What Roquette does

Roquette Frères S.A. is a French family-owned global manufacturer of plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients, legally established in 1970 with roots extending to a 1933 family potato starch processing business. The company produces proteins (pea and wheat), starches, fibers, and pharmaceutical excipients for customers in over 40 countries across food, nutraceutical, OTC, and pharmaceutical end markets. It markets itself as a multi-format formulation partner targeting dietary supplement and OTC brands, pharmaceutical companies, and food manufacturers seeking clean-label, vegan, and plant-based solutions.

Its technology centers on plant-based ingredient extraction and processing, including proprietary pea protein isolates (the NUTRALYS range, including Nutralys Pea 850F for ready-to-mix and ready-to-drink applications) and thermally soluble pea starches (Amysta L 123, produced via heat treatment and spray drying without enzymes or chemicals). The May 2025 acquisition of US-based IFF Pharma Solutions for $2.85 billion added bio-based pharmaceutical excipients and advanced drug delivery systems to the portfolio. Acquired capsule technology platforms span hard HPMC capsules (Qualicaps), softgel technologies (SeaGel and LYCAGEL Flex), and VERDIGEL pectin gummy solutions for consumer healthcare applications.

Roquette operates B2B enterprise sales with quote-based pricing and showcases capabilities at industry events such as Vitafoods Europe. The firm is one of four major players—alongside ADM, DuPont, and Kewpie—collectively accounting for over 60% of global protein ingredient sales. Geographic expansion continues with a multi-million-dollar Pharmaceutical Innovation Center inaugurated in São Paulo, Brazil in October 2025 to support Latin American pharmaceutical development, and active product launches across proteins, starches, and capsule systems have continued through 2025–2026. Note: the firmographic header in the input describes a separate small Breton web agency also named Roquette; that description is not consistent with the substantive payload and is not reflected above.

Name

Roquette

Legal name

Roquette Frères S.A.

Website

https://roquette.bzh

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Roquette Frères S.A. is a French family-owned global manufacturer of plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients, serving food, nutraceutical, OTC, and pharmaceutical customers in over 40 countries through B2B enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quimper

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Plant-based Ingredient Sales: Roquette Frères competes as a major player in the European bulk food ingredients market, competing on scale, sustainability credentials, and functional performance aligned with EU policy frameworks.
2. Protein Ingredients: Key industry player collectively accounting for over 60% of global protein ingredient sales, with significant investments in new production capacity, product launches, and R&D expansions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Roquette is a Brittany-based eco-responsible WordPress web agency that designs, develops, and maintains custom WordPress websites for local authorities, businesses, and other communication agencies. Its offering combines WordPress site creation, ongoing maintenance (preventive, corrective, and evolutive), eco-socio-design, accessibility and RGESN audits, multi-site factory deployment, and responsible hosting. The agency also operates WebKarbon, a free online tool that audits the technical and environmental performance of third-party websites.

Product overview

Roquette is a family-owned French company specializing in plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical solutions. The company operates as a multi-format formulation partner offering dietary supplement and OTC brands a broadened portfolio including hard HPMC capsules, softgel technologies (SeaGel, LYCAGEL Flex), VERDIGEL pectin solutions, and the NUTRALYS plant-protein line featuring pea protein isolates (Nutralys Pea 850F) and textured protein ingredients. The company expanded its capabilities through acquisitions including Qualicaps and IFF Pharma Solutions, positioning itself as a comprehensive solution provider for clean-label, vegan, and plant-based product development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NUTRALYS: Plant-protein portfolio including textured proteins and pea protein isolates
• SeaGel
• LYCAGEL Flex
• VERDIGEL
• Amysta L 123
• Nutralys Pea 850F
• Qualicaps

Products and services

• WordPress Site Creation and Redesign Custom design, development, and deployment of WordPress websites (création/refonte), covering needs definition through go-live, tailored to the client's audience and marketing strategy. Targeted at French SMEs, start-ups, local authorities, and associations.
• WordPress Multi-Site Factory (Usine à sites) Deployment of a modular WordPress multi-site ecosystem for organizations that need uniform, rapidly deployable site networks across multiple brands, regions, or entities. Targeted at larger organizations and multi-brand groups.
• WordPress Maintenance Services Ongoing WordPress site maintenance covering preventive monitoring, corrective fixes, evolutive enhancements, advisory/support, and responsible hosting. Targeted at any organization operating a WordPress site that Roquette built or supports.
• Eco-Socio-Design (Écoconception) Services Eco-socio-design of websites covering web quality assurance, environmental eco-design, and digital inclusion/accessibility. Targeted at organizations seeking to reduce the environmental footprint and improve the inclusivity of their digital properties.
• RGESN Audit and Evaluation Services Audits and evaluations aligned with the French RGESN (Référentiel Général d'Écoconception de Services Numériques) standard for digital service eco-design. Targeted at French public-sector entities and organizations subject to RGESN requirements.
• Web Accessibility and Inclusion Services Web accessibility (RGAA-aligned) and digital inclusion consulting and implementation to help organizations make their content reachable to the widest possible audience. Targeted at French public-sector and inclusive-design-committed organizations.
• WebKarbon Free Website Audit Tool A free online tool developed by Roquette that audits the technical and environmental performance of any website. Available publicly as a self-service utility and used by the agency as an inbound lead-generation asset.
• Responsible WordPress Hosting Eco-responsible WordPress hosting offered as part of the maintenance track, providing infrastructure aligned with the agency's eco-design commitments. Targeted at existing Roquette maintenance clients.
• WordPress Solution for Local Authorities and Associations A verticalized WordPress offering for mairies, intercommunalities (EPCI), and associations that need to publish large volumes of public information to citizens or members, with accessibility and eco-design built in.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 60% of global protein ingredient market share collectively with major competitors

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IFF Pharma SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025In May 2025, Roquette Frères S.A. acquired US-based IFF Pharma Solutions to strengthen capabilities in bio-based pharmaceutical excipients and drug delivery systems. The $2.85 billion acquisition expands Roquette's pharmaceutical portfolio and global reach.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Kinsta: Premium managed WordPress hosting provider. Comparable as an infrastructure ecosystem player in the WP stack Roquette builds on, relevant to its 'hébergement responsable' line of business.
• Automattic: Company behind WordPress.com and the broader WordPress open-source ecosystem. Adjacent ecosystem participant whose platform choices and roadmap directly shape the addressable market and delivery economics for a WordPress-specialist agency like Roquette.
• WP Engine: Managed WordPress hosting and platform provider central to the same WordPress ecosystem in which Roquette builds and maintains sites. Adjacent ecosystem participant that influences the toolchain and hosting economics of Roquette's WP delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Dentsu: Global advertising and communications group with extensive digital/website capabilities. Relevant incumbent peer because it competes for the same enterprise digital-build and content engagements Roquette targets, but spans a much wider portfolio.
• Publicis: Global French-headquartered advertising and communications holding. Comparable as a large incumbent providing digital site-build, branding, and campaign execution that overlaps with Roquette's site creation and communication-agency partnership offering, but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Webedia: Major French digital media and communications group running large content and audience platforms. Comparable as a broad French digital incumbent whose site-build and content ecosystem overlaps with the kind of web projects Roquette delivers for enterprises and agencies.

Direct peers

• GreenIT.fr: French reference community and resource hub for sustainable/eco-design IT and websites. Closely comparable because both operate in the same French eco-design web niche and overlap on RGESN/écoconception methodology that Roquette sells as a service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/agenceRoquette

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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