Schapfen Muhle

What Schapfen Muhle does

SchapfenMühle GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held, family-owned German grain mill founded in 1452 and headquartered in Ulm-Jungingen. The company specializes in the milling and processing of ancient grains — particularly Dinkel (spelt), Emmer, Einkorn, oats, and barley — and operates three dedicated B2B sales divisions: Backhandwerk (artisan baking trade, served by ~25 field sales consultants and regional technical advisors), Lebensmittelindustrie (food industry, supplying bulk flours, flakes, puffed cereals, and CeralGran ingredients to breakfast cereal, dairy alternative, instant product, and confectionery manufacturers), and Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (food retail, providing private label and own-brand products where 60–70% of retail products are organic). Production technology centers on grain milling, specialized dehulling of Spelzgetreide (spelt and emmer), thermal treatment/puffing, and CO2 pressure fumigation for grain quality control, with sourcing from a network of over 600 regional contract farmers concentrated within a tight radius of Ulm. The B2C business runs through the Mühlenladen retail store in Dornstadt and the shop.schapfenmuehle.de online shop, complemented by educational content (Getreidewelten, Mehllexikon, 80+ recipe database) and a Uni Hohenheim research partnership. Revenue comes predominantly from one-time B2B sales of grain products (bulk silo, big bag, sack, and packaged), supplemented by private-label manufacturing, premium own-brand sales (Meine Mühle, CeralGran), and direct consumer transactions — with international export managed via a dedicated Export Sales Manager.

Name

Schapfen Muhle

Legal name

SchapfenMühle GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://schapfenmuehle.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SchapfenMühle is a 570-year-old family-owned German grain mill specializing in spelt, emmer, and ancient grain processing, serving artisan bakers, food manufacturers, and food retailers through three B2B sales divisions plus B2C online and mill store channels, with over 600 regional contract farmers as supply base.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grain Milling and Bakery Ingredients

NAICS

Grain and Oilseed Milling (3112), Food Manufacturing (311), All Other Food Manufacturing (31199)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Flour & Milling Products Manufacturing (wheat, corn, rice, specialty flours) (AFAKABAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic Packaged Foods Manufacturing (Certified Organic, Clean-Label) (AFAKAJAA), Grain-Based Mixes & Doughs Manufacturing (pancake/waffle mixes, baking mixes, dough bases) (AFAKABAF), Couscous, Bulgur & Other Processed Grain Foods Manufacturing (AFAKABAJ)

Keywords

• Grain milling products
• Bakery trade supplies
• Spelt ancient grains
• Private label flours
• Organic cereal ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulm

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Grain Product Sales: Sale of milled grain products (flours, flakes, kernels, semolina, bran, germs, puffed cereals) to commercial customers including bakers, food manufacturers, and food retailers. Both conventional and organic (Bio) product lines. Products provided in silo trucks, big bags, or sacks.
2. Private Label / Custom Manufacturing: Custom product development and manufacturing under customer brand names for food retail (Lebensmitteleinzelhandel). Development department creates tailored Private Label products including packaging design and printing solutions.
3. B2C Retail (Online & Mill Store): Direct-to-consumer sales through the online shop (shop.schapfenmuehle.de) and the physical Mühlenladen in Dornstadt. Includes flours, flakes, seeds, porridge, baking mixes, and muesli.
4. Premium Brand Products: Branded products under the SchapfenMühle own label (e.g., 'Meine Mühle' range, CeralGran, Schapfen Baguette/malt/rye mixtures) sold to food retail and commercial bakers at premium pricing.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Schapfen Mühle is a family-owned grain mill that processes and supplies conventional and organic grain-based products — including flours, flakes, kernels, semolina, bran, puffed cereals, baking mixes, mill mixes, and porridge — to three B2B sales divisions (artisan baking trade, food industry, and food retail/private label) and to private consumers through an online shop and a physical mill store. The company is a recognized specialist in spelt (Dinkel) and ancient grains (Emmer, Einkorn), with vertical integration from a 600+ farmer regional procurement network through milling, dehulling, thermal puffing, and Private Label packaging.

