VION Food Group

Introduction: VION Food Group is a global food company that produces high-quality foodstuffs and ingredients for people and animals. VION is not a listed company and has one indirect shareholder, NCB Ontwikkeling, which is closely affiliated with the Zuidelijke Land- en Tuin- bouworganisatie (ZLTO). ZLTO is an association of entrepreneurs with an agricultural background.

VION has two major divisions: VION Food and VION Ingredients.

The product portfolio of the core activity VION Food comprises fresh pork, beef, and derived convenience food products. These products are brought to consumers via the retail, industrial and ‘out of home’ markets. VION Food’s activities add value to the entire supply chain. Delivering this added value goes hand in hand with demand and with consumer needs and requirements.

In 2012, VION Ingredients held worldwide positions in the slaughter by-product markets. VION Ingredients’ core activity is adding value to slaughter by-products, and these are used as highquality ingredients in such highly diverse markets as pharmaceutics, cosmetics, food, feed, energy and technology. VION Ingredients is the global market leader for gelatine, and invests in innovative sustainable processes such as the production of biofuel and bio-phosphates.

One of the measures taken following the announce- ment in June 2012 of the restructuring of the business to reduce VION’s debt position was to divest VION Ingredients. An agreement on the sale of VION Ingredients has recently been reached.