Vion Pork
Vion is an international producer of pork and beef with production locations in the Netherlands and Germany, and sales support offices all over the world. From our production locations in the Netherlands and Germany, we deliver fresh pork and derived products to national and international retail, foodservice and the processed meat industries. Basic raw materials are delivered to industrial customers who process the pork into a wide range of meat products. On top of this, Vion processes fresh pork into semi-finished and finished products for the domestic and export retail market.
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Our brands & concepts
Our premium hams
Customers can choose from a wide range of high-quality basic ingredients, semi-processed products and ready-to-use recipes. Thanks to our efficient production methods, we are able to offer our products at competitive prices. Our efficient production methods enable us to offer these products at competitive prices. One of our specialisations is the hams we have been supplying for many years, particularly to Italy and Spain, such as the Robusto ham, the Spanish ham, with or without V-cut, and the Speck ham, a boneless dry-cured ham. Our size allows us to select the very best products and choose the right hams.
To our hams
Sliced products
Our sliced products can be supplied in all sorts of variations. The shape and thickness of the meat is tailored to the customer’s requirements. In Europe, people often choose the thick-cut variant, for example for bacon strips. In Asia, people like thinly sliced meat for use on the barbecue or gourmet.
Sliced belly is popular: meat and fat keep each other in a tasteful balance here. Collar is marbled meat, laced with fat. It is tender and full of flavour. We supply it in the shapes and thicknesses the customer requests, from 1 mm to 50 mm thick. Loin, the back muscle, is a premium piece of pork. It contains a lot of meat and less fat. For the real meat structure and meat taste. Thicker cut loins are very suitable as steaks for barbecue or grilling. Every slice, no matter which pack it comes in, has the full flavour you have come to expect from us.
Kasseler: Pure tradition
At our production location in Perleberg we have over 30 years of experience in producing traditional smoked pork meat – Kasseler. We know exactly what’s inside of our products.
First we cure our meat in a gentle injection process – this makes our Kasseler particularly tender and juicy. The special rubbing process with natural beech wood afterwards gives the Kasseler its fine smoky flavour and unique taste. Thanks to three high-modern smokehouses, we can respond to larger production quantities even at short notice.
Our pork products
Our responsibility
Food safety
Producing safe and wholesome food is one of Vion’s top priorities. Food safety and quality assurance are embedded in the codes of practice at all Vion production sites. Vion is committed to the ISO 9001 standard for quality-oriented organisations, and all Vion establishments are ISO 9001 certified.
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Animal welfare
Control and transparency of animal welfare is a key issue in our strategy to create trust in the products and supply chain. We want to take the lead in welfare discussions, and we take responsibility for our role in controlling the welfare status in the supply chain. Our animal welfare strategy consists of several levels of control with regards to animal welfare. Transparency in the supply chain improves animal welfare. We are committed to gathering and sharing information on animal welfare aspects via digital systems with the rest of the supply chain.
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Employment and working conditions
At present, it is hard to recruit enough suitable production personnel. Vion cooperates closely with third-party labour companies. The regional labour markets in Germany and the Netherlands do not have enough workers. Therefore, the third-party labour workforce and regular workforce consist mainly of employees from eastern and southern European countries.
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Traceability and product integrity
Ensuring that products are traceable upstream and downstream in the supply chain is a significant challenge for companies that produce food items originating from complicated supply chains. All our food items derived from either plants or animals are traceable to the farms. Product integrity involves the organisation of product and process integrity, as well as supply chain transparency to manage an honest, reliable chain of custody. It also guarantees for the consumer that the packaging contains the product which is specified on the label.
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Climate
Food production contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, primarily methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide. Our contribution to global warming is estimated at less than 5% of supply chain emissions, mainly due to animal feed production and farm methane emissions. At the same time, soil and vegetation on farms help to remove carbon from the atmosphere; this in turn has a positive impact on the climate.
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Biodiversity and deforestation
The nature of our supply chain means Vion is linked to a potential negative impact on biodiversity. There is a risk of deforestation to produce soy for livestock feed. Via the livestock farms that supply us, we are linked to a risk of biodiversity loss through the emission of ammonia and through monoculture, soil acidification and land use and land management. In addition, transportation by us and our supply chain emit nitrogen.
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Production locations
Zottegem (Velzeke)
Vion Adriaens
Zottegem
Slachthuisstraat 1
9620 Zottegem (Velzeke)
Phone: +32 9 360 60 11
Tilburg
Vion Rundvee B.V.
Vion Rundvee B.V.
Enschotsestraat 28
5013 BD Tilburg
Phone: +31 13 462 08 65
Email: rundvee@vionfood.com
Dokkum
Tilburg
Vion Tilburg B.V.
Tilburg
Enschotsestraat 28
5013 BD Tilburg
Phone: +31 (0)13 462 08 00
Scherpenzeel
Vion Scherpenzeel B.V.
Scherpenzeel
’t Zwarte Land 13
3925 CK Scherpenzeel
Phone: +31 (0)88 995 48 00
Groenlo
Vion Retail Groenlo B.V.
Groenlo
Den Sliem 1
7141 JE Groenlo
Phone: +31 (0)544 473 100
Leeuwarden
ME-AT Leeuwarden B.V.
Leeuwarden
Curieweg 3
8912 BM Leeuwarden
Phone: +31 (0)88 995 44 57
Groenlo
Vion Groenlo B.V.
Groenlo
Den Sliem 8
7141 JH Groenlo
Phone: +31 (0)88 995 44 00
Enschede
Vion Enschede B.V.
Enschede
Het Lentfert 74
7547 SP Enschede
Phone: +31 (0)53 486 4444
Boxtel
Vion Boxtel B.V.
Boxtel
Boseind 10
5281 RM Boxtel
Phone: +31 (0)88 995 35 55
Apeldoorn
Vion Apeldoorn B.V.
Apeldoorn
Laan van Malkenschoten 77
7333 NP Apeldoorn
Phone: +31 (0)88 995 42 00
Boxtel
Encebe Vleeswaren B.V.
Boxtel
Boseind 10
5281 RM Boxtel
Phone: +31 (0)88-9953555
Groenlo
De Groene Weg B.V.
Groenlo
Den Sliem 1
7141 JE Groenlo
Phone: +31 (0)544 473 260