Product overview

SchapfenMühle is a traditional German family-owned grain mill (founded 1452) offering an extensive portfolio of grain-based products organized into three sales divisions: Backhandwerk (artisan baking trade), Lebensmittelindustrie (food industry), and Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (food retail/private label). The product range spans whole grains/kernels and groats, flakes, flours, semolina/bran/germs, puffed cereals, CeralGran (a sub-brand of puffed/granular ingredients including heat-treated legumes), seed toppings, porridge, bakery mixes, mill mixes, mill pre-mixes, and fine pastry mixes — available in both conventional and organic quality. B2C offerings include flours, natural foods, porridge, and bakery mixes sold through the online shop and physical mill store in Dornstadt. The company also provides application technology consulting, seminars, and a commercial customer portal. Emmer is a particular specialty, supported by the emmer.info blog and regional sourcing from within 20–30 km of the mill.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grain Kernels and Groats (Getreidekerne/Grütze) Whole and processed grain kernels and groats including spelt kernels, spelt rice-style, emmer kernels, barley kernels, oat groats, oat kernels, rye kernels, wheat kernels, and pearl barley, supplied to B2B customers (bakers, food industry, food retail).
• Flakes (Flocken) Cereal flakes in various grain types (spelt, emmer, barley, beta-barley, oat, millet, rye, wheat) in large and small leaf formats, including organic variants, for commercial bakers and food manufacturers.
• Flours (Mehle) Comprehensive flour range including spelt Type 630 and 1050, spelt wholemeal, emmer Type 1300 and wholemeal, Farina Speciale Tipo 00, barley flake flour, beta-barley wholemeal, oat flake flour, instant flour Type 4052, corn flour, rye Type 997/1150/1370 and wholemeal, spätzle and pasta flour, wheat Type 405/550/812/1050/1600 and wholemeal, Swiss Ruchmehl, and spelt Ruchmehl.
• Semolina, Bran, Grits, and Germs (Dunst/Grieß/Kleie/Schrot/Keime) Intermediate milling products including bulgur, spelt couscous, durum wheat and chickpea couscous, spelt semolina, spelt bran, fine and coarse spelt grits, oat bran, fine and coarse corn semolina, fine and coarse rye grits, wheat germs, wheat bran, fine wheat grits, soft wheat semolina, and soft wheat grits for B2B customers.
• Puffed Cereals (Gepuffte Cerealien) Puffed cereals and grains including bio amaranth, bio spelt with 30% honey, bio durum with 35% honey, puffed buckwheat, spelt, durum, barley, oat, millet, rice, and sugar-coated variants for food industry and food retail customers.
• CeralGran Sub-Brand (Puffed and Granular Ingredients) Branded sub-line of puffed and granular cereal ingredients including puffed bio amaranth, spelt, durum, barley, rye, bio quinoa, wholemeal spelt/durum/potato/corn/rye/wheat granulates, and heat-treated (HT) legume products such as pea flour, chickpea, chickpea flour, lentils, and lentil flour.
• Bakery Mixes for Food Retail (Backmischungen LEH) Ready-to-use bakery mixes for retail shelves, including spelt wellness bread, spelt pumpkin seed bread, and spelt pizza dough.
• Porridge (Hafer-Porridge Line) Oat porridge retail line including Apple-Cinnamon, Classic, Chocolate, and Forest Berry varieties in single-portion sachets.
• Baking Agents (Backmittel) Specialized baking agents for professional bakeries including Schapfen Baguette 3%, Brezel Gold spezial, BrötchenMalz, Malz GU/GV, Meine Mühle Brötchen Premium, Meine Mühle DinkelBack pur, Eco-Allround, Frische-Kick, Kühlback, Malz-Kristall, RoggenPerfekt, Weißbrot, WeizenMild, Bio Brötchen, Bio RoggenVollkornSauer, and other named formulations.
• Mill Mixes (Mühlenmischungen) Ready-to-use mill-mixed formulations for professional bakers, including spelt yogurt rolls, Meine Mühle Dinkel Kerni, spelt Kipfel, spelt wholemeal rolls, pumpkin seed rolls, Beta HaferGold, Ciabatta Urbrot Mix, spelt malt bread, Tiroler Brot, Vierkornschrötli, and other named bread and roll mixes.
• Mill Pre-Mixes (Mühlenvormischungen) Pre-mix formulations for professional bakers, including Meine Mühle HaferLiebling, BasisKorn dark, Isländer Brötchen, Kornling, LandRoggen 10, rye rolls, SchwabenKörnle, Schweden-Krüstchen, spelt Classico, spelt-Juwel, Emmer Urkorn, Mais Mix, Malzmehrkorn Gold, Pro Eiweißbrot, RoggenDinkler, St. Jakobs Mehl, Tiroler Nussbrot, UrLinsel, Urlaib, and many others.
• Fine Pastry Mixes (Feinback) Fine pastry and confectionery mixes for bakeries, including butter yeast dough 50%, quark yeast dough 50%, Meine Mühle Hefeteig, Kaiser-Berliner, Berliner fein 20%, short pastry fine, biscuit fine, butter Americana, choco muffin premium, spelt batter, muffin premium, quark balls, batter enjoyment, poppy seed, 3-cheese Hoch, hazelnut, and Nussfix.
