Our members
Alpro, Belgium
Founded in 1980 and considered to be the European pioneer in soybean products, Alpro produces healthy ranges of drinks, desserts, yoghurt, cream, etc., and has production sites in Wevelgem (Belgium), Issenheim (France) and Kettering (UK).
Alpro is committed to ensuring a complete traceability of its products and a healthy lifestyle for consumers as well as employees. Alpro employs over 1000 people.
Valsoia, Italy
Valsoia was established in 1990 in response to a growing demand for healthy food products. Valsoia’s mission is to improve quality of life by developing and offering consumers healthy alternatives to traditional foods. Over the years the company has developed a wide range of products which are distributed in Italy and abroad (in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Greece). Valsoia soy-based products include: drinks, ice cream, yoghurt, deserts, biscuits, condiments and pre-prepared dishes. All products are made only with natural ingredients of plant origin.
Sojasun, France
Olga is since the 1950’s a family company, pioneer and specialist in innovative niche markets. The company has successfully developed high potential categories such as plant-based products, organic, goat’s milk, sheep’s milk, low fat cheeses and nutrition. Olga employs 1300 people. In 1988, with a unique and natural production process, Olga launched Sojasun, the first and innovative range of fresh Soya desserts. Now, Sojasun offers a complete selection of high-quality soya products for promising categories: Yogurts and desserts, UHT drinks, delicatessen. Soyfood products account for more than a half of the company’s business.
Nutrition et Sante, France
A French company specialised in natural soyfood products, situated in a organic environment – the Natural Regional Park in Haut-Languedoc. The ingredients used for the different products come from organic agriculture and non-GM soy is employed.
Nutrition et Sante has 68 employees.
Liquats Vegetals, Spain
Liquats Vegetals is the leading Spanish company in the soy drinks sector. It was set up in 1992. In an unique location, the Montseny Mountains (which culminate at 820m), Liquats Vegetals employs a professional team to develop the food that our bodies needs, which it produces using non-GM soy and organic soy. The company’s drinks have a high percentage of natural ingredients.
Quorn, United Kingdom
Quorn Foods is a UK-based a global market leader in meat alternative foods with nearly 4 billion meals served since 1985 with a simple message: to bring people delicious and exciting food that is good for them and good for the planet. Quorn makes the world’s diets healthier and more sustainable by helping the consumers to create great tasting meals. Mycoprotein is used as an ingredient in all Quorn products, which is why Quorn offers sustainable nutrition, enabling consumers to discover and make healthier versions of your favorite everyday meals.
Ecotone, France
Ecotone is a new company born out of a very old company. Ecotone’s passion for healthy, organic and sustainable food has lasted for more than 250 years and is renewed every day. Today, the company is a leading player in organic food in Europe and a house of many powerful brands such as Bjorg, Clipper, Bonneterre, Whole Earth, Allos and Isola Bio.
Ecotone is the first and largest international food company to be fully certified B Corp and its commitment is to protect and grow Biodiversity by making organic and plant based food the norm.
Oatly, Sweden
Oatly is the world’s original and largest oat drink company. For over 25 years, the company has exclusively focused on developing expertise around oats: a global power crop with inherent properties suited for sustainability and human health. Oatly’s commitment to oats has resulted in core technical advancements that enabled the company to unlock the breadth of the dairy portfolio, including alternatives to milks, ice cream, yogurt, cooking creams, and spreads. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, the Oatly brand is available in more than 20 countries globally.
Our supporting members
Endori, Germany
Endori was founded by the Büse and Wedel families in Stegaurach/Bamberg, Germany in 2015. After years of preparation and an extensive search for suitable raw materials and technologies long before the company was founded, the first vegetarian high-protein products were manufactured in late 2016 and marketed immediately on an international scale (Norway and Sweden) under the M¡dori® product line. The company views itself as an innovation leader in the production of plant-based raw materials. It started with the use of the yellow pea, lovingly dubbed “sunny pea”, in tandem with other protein sources such as beans, oats, rice and sunflowers.
Vegan Bio Foods, Portugal
Vegan Bio Foods is a Portuguese company founded in 2017, working on developing innovative plant-based organic foods using plants phytonutrients. They explore new outcomes for foodtech development with a vision on biophotonics as an effective tool to ensure food safety and quality, while also promoting plant health and resilience. Vegan Bio Foods aims at contributing to ending hunger, promoting a sustainable food industry, and improving human nutrition.