What Huijbregts Groep does

Huijbregts Groep is a family-owned Dutch industrial food ingredient processor, founded in 1936 and headquartered in Helmond, Netherlands. The company mixes, blends, and packages powder ingredients for food producers, ingredient companies, and product developers, operating from a primary site in Helmond and a second production facility in Massanes, Spain that has been live since April 2021. Huijbregts runs 60 fully automatic dynamic mixers, processes approximately three Olympic swimming pools of powder per month, claims its ingredients are present in 80% of meals consumed in the Netherlands, and reaches end consumers in roughly 64 countries. It serves customers either through full outsourcing of powder management or via individual service components.

The company's core technology consists of proprietary in-house software that controls the dynamic mixing lines and provides full traceability from raw material supplier to finished product in minutes versus an industry standard of four hours, layered over climate-controlled processing rooms that prevent cross-contamination. A proprietary automated guided vehicle (Nipper) handles autonomous pallet movement up to 1,000 kg without inductive wires, rails, or magnets. Continuous improvement is institutionalized in the Huijbregts Innovation Centre, a thirty-person facility that has implemented eighty process innovations and draws inspiration from non-food industries such as theme-park ride dynamics. The company holds a broad stack of food safety and sustainability certifications, including FSSC 22000, Risk Plaza, SKAL, Halal, Kosher, COKZ, RSPO, UTZ, and PSO Trede 3.

Huijbregts operates a direct B2B sales model with regional account managers covering the Netherlands, Belgium/France, and Spain/Southern Europe. Revenue is generated through managed services (complete outsourcing of powder management), professional services (custom packaging, labeling, just-in-time logistics), and transaction-based fees (independent global bulk raw material procurement). Leadership sits with third-generation director Willem Huijbregts (since 2021), supported by Commercial Director Hein Hamelijnck. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and customer relationships are anchored by recipe confidentiality, allergen controls, and the switching cost of re-validating powder specifications with an alternative supplier.

Name

Huijbregts Groep

Legal name

Huijbregts Groep B.V.

Website

https://huijbregts.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Huijbregts Groep is a family-owned Dutch industrial food ingredient processor that blends, packages, and traces powder ingredients for food producers, ingredient companies, and developers from facilities in Helmond, Netherlands and Massanes, Spain, holding multiple international food safety and sustainability certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food-Grade Powder Blending and Packaging Services

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Other Food Manufacturing (3119)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Ingredient Blends & Systems / Custom Formulation (Seasoning Systems, Functional Blends) (CRADAOAO)

Keywords

• Powder mixing services
• Food ingredient blending
• Contract powder manufacturing
• Food grade powder packaging
• Custom powder blending

Headquarters

HQ city

Helmond

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Powder Mixing and Blending Services: Huijbregts Groep mixes powder ingredients for the food industry, producing homogeneous powder mixes in large volumes with the ability to switch quickly between recipes. Customers can choose complete outsourcing of powder management or individual service components. The company also purchases raw materials in bulk globally and offers them to customers at competitive prices. Raw materials can be sourced via Huijbregts, via the customer's own supplier, or directly by the customer.
2. Custom Packaging and Labeling: After mixing, finished products are custom-packed according to customer specifications and batch size requirements. Packaging is done in customized packaging units labeled to customer requirements.
3. Logistics Services: Complete logistics organization including just-in-time deliveries, minimum and maximum storage options, and full supply chain management. Customers benefit from efficient powder management and reduced CO2 emissions from fewer truck kilometers.
4. Bulk Raw Material Purchasing: Huijbregts purchases powder raw materials globally in large independent bulk quantities, offering purchasing advantages to customers who can select from available materials.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Huijbregts Groep is a high-tech contract processor that mixes and packages powder ingredients for the food industry, using 60 fully automatic dynamic mixers across facilities in Helmond (Netherlands) and Massanes (Spain). Customers can engage Huijbregts for full outsourcing of powder management or for individual service components such as blending to a custom recipe, packaging and labeling, just-in-time logistics, and food-safety/quality assurance supported by multiple certifications (FSSC 22000, Risk Plaza, RSPO, COKZ, SKAL, Halal, Kosher, UTZ).

