Production of potato chips, salted snacks, peanut flips and nut snacks for the European snack market
Lorenz Snacks GmbH & Co KG
Offenbach am Main (Headquarters) · Hankensbüttel (Plant & Logistics) · Kreba-Neudorf (Plant) · Neunburg vorm Wald (Plant) · Neu-Isenburg (Factory Outlet) · Lindau (Factory Outlet) · GoldenstedtNew on Amplifa
About Lorenz Snacks
Lorenz Snacks GmbH & Co KG is an independent family-owned company in the food industry headquartered in Offenbach am Main. The company produces savory snacks, including potato chips (Crunchips, Naturals), lye-based pretzel specialties (Saltletts), peanut flips (ErdnußLocken, Monster Munch), peanut flips with a dough coating (NicNac's) as well as nut and potato specialties. Production takes place in the company's own plants in Hankensbüttel, Neunburg vorm Wald and Kreba-Neudorf as well as in Stanowice (Polen); the Northern Logistics Center is also located in Hankensbüttel. Raw materials such as potatoes are sourced predominantly from long-standing contract farmers in the regions surrounding the plants; peanuts are partly purchased directly in the growing regions of India, South Africa, Argentina and the USA and processed on site. The entire production process is subject to strict quality and safety requirements with daily analyses. Around 3,000 employees work at national and international locations, including in Germany, Austria, Poland, India and China.
- Site
- Offenbach am Main
- Processes
- Factory outlets / sales, Logistics, Consumer service
- Materials
- Potatoes, Wheat flour / wholemeal flour, Peanuts, Rapeseed oil and sunflower oil
- Certificates
- Allergen management, Daily analyses in the plants, GFSI standards (partner mills)
- Founded
- 1889 (foun
- Employees
- approx. 3000
- Industries
- Food industry, Snack manufacturing, Food industry/Snack manufacturing
- 01
Raw material purchasing (potatoes, wheat, nuts, oils)
- 02
Processing / frying or baking
- 03
Seasoning
- 04
Packaging
- 05
Logistics (Northern Logistics Center, Hankensbüttel)
- 06
Distribution / factory outlets
Raw Materials & Production Processes
Potatoes
Main raw material for chips and raw slices, sourced from long-standing contract farmers around the plants.
Wheat flour / wholemeal flour
Basis for baked snacks and lye-based pretzel specialties, processed in audited mills, many of them GFSI-certified.
Peanuts
For ErdnußLocken and NicNac's, partly processed directly in own operations in the growing regions.
Rapeseed oil and sunflower oil
Used for frying and baking the snacks, rich in unsaturated fatty acids.
Locations & Plants
Offenbach am Main
DEHeadquarters / Central Office
Hankensbüttel
DEProduction plant & Northern Logistics Center
- Materials
- Potatoes, wheat
Kreba-Neudorf
DEProduction plant (nut specialist)
- Materials
- Peanuts
Neunburg vorm Wald
DEProduction plant
- Materials
- Potatoes
Stanowice
PLProduction plant
Neu-Isenburg
DEFactory outlet
Lindau
DEFactory outlet
Goldenstedt
DEFactory outlet
Products & Brands
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality & Food Safety
The entire production process is subject to strict quality and safety requirements, complemented by daily analyses in the plants as well as allergen management with labeling on the packaging.
| Evidence | Offenbach am Main |
|---|---|
| Allergen management | |
| Daily analyses in the plants | |
| GFSI standards (partner mills) |
Our History
- 1889
Hermann Bahlsen founds the Hannoversche Cakesfabrik with 10 employees – the cornerstone of today's family-owned company.
- 1933-1945
Company during the Nazi era (addressed on the website).
- 1935
Introduction of the Salzletten (today Saltletts).
- 1951
Heinz Flessner founds the Flessner KG in Neu-Isenburg; Europe's first automatic chip line; supply of potato chips to the US Army.
- 1963
Introduction of ErdnußLocken – the first peanut flips on the German market.
- 1964
Hermann Bahlsen Keksfabrik KG acquires a stake in the Flessner KG.
- 1968
Commissioning of the chip production plant in Neunburg vorm Wald.
- 1972
Opening of the Hankensbüttel plant.
- 1985
Flessner KG and Bahlsen become one.
- 1991
Kreba plant starts production; nut specialist from 1996.
- 1992
Brand launch of Crunchips.
- 1993
Brand launch of NicNac's.
- 1999
Split into three independent companies; renamed Lorenz Snack-World.
- 2003
Salzletten becomes Saltletts.
- 2006
New logo; opening of the Stanowice production plant (Poland); introduction of Naturals.
- 2018
50th anniversary of the Neunburg vorm Wald plant.
- 2019
Lorenz Bahlsen hands over company leadership after 45 years to his son Moritz (4th family generation).
- 2021
Rebranding with a new logo.