a wind turbine
- 2001
Wilhelm Kanne III receives the B.A.U.M. environmental award
- 2002
Kanne Fermentgetreide® liquid and Kanne Brottrunk® for plants are included in the list of the Biologische Bundesanstalt for Agriculture and Forestry
- 2011
Wilhelm Friedrich Kanne passes away; Wilhelm Karl Kanne takes over as managing partner