Dreher Bio

What Dreher Bio does

Dreher Bio GmbH is a German, founder-owned organic agricultural commodity trader and processor headquartered in Wangen-Schauwies (Baden-Württemberg), operating since 2004 (rebranded to its current name in 2020). The company combines B2B trading of more than 170 organic raw materials — grain, oilseeds, seeds, sugar, legumes, and feed — with vertically integrated oil pressing, refining, and protein-flour production at its Ölmühle Oberschwaben mill in Wangen and a majority-owned mill (Ölmühle Vogtland) in Plauen, Saxony. It also offers toll pressing, custom bottling, private-label services, and direct-to-consumer bottled oils via shop.biooele.eu under the Ölmühle Oberschwaben, Ölmühle Vogtland, and Sweet Beet house brands.

The underlying technology is built around mechanical cold-press extraction, supported by a 3,000-tonne silo facility (12 working cells of 500 tonnes each), seed cleaning and dehulling lines, a dedicated protein-meal grinding facility installed in 2019, and an in-house quality laboratory covering pesticide/glyphosate, heavy metal, PAH, GMO, microbiology, mycotoxin, fatty acid spectrum, peroxide value, and FFA testing. Annual processing capacity is up to 10,000 tonnes of oilseeds at the Wangen site alone, with over 60% of raw materials sourced regionally.

Dreher Bio serves five primary customer segments: food manufacturers (oils for salads, mayonnaise, baked goods), cosmetics and babyfood companies (high-purity organic oils), feed manufacturers (organic press cakes and protein meals as alternatives to imported soy), natural food retailers (branded bottled oils), and agricultural producers/traders requiring toll processing. Its revenue model combines bulk commodity trading, bulk oil sales (from 100-liter minimums to 25-tonne tanker loads), and unit-priced protein meals (500-kg minimum) sold via a specialized B2B sales organization and industry trade shows such as BIOFACH and ANUGA. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held by founder Berthold Dreher, with no disclosed external institutional investors or venture capital.

Name

Dreher Bio

Legal name

dreher bio GmbH

Website

https://dreher.bio

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dreher Bio GmbH is a German B2B trader and processor of organic agricultural commodities, operating cold-press oil mills in Wangen and Plauen to serve food manufacturers, cosmetics, babyfood, feed industry, and natural food retail across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Edible Oils & Agricultural Processing

NAICS

Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224), Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic Grain/Commodity Feed Milling & Blending (Non-GMO) (AFADAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Organic Certified Feed Ingredient Sourcing & Trading (AFADAJAL)

Keywords

• Organic oil pressing
• Organic grain trading
• Cold-pressed edible oils
• Organic protein meals
• Contract oil processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Wangen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Organic agricultural commodity trading: Trading of over 170 different organic agricultural products including grains, oilseeds, seeds, sugar, legumes, feed, and processed products. Products sold in different qualities, certifications, and processing stages to food manufacturers, mills, and feed producers.
2. Organic edible oil production and sales: Cold-pressed and processed organic oils (sunflower Linoleic and Higholeic, rapeseed, sesame, linseed, camelina, olive, almond, hemp, safflower) sold in bulk (tankers from 10 tonnes, IBCs, canisters 2.5-30L, bag-in-box 10L, bottles 0.1-1.5L) to food, cosmetics, and babyfood industries.
3. Contract processing services (Lohnverpressung): Toll pressing services where the company processes customers' own organic oilseeds into oil, offers storage, peeling, pressing, filtration, filling with custom labeling, and mediation of refining services. Minimum quantities from 100 liters.
4. Organic bottled oil brands: Company brands 'Ölmühle Oberschwaben' and 'Ölmühle Vogtland' sold through online shop and food retail. Includes Demeter and EU-Bio edible oils in bottles from 0.1L to 1.5L, with private label options available.
5. Organic protein flour and feed products: Protein flours (sunflower 48% protein, linseed 30%, sesame 46%, almond 50%+, macadamia 25%, peanut 45%, rapeseed 27%) and organic press cakes (rapeseed ≥27% protein, linseed ≥30%, sesame ≥40%, sunflower ≥24%) sold to food and feed industries. Minimum order 500 kg.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dreher Bio GmbH trades over 170 organic agricultural raw materials (grains, oilseeds, seeds, sugar, legumes, feed) and operates an integrated cold-press oil mill that converts those raw materials into organic edible oils, protein meals (30-50% protein), and oil press cakes for food, cosmetics, babyfood, and feed manufacturers. The company also runs bottling lines for B2B private label and B2C house brands under Ölmühle Oberschwaben, Ölmühle Vogtland, and Sweet Beet.

