Name

Fediol

Legal name

FEDIOL aisbl

Website

https://fediol.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Fediol is funded through membership fees from its national associations and associated company members. The association does not sell, purchase or produce oilseeds, vegetable oils or related materials. It operates as a non-commercially active industry association representing the interests of European oilseed crushers, vegetable oil refiners and bottlers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FEDIOL is an EU industry association that represents European oilseed crushers, vegetable oil refiners, and bottlers. It provides regulatory advocacy, develops codes of practice and technical standards for food and feed safety, publishes statistics on EU oilseed and vegetable oil markets, and operates the EFISC-GTP voluntary feed safety certification scheme. The association does not sell or produce commercial oilseed or vegetable oil products.

Product overview

FEDIOL is the EU vegetable oil and proteinmeal industry association, not a commercial product company. It represents European oilseed crushers, vegetable oil refiners and bottlers through industry representation, development of professional principles and good manufacturing practices, and supply of technical standards. The organization's primary offerings include Codes of Practice and Safety Standards for food and feed safety, Specifications for Vegetable Oils and Fats, Statistics Publications on EU oilseed and vegetable oil markets, Sustainability Monitoring Reports, EFISC-GTP Certification Platform, and Risk Assessments for supply chains. FEDIOL does not offer commercial products or software; its services support industry members in regulatory compliance and quality assurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industry Representation Services Core membership service providing representation of the EU vegetable oil and proteinmeal industry to European Institutions, international bodies, and stakeholders, and formulation of common positions to contribute to a conducive regulatory framework for oilseed crushers, refiners, and bottlers.
• Codes of Practice and Safety Standards Codes of practice and voluntary safety standards developed for members to achieve a high level of food and feed safety in oils, fats, meals, and by-products.
• Specifications for Vegetable Oils and Fats Technical specifications covering fatty acid composition and other characteristics for selected oils and fats, including coconut oil, high oleic sunflowerseed oil, sunflowerseed oil, groundnut oil, grapeseed oil, and rapeseed oil.
• EFISC-GTP Certification Platform European Feed and Food Ingredient Safety Certification platform offering EU harmonized, voluntary feed safety assurance scheme for the feed materials industry.
• Statistics Publications Annual and monthly statistics on EU production, imports, exports and consumption of oilseeds, vegetable oils, and meals, made available to members and the public.
• Supply Chain Risk Assessments Supply chain risk assessments for soybeans, rapeseeds, sunflowerseeds, palm (kernel) oil and coconut oil for food and feed applications.
• Sustainability Monitoring Reports Annual monitoring reports on responsible soy sourcing and sustainable palm oil sourcing practices.

Quantifiable outcome

• 86% of EU oilseed production processed by member facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDIOL is a founding member of the European Bioeconomy Alliance, a cross-sectoral alliance of associations active in the bioeconomy sphere, working since 2015 to mainstream and realize the potential of the bio-based economy in Europe.
• Primary Food Processors (PFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDIOL is a member of PFP, an alliance of primary food processing associations representing major commodity processing sectors in Europe.
• EFISC-GTP (European Feed and Food Ingredient Safety Certification)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDIOL is a member of EFISC-GTP, which offers an open platform for dialogue on feed and food ingredient safety certification, providing EU harmonized voluntary feed safety assurance schemes.
• European Starch Industry (Starch Europe)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Starch Europe and European Biodiesel Board (EBB) on developing the European Guide for the industrial manufacturing of safe feed materials.
• European Biodiesel Board (EBB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on developing feed materials safety guidance and joint advocacy on biofuel policies affecting the vegetable oil sector.
• COCERALcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDIOL cooperates with COCERAL (European trade association for agricultural commodities) on EU protein strategy, sustainability issues, and supply chain matters.
• COPA-COGECAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDIOL collaborates with COPA-COGECA (European farmers' organizations) on protein balance sheets and agricultural policy development.
• FEFACcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDIOL works with FEFAC (European Feed Manufacturers' Federation) on feed safety, sustainability, and supply chain issues affecting both the oilseed and feed sectors.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• FEFANA: FEFANA represents European specialty feed-ingredient manufacturers and their mixtures. Its membership, regulatory advocacy, and feed-safety engagement are comparable to FEDIOL's representation of oilseed processors and protein-meal suppliers.
• COCERAL: COCERAL is the European trade association for cereals, oilseeds, oils and fats, and related agrosupply commodities. Its Brussels-based policy advocacy, market representation, and overlapping oilseed stakeholder base make it one of FEDIOL's closest association peers.
• FoodDrinkEurope: FoodDrinkEurope is the EU food and drink manufacturing industry association, with a comparable Brussels advocacy and member-support model. Vegetable-oil processors serve its members and share exposure to food-safety, nutrition, labeling, and sustainability regulation.
• APAG: APAG is the European Oleochemicals and Allied Products Group representing downstream users of fats and oils. It is comparable to FEDIOL through its sector-specific trade association, regulatory advocacy, and direct connection to technical and industrial vegetable-oil applications.
• Starch Europe: Starch Europe represents European starch manufacturers and develops industry positions on food safety, trade, and environmental policy. It is comparable to FEDIOL as another primary food-processing trade association with overlapping technical standards and EU representation.
• European Biodiesel Board: The European Biodiesel Board represents EU biodiesel producers and engages in EU policy, standards, and market advocacy. It is comparable to FEDIOL because its members are major buyers of the vegetable-oil feedstocks represented by FEDIOL.
• FEFAC: FEFAC represents European compound-feed manufacturers through advocacy, technical guidance, and sustainability initiatives. It is a close association peer given FEDIOL's protein-meal offerings and the two organizations' joint work on feed safety and supply-chain policy.

Others

• COPA-COGECA: COPA-COGECA represents European farmers and agricultural cooperatives in EU policy discussions. It is thematically comparable to FEDIOL through agricultural advocacy and supply-chain policy, although its members are primarily upstream producers rather than processors.

Emerging players

• EUVEPRO: EUVEPRO is the European Vegetable Protein Federation, representing stakeholders in the vegetable-protein category. It overlaps with FEDIOL's protein-meal activities and EU food-and-feed policy work, but has a narrower product focus.

Broad incumbents

• European Dairy Association: The European Dairy Association represents EU milk and dairy processors through policy advocacy and industry coordination. It is a broader food-industry association peer, with dairy processors being significant downstream users of edible oils and fats.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fediol_eu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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