Family-run group of companies with brands in food, distribution and laboratory equipment for sample storage.
ZERTUS GmbH
Hamburg (Astraturm, Zirkusweg 2)New on Amplifa
About Zertus
ZERTUS GmbH is a family-run group of companies that originated as a sugar refinery founded in 1826 in Tangermünde and is now headquartered in the Astraturm in Hamburg. The group comprises around 2,300 employees, twelve subsidiaries and 30 brands in distribution. Its four business segments are Love Brands (Food Production), Distribution, End-to-End Services and Global Investments. The portfolio includes brands such as Dextro Energy, Pulmoll, Bio Zentrale, Mondamin, LIR Chocolates, Kinnerton and Lotao as well as holdings such as Importhaus Wilms, Kruse Fleisch-Import, FR. Meyer's Sohn and Cook Unity. Focus areas are consumer trends in taste, convenience as well as health and wellbeing. Since 2024, Zertus has been evolving into a global network with a growing presence in North and Latin America.
- Site
- Hamburg
- Processes
- Food Production (Love Brands), Distribution, End-to-End Services, Global Investments / Holdings
- Materials
- Love Brands / Food Production, Distribution, End-to-End Services
- Founded
- 1826
- Employees
- 2,300
- Industries
- Food / Foodstuffs, Confectionery & Snacks, Organic Food, Retail & Distribution, Logistics
- 01
Food Production (Love Brands)
- 02
Distribution
- 03
End-to-End Services
- 04
Global Investments
Products & Business Segments
Love Brands / Food Production
Development of brands with a focus on indulgence, health and convenience.
Distribution
Business models for expanding distribution and targeted offer development.
End-to-End Services
Providers who shape the value chain themselves from product idea to delivery.
Location
Hamburg
DEHeadquarters (Astraturm)
Brands & Holdings
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1826
Friedrich Theodor Meyer founded a sugar refinery in Tangermünde
- 1839
Fire, rebuilding and conversion to beet sugar
- 1865
Taken over by the sons; expansion into a sugar refinery, start of international trading relations
- 1882
Exports to England and overseas
- 1910
Start of chocolate and praline production under the Feodora brand
- 1948
Expropriation of the operations in the Soviet occupation zone; end of operations in Tangermünde
- 1949
Re-establishment in Hamburg; revival of the Feodora brand with partners such as Hachez
- 1987
Acquisition of the Hachez chocolate factory (Bremen)
- 2000
Sale of Hachez
- 2002
Renaming of Zuckerraffinerie Tangermünde Fr. Meyer's Sohn GmbH to Zertus GmbH
- 2012
Acquisition of the British Zetar Group
- 2024
Reorientation as a global network with a growing presence in North and Latin America