Product overview

Dreher Bio operates as an integrated organic agricultural commodities company with a diverse portfolio of products and services. The core business combines trading of organic raw materials (grains, oilseeds, seeds, sugar, legumes, feed) with in-house processing capabilities through their Ölmühle Oberschwaben oil mill. The product portfolio includes: raw material categories (Bio Getreide, Bio Ölsaaten, Bio Saaten, Bio Zucker, Bio Hülsenfrüchte, Bio Futtermittel, Bio Presskuchen), processed products (Bio Öle, Bio Proteinmehle, Ölpresskuchen), and consumer-facing sub-brands (Ölmühle Oberschwaben, Ölmühle Vogtland, Sweet Beet). Services include toll pressing, bottling, packaging solutions, and comprehensive sourcing support. The company offers over 170 different organic products across various quality certifications, processing stages, and certifications (EU-Bio, Demeter, Bioland, Naturland, Bio Suisse, Biokreis, Bio Austria).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ölmühle Oberschwaben: House brand for cold-pressed and processed organic edible oils, operated from the Wangen facility.
• Ölmühle Vogtland
• Sweet Beet

Products and services

• Bulk Organic Edible Oils (Bio Öle) Cold-pressed and processed organic oils (sunflower Linoleic and Higholeic, rapeseed, sesame, linseed, camelina, olive, almond, hemp, safflower) sold in bulk from 100 liters minimum. Options from tankers (10 t) to IBCs, canisters, bag-in-box, and bottles. Target customers: food manufacturers, cosmetics formulators, babyfood producers, feed producers.
• Bottled Organic Oils (Bio Flaschen Öle) Bottled organic oils sold under house brands Ölmühle Oberschwaben and Ölmühle Vogtland, including Demeter and EU-Bio edible oils in 0.1L to 1.5L bottles. Available through natural food retail, private label, and the e-commerce shop (shop.biooele.eu).
• Organic Protein Meals (Bio Proteinmehle) Organic protein meals produced from oil press cakes byproducts in a grinding facility built in 2019. Includes sunflower meal (48% protein), flax meal (30%), sesame meal (46%), almond meal (50%+), macadamia meal, peanut meal, and rapeseed protein meal (27%). Sold from 500 kg minimum in 25 kg bags or 750 kg pallets for food and feed industries.
• Organic Oil Press Cakes (Bio Ölpresskuchen) Organic press cakes from oil production offered as sustainable protein alternatives to imported soybeans. Variants: rapeseed (≥27% protein), flax (≥30%), sesame (≥40%), sunflower (≥24%). Sold to feed and food ingredient industries from 500 kg minimum.
• Organic Oil Packaging Solutions (Gebinde/Verpackung) Flexible packaging options supplied with oils: tank trucks from 10 tonnes, IBC containers (300/600/900 kg), canisters 2.5-30L, bag-in-box 10L, bottles and cans 0.1L-1.5L. Sold alongside the bulk and bottled oil products to industrial and retail customers.
• Toll Pressing Services (Lohnverpressung) Contract processing of customers' own organic oilseeds into finished oils. Includes storage, peeling, pressing, filtration, filling with custom labeling, and brokerage of refining services. Minimum quantities from 100 liters. Target customers: organic farmers and agricultural traders who want to market finished oils under their own brand.
• Bottling Services (Abfüllung) Professional bottling service for oils on the company's modern bottling line, with individual labeling options for bottles, canisters, bag-in-box, and IBC containers. Supports private label and toll processing customers.
• Sourcing Services Comprehensive sourcing support for organic raw materials covering procurement, logistics, customs clearance, import/export, processing facility selection, quality management documentation (HACCP, GHP, ISO), and training. Offered as a standalone service to international trading partners and processors.
• Organic Agricultural Raw Materials (Bio Rohstoffe) Over 170 organic agricultural commodities traded to mills and manufacturers: Bio Getreide (organic grains including wheat, spelt, barley), Bio Ölsaaten (organic oilseeds including linseed, poppy, sunflower, rapeseed, sesame), Bio Saaten (organic seeds including amaranth, buckwheat, hemp, mustard), Bio Zucker (organic sugar including Demeter regional beet sugar under the Sweet Beet brand), Bio Hülsenfrüchte (organic legumes including lentils, lupines, soybeans, peas), and Bio Futtermittel (organic feed products including field beans, feed grains, pellets).

