SAINT LOUIS SUCRE

What SAINT LOUIS SUCRE does

Saint Louis Sucre S.A.S. is a French sugar manufacturer founded in 1831 (brand 1865), operating two beet sugar factories at Roye (Hauts-de-France, also corporate headquarters since 2022) and Etrépagny (Normandy, factory since 1864), a packaging plant at Roye (inaugurated 2009), a liquid sugar workshop at Marseille, and two storage centers at Eppeville and Bresles. The company produces crystallized beet and cane sugars, specialty sugars (organic, jam, Fairtrade, controlled-granulometry), liquid/invert sugars, fondants, glucose syrups, and animal feed by-products (molasses, pulp, APIFONDA/APIINVERT bee feeds). The core technology centers on sugar beet processing with full circularity — every beet component is reused for irrigation, soil fertilization, or animal feed.

The company sells through four distinct channels: French supermarket chains under the Saint Louis and Tutti Free consumer brands; professional foodservice distributors serving bakers, restaurateurs, hotels, and local authorities; industrial customers in food, pharmaceutical, and animal feed sectors (supplied in bulk tanks, big bags, and 20 kg sacks); and international export markets spanning the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, West Africa, the Middle East, North America, and Asia. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the business operates on quote-based terms for industrial and foodservice volumes and unit pricing for retail SKUs. Saint Louis Sucre is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Südzucker Group, Europe's largest sugar producer, and employs approximately 500 staff across its French sites plus 60–80 seasonal workers per production campaign.

Name

SAINT LOUIS SUCRE

Legal name

Saint Louis Sucre S.A.S.

Website

https://saintlouis-sucre.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1831

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Saint Louis Sucre is a French beet and cane sugar manufacturer serving retail, foodservice, industrial, and export markets across France, Europe, Africa, and beyond, operating two sugar factories, a packaging plant, and a liquid sugar workshop as a subsidiary of Südzucker Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sugar Manufacturing

NAICS

Sugar Manufacturing (31131), Beet Sugar Manufacturing (311313), Cane Sugar Manufacturing (311314)

SIC

Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Beet Sugar (Raw & Refined) (AFAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cane Sugar (Raw & Refined) (AFAJAAAA), Liquid Sugar & Invert Sugar (Liquid Sucrose, Invert Syrups) (AFAJAAAC), Sugar & Sweeteners Trading/Wholesale (AFAIAKAB)

Keywords

• Beet sugar manufacturing
• Cane sugar production
• Industrial sugar ingredients
• Foodservice sugar supply
• Consumer sugar packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sugar product sales: Saint Louis Sucre generates revenue through the sale of a comprehensive range of sugars and sweetening products, including granulated sugar, specialty sugars, cane sugar, organic sugar, liquid sugars, fondants, glucose syrups, and animal feed by-products. Products are sold to retail (supermarkets), foodservice professionals, industrial customers (food, pharmaceutical, animal feed), and international export markets. Bulk, packaged (bags, packets, cubes, sticks), and liquid formats are offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Saint Louis Sucre produces and packages beet and cane sugars from two French sugar factories (Roye and Etrépagny), a packaging plant, and a Marseille liquid sugar workshop. It sells consumer retail products (Saint Louis and Tutti Free brands), foodservice sugar formats, industrial-grade sugars and by-products (food, pharmaceutical, animal feed, bee feeding), and exports specialty sugars to Mediterranean, West African, North American and Asian markets.

Product overview

Saint Louis Sucre is a French sugar manufacturing company offering a comprehensive portfolio of sugar and sweetening products. The company operates two sugar factories (Roye and Étrépagny), a packaging plant, two storage centers, and a liquid sugar workshop. The product portfolio includes: (1) Consumer retail brands — Saint Louis (the flagship brand offering beet and cane sugars including organic, jam sugar, and Confisuc) and Tutti Free (dietary-specific products); (2) Foodservice products — vending machine sugars, rations, large containers, specialty sugars, fondants and glucose; (3) Industrial products — crystallised sugars, controlled granulometry sugars, icing sugar, pearl sugar, liquid/invert sugars, organic beet sugars, glucose syrups, compri sugar, and bee feeding products; (4) Export products — common sugars, industrial specialties, consumer specialties, and sugar cubes for West African markets. The company is a member of the Südzucker Group, Europe's leading sugar producer, which extends the product range through its broader offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Saint Louis: Main consumer sugar brand, first in France to offer organic beet sugar and organic jam sugar. Known for pure cane specialty sugars.
• Tutti Free

Products and services

• Saint Louis brand retail sugars (beet and cane, including organic, jam sugar, easy-break cubes, Confisuc extra-fruits)
• Tutti Free specialty dietary sugar line
• Foodservice sugar range (vending machine sugars, ration portions, large containers 10-25 kg, specialty sugars, fondants and glucose)
• Industrial sugar range (crystallised sugars, controlled granulometry, icing sugar, pearl sugar, liquid/invert sugars, organic beet sugars, glucose syrups, compri sugar)
• Bee feeding products (APIFONDA and APIINVERT)
• Molasses and pulp (sugar production by-products for animal feed)
• Export sugar range (common EEC No. 2 sugars in 50 kg bags and 1-tonne big bags, consumer specialties, and blue lion box sugar cubes for West Africa)