Product overview

Huijbregts Groep operates as a high-tech powder ingredient processing company offering a unified service model centered on mixing and packing powder ingredients for the food industry. The core offering consists of Complete Outsourcing (mixing and packing powder ingredients with fully automatic dynamic mixers), Blending and Packaging services (logistics with full traceability), and Quality services (food safety compliance). Supporting these is the Huijbregts Innovation Centre (continuous process improvement facility) and Business School (internal employee training programs). The company operates from facilities in Helmond, Netherlands (since 1970s) and Massanes, Spain (opened April 2021).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mixing and Packing Powder Ingredients (Complete Outsourcing) Full-service powder ingredient management including mixing, packaging and stock management for food producers and ingredient companies. Uses 60 fully automatic dynamic mixers that blend precisely-weighed raw materials into homogeneous mixes with the ability to switch quickly between recipes at bulk volumes. Customers can outsource the full process or pick individual components.
• Logistics Services (Blending and Packaging Your Recipe) Complete powder logistics offering including just-in-time deliveries, full traceability, custom packaging and labeling, and minimum/maximum storage options, reducing customers' truck kilometers and CO2 emissions.
• Quality Services Food safety and quality assurance services covering FSSC 22000 and Risk Plaza certifications, allergen management, and climate-controlled processing environments that prevent cross-contamination. Designed to give customers a compliant, audit-ready powder supply chain.

Quantifiable outcome

• Traceability achievable in minutes vs. industry standard of 4 hours
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Brainport Eindhoven (Young Brainport Summer School)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Huijbregts participated as a host company in the 4th edition of the Young Brainport Summer School in August 2019. The initiative brought 40 talented youth from 17 countries to experience innovation and technology companies in the Brainport region. Huijbregts opened its doors as part of the program alongside companies like Philips, ASML, and PSV.
• QliQ Primary EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuijbregts Groep partnered with QliQ Primary Education to develop a special educational tour for primary school students (grades 6-8). The interactive tour includes small assignments followed by technical tasks, introducing children to technology in a playful way. Tours are offered free of charge.
• ROC Ter AAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuijbregts Groep collaborates with ROC Ter AA (regional vocational college) as part of its talent development initiative. The company operates its own business school and works with ROC Ter AA to train process operators. This partnership supports the company's internal training programs.
• Taleninstituut Regina CoeliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuijbregts partnered with Regina Coeli Language Institute to provide Dutch language courses to employees, particularly those from other countries. Regina Coeli recognized Huijbregts as an example of better entrepreneurship through investing in language skills, specifically noting the company's approach to preparing Dutch employees for roles in Spain as well as Spanish employees working in the Netherlands.
• External Food Logistics PartnerminorOthersFollowing a fire at the AG warehouse in June 2020, Huijbregts moved inventory to an external food-specialized logistics partner certified to IFS logistics standards, as part of an audited contingency plan.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Glanbia Nutritionals: Glanbia Nutritionals is a custom nutrient/premix/powder blending business serving food, beverage, and supplement brands globally. It is a direct peer to Huijbregts in B2B contract powder formulation, custom blends, and ingredient co-manufacturing.

Broad incumbents

• Kerry Group: Kerry Group is a global taste and nutrition giant offering ingredient systems, flavors, and functional blends to food producers. It is a broad incumbent operating across Huijbregts's space of custom ingredient systems for food manufacturers, though at significantly larger scale and scope.
• IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances): IFF's Taste segment formulates ingredient systems, flavors, and functional blends for food and beverage producers worldwide. As a broad incumbent with a large R&D and custom-formulation capability, it competes for the same outsourced formulation wallet Huijbregts serves.
• Givaudan: Givaudan is the world's largest flavors and fragrances house with substantial food-ingredient custom formulation capabilities. It sits in the same broad B2B ingredient systems category as Huijbregts, though it is much larger and more flavor-fragrance focused.
• Sensient Technologies: Sensient manufactures flavors, colors, and specialty ingredients for food and beverage customers globally. It is comparable as a broad incumbent custom-ingredient formulator serving food producers with proprietary ingredient systems.
• Tate & Lyle: Tate & Lyle produces specialty food ingredients and custom sweetener/starch systems sold into food and beverage manufacturers. It overlaps with Huijbregts's domain of ingredient blending and food-industry formulation services at a broader incumbent scale.
• Cargill Food Ingredients: Cargill's Food Ingredients segment supplies a wide range of bulk and custom-blended ingredients, including cocoa, sweeteners, oils, and texturizers, to food producers globally. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capability in custom ingredient formulation at industrial scale.

Emerging players

• FrieslandCampina Ingredients: FrieslandCampina Ingredients develops dairy-based powder ingredients and functional blends for food, beverage, and nutrition customers. It is an emerging player in the specialized powder-ingredient blending segment that intersects directly with Huijbregts's dairy/powder business (it even holds a COKZ-related category profile).
• Döhler: Döhler is a German-based supplier of natural ingredients, flavors, and ingredient systems for food and beverage producers across Europe. Comparable as a European mid-sized ingredient formulator with custom-blend capabilities targeting similar food-industry buyers.

Others

• Indena (or comparable European private contract blender): Indena is an Italian-based contract developer and manufacturer specializing in botanical and nutritional ingredient processing — adjacent to Huijbregts's contract powder processing model in custom ingredient manufacturing, though focused on botanicals rather than generic food powders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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