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 170 different organic products in various qualities and certifications
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ölmühle Bioprodukte Vogtland (majority stake by dreher food gmbh)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022dreher bio gmbh gained majority stake in the oil mill in Vogtland, Saxony in 2022 through its parent company dreher food gmbh. The facility presses exclusively for dreher bio gmbh, primarily regionally grown sunflowers and to a lesser extent soybeans and rapeseed. This partnership enables the company to operate regionally in eastern Germany.
• ABCERTcoreOthersABCERT is the company's organic control body (Kontrollstelle), responsible for certifying compliance with EU organic regulations and various organic association standards (Demeter, Bioland, Bio Suisse, Naturland, Biokreis, Bio Austria).
• DEKRAcoreOthersDEKRA is the company's certification body for GMP+ FC Scheme 2020 feed safety certification.
• Organic Farming Associations (Demeter, Bioland, Naturland, Bio Suisse, Biokreis, Bio Austria)coreOthersThe company holds certifications from multiple organic farming associations, enabling them to trade in association-grade organic products. These partnerships provide access to higher-value organic markets and differentiate the company from competitors handling only EU-organic certified goods.
• Zurich Insurance plcminorOthersProfessional liability insurance provider with worldwide coverage for the company.
• DataGAP GmbHminorOthersData protection officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter) for the company, located in Berlin.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bunge Limited: Global oilseed processor and refiner with significant European footprint. Relevant as a scale competitor in oilseed processing, refining, and protein meal production that could expand into the organic premium segment.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness with a growing organic and specialty oils footprint. Sets the competitive ceiling on commodity oilseed pricing, capacity, and certification investments that an organic specialist like Dreher Bio must navigate.
• Rapunzel Naturkost: Large German organic food manufacturer and trader with a broad organic product portfolio including oils, legumes, grains and processed foods. Overlaps with Dreher Bio on organic commodity trading and branded organic oils but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Bauck GmbH: German organic processor of grains, flours, and oils with Demeter/Bioland positioning. Comparable in organic milling and regional brand structure, but broader portfolio and larger retail footprint.

Emerging players

• Gebana AG: Swiss-African organic commodity trader focused on direct trade of organic oilseeds, sugar, and grains from smallholder producers. Comparable organic commodity trading and international sourcing model, though with a different geographic focus.

Direct peers

• Ölmühle Moog: Bavarian organic oil mill producing cold-pressed specialty oils and protein meals in smaller batches, with strong retail and B2B organic positioning. Closely comparable in product mix and regional DACH organic customer base.
• Weiling GmbH: Leading German organic wholesale distributor sourcing organic grain, oilseeds, legumes, and feed from regional and international suppliers to organic retailers. Overlaps directly with Dreher Bio's commodity trading arm and customer base.
• Teutoburger Ölmühle: German organic oil mill producing cold-pressed edible oils for food, cosmetics, and retail under its own brand. Most direct comparable in scale, product mix (cold-pressed organic oils), and DACH B2B/B2C channels.
• Brökelmann & Co Ölmühle: Long-established German oil mill with organic oilseed processing, refining, and bottling for food and non-food applications. Comparable oilseed processing capabilities, B2B customer base, and integrated refining footprint.

Regional players

• Naturkost Übelhör: Southern German organic wholesaler of grain, oilseeds, and feed. Regional peer with comparable product mix and customer segments, operating primarily in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance18 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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