A few figures
In Close-Up: Health-Nutrition
a sector of excellence in Brittany
- 170 businesses
- 6 billion Euros in turnover
- 16,000 employees
- major companies: Diana Ingredients, Coopagri, Evialis, Glon-Sanders
- and innovative small/mid size companies: Codif, Goémar, Girex, Polaris, Armor Proteins, EPI Ingredients, Abyss’ Ingredients, GEFA Laboratory, Ovobio, Algueset Mer, Pierre Jouan Biotechnologies, Oligocaps and Hitex…
A long tradition in agriculture
Number 1 region for agriculture in France
Number 1 region for fishing
Number one region for meat production – 55% of all pork production in France (1,115,000 tonnes) eggs, milk
Number one food processing region in Europe
A powerful and quality food processing industry
- 4,600 businesses
- 20 % of all national production,
- 16.5 billion Euros in turnover
- 1/3 of all industrial jobs in Brittany (55,781 people)
- 230 ISO 9000 or ISO 14000 certified sites
- 14 of the 40 leading companies in the food processing industry have their headquarters in Brittany
A few major names in the food processing industry:
- Agrilait, Bridor, CEBAB, Cobreco, Coopagri Bretagne, Diana Ingredients, Doux, Even, Evialis, Glon Group, Guyader, Hénaff, Houdebine, Jean Floch, La Compagnie des Pêches, Lactalis, Mix Buffet, Panavi, Savéol, Sill, Sojasun and SVA Jean Rozé…
Focus on traceability: food safety – essential factor for Breton companies in the food processing sector. All players in this sector work together to get the best out of their know-how. 230 sites in Brittany are certified.