Quantifiable outcome

• 23% reduction in CO2 emissions during beet-to-sugar transformation between 2018 and 2022
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NestlécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Saint Louis Sucre launched the 'Sols Vivants' (Living Soils) program in 2022 in partnership with Nestlé, working with the Earthworm association to encourage regenerative agriculture practices among partner farmers. The program covers 5 criteria: soil coverage duration, cultivated family diversification, carbon storage, Living Soils indicators, and tillage intensity.
• Mont Blanc Program (partner farmers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014The Mont Blanc program, initiated in 2014, provides technical and financial support to partner farmers for agro-ecological transition. Saint Louis Sucre sets up 60 agro-ecological transition trial protocols annually with farmers through this program. The Étrépagny pilot farm (launched 2021) tests and implements agro-ecological practices and trains farmers.
• Delisle GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Louis Sucre collaborates with the Delisle Group, which offers rapeseed-based biofuels from French origin. Over 40% of bulk transport to industrial customers uses this biofuel, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% and fine particle emissions by 80% compared to diesel trucks. This partnership supports Saint Louis Sucre's decarbonization strategy for transport logistics.
• Cultures SucrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Louis Sucre is a member of Cultures Sucre, an interprofessional association that promotes sugar in gastronomy, informs the public about the industry's commitments and sustainable practices, and encourages responsible sugar consumption. Cultures Sucre conducts permanent scientific monitoring with nearly 200 articles on links between sugar intake and health, drawing on learned societies and health authorities.
• Earthworm AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarthworm is the implementation partner for the Sols Vivants regenerative agriculture program, providing expertise and frameworks for measuring and promoting regenerative soil practices based on 5 criteria: soil coverage duration, cultivated family diversification, carbon storage, Living Soils indicators, and tillage intensity.
• UniLaSalle BeauvaisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Louis Sucre's 12 crop inspectors and all farmers in the Mont Blanc program have completed a diploma course in regenerative agriculture at UniLaSalle in Beauvais. This educational partnership supports the agro-ecological transition of partner farmers.
• Association d'organisations de producteurs nationale fraises de FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Louis Sucre is a partner of the national strawberry producers association, promoting French agricultural origin and supporting local food production.
• Feed Chain Alliance (FCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Louis Sucre holds FCA certification for its animal feed products, demonstrating compliance with Feed Chain Alliance standards for animal feed supply chain sustainability.
• Südzucker GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint Louis Sucre is a member of the Sugar Division of the Südzucker Group, Europe's leading sugar producer. This provides access to the group's diverse product portfolio, international market reach, group-level R&D, sustainability resources, and compliance/ethics framework. The sugar market is increasingly competitive, and this membership is central to Saint Louis Sucre's strategy and operations.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tereos: Tereos is a major French sugar producer and cooperative, directly competing with Saint Louis Sucre in beet sugar processing, retail sugar brands, and industrial supply across France and Europe.
• Cristal Union: Cristal Union is a French sugar beet cooperative operating multiple factories in northern France, directly competing in beet sugar production, retail brands, and industrial/foodservice supply to similar customer segments.
• Cosun Beet Company: Cosun Beet Company (Royal Cosun subsidiary) is a Dutch beet sugar processor and cooperative supplying retail, foodservice, and industrial customers in Northwestern Europe, comparable in cooperative-style operations and product mix.

Broad incumbents

• Südzucker AG: Südzucker is Saint Louis Sucre's parent company and Europe's largest sugar producer, offering a broader multi-country sugar, ethanol, and ingredients portfolio while Saint Louis Sucre operates as the French sugar subsidiary.
• Nordzucker: Nordzucker is one of Europe's largest beet sugar producers with factories across Germany and Northern Europe, competing head-to-head in industrial sugar supply, retail brands, and export markets.
• Pfeifer & Langen: Pfeifer & Langen is a German sugar producer with brands like Diamant and Kölner Zucker, comparable as a multi-site European beet sugar manufacturer serving retail, foodservice, and industrial customers.
• British Sugar: British Sugar is the UK's sole beet sugar processor and part of ABF, directly comparable as a beet sugar manufacturer with retail, foodservice, and industrial product portfolios and similar sustainability programs.
• ASR Group: ASR Group is one of the world's largest cane sugar refiners, comparable as a major sugar producer serving retail, foodservice, and industrial customers with branded and private-label products globally.

Others

• Louis Dreyfus Company: Louis Dreyfus Company is a global commodity merchant active in sugar origination and trading, comparable in market reach and supply chain scale rather than direct branded sugar manufacturing.

Regional players

• Illovo Sugar Africa: Illovo Sugar is Africa's largest sugar producer, relevant as a peer in the export and African sugar markets that Saint Louis Sucre also serves via its West African blue-lion-box exports.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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