International food and ingredients company

The two core activities, Food and Ingredients, are inextricably linked to each other. Their correlation forms the basis for our company and offers a great many advantages and opportunities. Within VION we share each other's knowledge and apply each other's techniques and technologies to different areas such as the global market, production techniques, raw materials management, energy reduction, water management, safety and quality. The combination of food and ingredients has the major advantage that a closed circle of cradle to cradle production is created. There is simply no waste; residual products from our meat processing operations serve as raw materials for further product development.

 The VION Food product portfolio comprises fresh pork, beef, lamb and chicken and derived convenience food products, as well as vegetarian consumer products, brought to consumers via the retail, industrial and 'extra-household' markets. Products such as skins, blood, carcases and fats serve as raw materials for VION Ingredients.

VION Ingredients produces high-quality products such as proteins, fats, haemoglobins, plasmas and gelatines from by-products of the meat-processing and meat industries. These products are used as ingredients in such highly diverse markets as pharmaceuticals, food, feed, energy, and technology. VION Ingredients is the global market leader for gelatine and invests in innovative processes, including the production of biofuel.

The American pharmaceuticals producer Banner, part of VION Food Group, is the global industry leader in gelatine- based softgels for pharmaceutical usage.