Hengstenberg

produces the majority of Europe's sauerkraut from its Fritzlar, Hesse facility — described as the continent's largest sauerkraut factory — as global demand for the product grows rapidly.

Country: Germany

Coverage

	EU	IN	US
food-alt-protein	✓	✓	✓

Regulatorsfdaefsa

Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Funding	Public funding for industrial process optimization of a sustainable packaging solution from macroalgae (MakPakScaleUp), subproject F	hna.de
Capacity	500 tons of cabbage per day at the Fritzlar facility	hna.de
Production site	Fritzlar, Germany	fmig-online.de · hengstenberg.de
Production site	Bad Friedrichshall, Germany	fmig-online.de · hengstenberg.de
Production site	Esslingen, Germany (headquarters)	fmig-online.de · hengstenberg.de · hna.de
Headcount	500 employees across all three locations	hengstenberg.com · hna.de
Headcount	157 permanent employees at the Fritzlar facility	hna.de
Headcount	250-300 seasonal employees at the Fritzlar facility during peak season	hna.de
Revenue	140 million EUR as of 2017 fiscal year	hna.de

Independent sources: fmig-online.de · hna.de

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Traditional fermentation	food-alt-protein	Low	→

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