What Clément Faugier does

Clément Faugier is a privately held French specialty food producer founded in 1882 and headquartered in Privas, Ardèche, that manufactures and sells chestnut-based confectionery and grocery products. Its core technology is traditional chestnut processing built around an unchanged 1885 Crème de Marrons recipe and an exclusive raw-material position in Ardèche AOP chestnuts (Bouches Rouge variety). The product portfolio spans Marrons Glacés (whole, broken, large-broken, fresh and sous vide), Crème de Marrons in multiple formats and sizes, Marrons au Naturel, Purée de Marrons, Marrons Confits (including a Cognac variant), Farine de Châtaignes, a Marpom's chestnut-cream-with-fruit sub-brand, and branded merchandise.

The business model is direct-to-consumer: revenue is generated through unit-pricing sales on the proprietary clementfaugier.fr e-commerce storefront, with shipping by La Poste (Colissimo or Chronopost) to metropolitan France, CEE countries, and worldwide destinations. The pricing schedule ranges from €1.85 (220g tube) to €130.40 (84-unit Marrons Glacés wood gift box), with gift-format SKUs (coffrets bois, ballotins, metal boxes) targeting the gifting occasion. The CGV explicitly defines the channel as personal-use and prohibits resale, reinforcing a DTC-only posture, with no disclosed B2B, retail, or marketplace distribution in the available data.

The customer base is individual consumers — both end-purchasers of premium chestnut specialties and gift buyers — served without documented enterprise or B2B contracts. The company is reported at 11-50 employees, has no parent, no subsidiaries, no M&A history, and no disclosed funding rounds; the sole founder/entity-named principal in leadership data is Clément Faugier as founder. No AI/ML, app, API, SDK, or third-party platform integrations appear in the technology, product, or distribution inputs, and the operating stack is conventional e-commerce with postal logistics.

Name

Clément Faugier

Legal name

Clément Faugier

Website

https://clementfaugier.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clément Faugier is a privately held French specialty food producer founded in 1882 in Privas, Ardèche, manufacturing chestnut-based confectionery (including the original 1885 Crème de Marrons) exclusively from Ardèche AOP chestnuts and selling directly to consumers via its own e-commerce site across France, CEE, and worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisanal Chestnut Confectionery

NAICS

Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing (3113)

SIC

Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060)

akta.pro primary industry

Sugar Confectionery (Gummies, Hard Candy, Chews) (CRADABAB)

Keywords

• Chestnut confectionery
• Glazed chestnuts
• Chestnut cream
• Artisanal French foods
• AOP chestnut products

Headquarters

HQ city

Privas

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Product Sales: The company generates revenue through direct sales of chestnut-based food products to consumers via its e-commerce platform. Customers purchase products at fixed prices with delivery handled through postal services (La Poste Colissimo or Chronopost).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Clément Faugier manufactures and sells traditional French chestnut-based confectionery made exclusively from Ardèche AOP chestnuts (Bouches Rouge variety). Its product range includes Marrons Glacés (glazed chestnuts), Crème de Marrons (chestnut cream from the original 1885 recipe), Marrons au Naturel, Purée de Marrons, Marrons Confits (candied chestnuts), Pâte de Marrons Confits, Farine de Châtaignes (chestnut flour), and the Marpom's fruit-chestnut cream sub-brand. The company sells directly to individual consumers through its own e-commerce website, with delivery to France, CEE countries, and worldwide destinations.

Product overview

Clément Faugier is a traditional French food company founded in 1882 and based in Privas, Ardèche, specializing in chestnut-based products. The company operates as a single unified product portfolio organized around chestnut processing, with its core offerings being Marrons Glacés (glazed chestnuts), Crème de Marrons (chestnut cream), Marrons au Naturel, Purée de Marrons, Marrons Confits (candied chestnuts), and Farine de Châtaignes (chestnut flour). The portfolio includes variations in format (fresh, vacuum-packed, in syrup), cut type (whole, broken, large broken pieces), and container types (wooden boxes, metal tins, glass jars, gourdes, tubes). A secondary line, Marpom's, extends the chestnut cream with fruit purees. The company sells directly to consumers through its e-commerce platform with delivery via La Poste (Colissimo Suivi or Chronopost).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Marpom's: A blend of chestnut cream and fruit purées, with flavors including Nature, Abricot, and Fraise. Made with a minimum of 70% fruit.

Products and services

• Marrons Glacés de l'Ardèche Premium whole glazed chestnuts made exclusively with Ardèche AOP chestnuts (Bouches Rouge variety), sold fresh (~5 weeks shelf life at +8°C) in AOP gift boxes, wooden boxes, ballotins, and metal tins. Targeted at individual consumers for personal consumption and gifting.
• Marrons Glacés Sous Vide Vacuum-sealed whole glazed chestnuts with multi-year shelf life until opened, sold in metal boxes or cartons with or without lids. Targeted at consumers seeking extended storage.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sabaton: French marron glacé producer also historically rooted in the Ardèche region, focused on whole and broken glazed chestnuts from local AOP-equivalent supply. Directly comparable as a heritage producer of the same core chestnut product category serving similar gifting and consumer occasions.
• Établissements Imbert: French traditional food manufacturer whose assortment includes chestnut cream (crème de marrons), purées, and other regional pantry specialties. Comparable as a French artisanal chestnut/spread manufacturer with overlapping product categories and similar traditional positioning.
• Lucien Georgelin: French artisanal jam, chestnut cream, and confectionery brand. Comparable as a fellow French small-batch producer of chestnut spreads and confitures with similar traditional-recipe positioning and DTC + retail distribution.

Regional players

• Corsiglia: Italian producer of marron glacé (candied chestnuts) primarily serving European markets. Comparable in core product (candied chestnuts) and heritage supply-chain sourcing, but operates in a different geography and primarily serves the Italian/European market.
• Lazzaroni: Historic Italian confectionery maker founded in the 18th century, producing amaretti, chocolate, and chestnut-based sweets. Comparable as a long-established European confectionery house with chestnut-adjacent product lines and premium positioning rooted in tradition.

Broad incumbents

• Fossier: Long-established French confectionery and biscuit maker based in Reims, with a broader traditional sweet assortment than Clément Faugier. Comparable as a French heritage confectionery brand leaning on traditional recipes and serving similar premium gifting occasions.
• Meert: Historic French patisserie and confectionery in Lille known for its gaufres and broader sweet assortment. Comparable as a French heritage sweet-maker competing for the same consumer gifting and premium everyday-occasion purchases, but with a wider product portfolio beyond chestnut.
• Weiss: French chocolate and confectionery brand established in Saint-Étienne, with a diversified assortment of chocolates, spreads, and seasonal sweets. Comparable as a French heritage CPG confectionery peer with much broader category reach than Clément Faugier's chestnut-only focus.
• La Maison du Chocolat: Premium Parisian chocolate maison producing bonbons, ganaches, and confectionery assortments. Comparable as a high-end French confiserie rival for the same premium gifting occasion, though anchored in chocolate rather than chestnut.
• Patrick Roger: French master chocolatier (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) with boutique and online distribution of premium bonbons and confections. Comparable as a high-end French confectionery competitor targeting the same premium French gifting moment, with chocolate rather than chestnut as the base ingredient.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/clementfaugier
• Facebookfacebook.com/ClementFaugierMarrons

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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