• Private Label and Branded Food Retail Products (LEH) Custom Private Label and SchapfenMühle-branded products for food retail (Lebensmitteleinzelhandel), including quality flours, oat/spelt/millet flakes, brans, oat porridge, seeds, and bakery mixes; 60–70% of LEH products are organic, with full packaging design and confectioning support.
• Consumer/Retail Products (Privatkunden-Produkte) Consumer-facing product range for home bakers including flours (wheat Type 405/550/1050, wholemeal, instant; spelt Type 630/1050, wholemeal; rye Type 997, wholemeal; emmer Type 1300, wholemeal; buckwheat wholemeal; spätzle/pasta flour), naturkost (flaxseed whole/ground/vital mix, chia, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, oat/spelt/rye/millet bran, wheat germs, spelt rice-style, spelt semolina, pearl barley, oat groats), porridge (apple-cinnamon, classic, chocolate, forest berry), and bakery mixes (spelt wellness bread, spelt pumpkin seed bread, spelt pizza dough).
• Online Shop (Onlineshop) B2C e-commerce platform for direct-to-consumer ordering of the full product range with delivery within Germany.
• Mill Shop (Mühlenladen) — B2C Retail Store Physical retail store in Dornstadt offering the full product range plus regional products, a custom muesli bar with 30+ ingredients, flours from 1 kg bags to 25 kg sacks, and monthly 20% discount promotions.
• Application Technology / Bakery Consulting (Anwendungstechnik) Technical consulting and application support for commercial baking customers, including testing in the company's own in-house bakery and expert guidance on product use.
• Professional Baking Seminars (Seminare) Professional training seminars for commercial baking trade customers on product application, techniques, and best practices.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Uni HohenheimcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership for agricultural research. The company hosts an annual field day (Feldtag) with Uni Hohenheim showcasing field trials and crop research. Collaboration supports cultivation best practices and grain quality improvement.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GoodMills Deutschland GmbH: Germany's largest flour milling group operating multiple mills with broad conventional and organic grain ranges. Directly comparable to Schapfen as a German flour mill serving baking trade, food industry, and food retail with multi-product portfolios.
• Strobl Naturmühle: Austrian organic specialty mill focused on spelt, rye, and ancient grains. Comparable to Schapfen in ancient-grain specialization and organic certification, though primarily serving DACH-region bakers and food industry.
• Diamant Mühle GmbH: German specialty mill producing spelt, emmer, and ancient grain flours for artisan bakers and food retail. Closely matches Schapfen's ancient grain focus, product range, and Private Label capability.
• Bindewald & Kurtz GmbH: German mill producing flours, mixes, and baking agents for the artisanal baking trade and food retail. Comparable in B2B channel structure, baking trade focus, and mix/pre-mix product offering.
• Mehlmüller Mühle Lautrach: Southern German mill supplying artisan bakers, food industry, and retailers with conventional and organic flours. Comparable regional DACH focus and B2B channel structure to Schapfen.

Regional players

• Rettenmeier Mühle: Family-owned German mill serving baking trade and food industry with conventional and organic lines. Comparable mid-sized German mill with regional sourcing focus, though concentrated in different German states.

Broad incumbents

• Peter Kölln GmbH & Co. KGaA: Large German oat/cereal mill and branded breakfast foods company with broad retail presence. Comparable in grain processing, oat/flake categories, and consumer brand reach, though far larger and more consumer-focused than Schapfen.
• Cargill Deutschland: Global agribusiness with grain origination, milling, and food ingredient operations in Germany. Provides scale-benchmark on commodity grain supply, food industry ingredients, and bulk flour supply channels.

Others

• Holland Malt / Bühler Group: Swiss-headquartered grain processing equipment and technology provider. Relevant as a technology enabler for milling capacity, grain processing lines, and food safety/quality systems Schapfen may use.
• Verband Deutscher Mühlen (VDM): German milling industry association representing commercial mills. Not a direct competitor but a relevant ecosystem reference for understanding Schapfen's competitive positioning within the German flour milling sector.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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