Appel produces canned fish and delicatessen products such as herring fillets, sardines, mayonnaise and seasoning sauces.
Maris Food GmbH (Appel Feinkost)
Cuxhaven (Neufelder Schanze 2) · Cuxhaven (Factory Outlet, Neufelder Straße 18)New on Amplifa
About Appel Feinkost
Maris Food GmbH produces canned fish and delicatessen products under the Appel brand at its Cuxhaven site. The product range includes herring fillets in various creams and sauces, fried herring fillets, herring and curry rolls, trout fillets, sardine fillets, mussels, tuna salads as well as delicatessen mayonnaise, remoulade and seasoning sauces based on rapeseed oil. The fish comes from sustainable wild catch (MSC) or aquaculture (ASC); the catching method per product is transparently documented, including pelagic trawls and purse seines. Since 2018, the company has completely avoided palm oil. Distribution takes place via food retail, an online shop (foodsetter.de) and its own factory outlet in Cuxhaven on the Fischmeile. Founded in 1879 in Hanover, the company was part of Heristo AG from 1999 and has been run by Maris Food GmbH since January 2023.
- Site
- Cuxhaven
- Processes
- Online shop (distribution via foodsetter.de), Factory outlet in Cuxhaven, Recipe development / consumer content, Traceability of fish catch
- Materials
- Herring fillets, Sardine fillets, Trout fillets, Rapeseed oil
- Certificates
- IFS Broker (COID 85097), IFS Food, SMETA, ISO 50001:2018 (Energy Management), MSC (Marine Stewardship Council), ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council), ISO 50001:2018, IFS Broker, MSC, ASC
- Founded
- 1879
- Industries
- Canned fish, Delicatessen, Food retail / Retail trade
- 01
Procurement of sustainably caught fish (MSC/ASC)
- 02
Fish processing and filleting
- 03
Production of sauces, creams and marinades
- 04
Filling and preservation
- 05
Quality control and traceability
- 06
Distribution via retail, online shop and factory outlet
Raw Materials & Recipes
Herring fillets
Main raw material of the product line, predominantly MSC-certified from sustainable wild catch.
Sardine fillets
Sardina pilchardus, e.g. in olive oil for the “Madeleine” product line
Trout fillets
ASC-certified aquaculture, smoked in rapeseed oil.
Rapeseed oil
Base for mayonnaise, remoulade and sauces; palm-oil-free since 2018.
Sites
Cuxhaven
DEHeadquarters, production and factory outlet (Neufelder Schanze 2, factory outlet Neufelder Straße 18)
- Materials
- Fish (MSC/ASC), rapeseed oil
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality & Certification
Appel is certified according to IFS Broker (COID 85097), IFS Food, SMETA and ISO 50001:2018. The fish origin is traceable at any time; MSC and ASC labels confirm certified sourcing.
| Evidence | Cuxhaven |
|---|---|
| ISO 50001:2018 | |
| IFS Food | |
| IFS Broker | |
| SMETA | |
| MSC | |
| ASC |
History
- 1879
Heinrich Wilhelm Appel founds a wholesale business for sugar and colonial goods in Hanover.
- 1895
Development into a delicatessen wholesale business; from 1898, own marinades for Bismarck herring and rolled herring.
- 1905
Heinz Appel joins the company; production of the first mayonnaise tailored to German taste.
- 1909
Lobster trademark designed by Änne Koken.
- 1911
Branch factory in Altona for fish processing.
- 1912
Introduction of the term “Feinkost” as a replacement for “Delikatessen”.
- 1999
Appel Feinkost GmbH & Co. KG based in Cuxhaven becomes part of Heristo AG.
- 2023
Heristo sells Appel to Maris Food GmbH in January.