VIVESCIA

What VIVESCIA does

VIVESCIA is a French agricultural cooperative group headquartered in Reims that brings together approximately 10,000 farmer-cooperators and operates across the cereals value chain — from upstream agriculture to processing, malting, milling, and the development of plant-based ingredients for food and non-food applications. The group organizes raw material collection, storage, and trading, then channels cereals through its processing subsidiaries: Malteurop (the world's largest malt producer serving brewers), Grands Moulins de Paris (millers supplying bakers and industrial customers with brands such as Francine, the leading flour brand in France, as well as Campaillette and Copaline), Kalizea (starch and starch-based ingredients), Diamalteria (specialty malt and cereal-based ingredients), ARD (industrial biotech and enzyme production), Néalia (animal nutrition), Déifrance (bakery distribution), and WHEATOLEO (wheat-based ethanol/protein). Revenue is generated through B2B commodity and specialty sales (malt to brewers, starches and sweeteners to food manufacturers, enzymes to industrial biotech customers, flour to bakeries and retailers), brand-led consumer sales in baking, and farmer-member services that include agronomic advisory, financing, and stewardship programs such as the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture initiative.

The group's business model is anchored in cooperative governance, which provides a guaranteed upstream supply from member farms and a structured governance framework. Downstream, VIVESCIA competes in commodity-adjacent processing markets where price discovery, scale efficiency, and proximity to both farmer-members and industrial customers in northern Europe are decisive. Beyond commodities, it is repositioning toward higher-margin specialty ingredients, biotech (enzymes, fermentation), regenerative agriculture services, and industrial biotechnologies — areas targeted by its multi-year strategic plan. Capital allocation is supported by reinvestment of cooperative earnings, debt issuance, and partnerships with industrial majors such as HEINEKEN, Roquette, and Tereos.

Name

VIVESCIA

Legal name

VIVESCIA, Société Coopérative Agricole à capital variable

Website

https://vivescia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

VIVESCIA is a French cereals cooperative headquartered in Reims, France, owned by approximately 10,000 farmer-members, that operates across the cereals value chain — collection, malting (Malteurop), milling (Grands Moulins de Paris), starches, biotech enzymes, animal nutrition, and bakery distribution — serving brewers, food manufacturers, bakers, and consumers in France and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Cooperative Grain Processing

NAICS

Flour Milling (311211), Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing (3118), Food Manufacturing (311), Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42491)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Food And Kindred Products (2000), Malt Beverages (2082)

akta.pro primary industry

Patisseries & Viennoiserie (French-Style) (THAFAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Foodservice / HORECA Produce Wholesale (AFAIACAI), Yeast Products & Fermentation Metabolites (Yeast Culture, MOS/β-Glucans) (AFADALAM), Agar, Carrageenan & Alginates (Seaweed Hydrocolloids) (AFAJABAE), Wine Grape Vineyard Operations (Varietal/AVA Practices, Yield & Quality Targets) (AFAGAJAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural cooperative
• Grain collection storage
• Flour milling
• Industrial malting
• Regenerative agriculture program

Headquarters

HQ city

Reims

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grain Collection and Agricultural Cooperatives: The VIVESCIA Cooperative purchases and collects grain from its 10,000 farmer-members (associés-coopérateurs), handling grain aggregation, storage, logistics, and sales to food industry clients. This is the primary upstream business representing the majority of the cooperative's revenue.
2. Food Processing & Ingredients (VIVESCIA Industries): VIVESCIA Industries transforms cereals into ingredients and consumer products across malt, flour, maize processing, frozen bakery, and biotech R&D. Revenues come from B2B ingredient sales and branded consumer product sales (e.g., Francine flour, Campaillette bakery products).
3. Agricultural Input Supply (SeVeal, Compas-Minjard): Agricultural subsidiaries supply seeds, fertilizers, crop protection, and viticultural inputs to farmer-members, generating recurring revenue from input sales.
4. Animal Nutrition (Néalia): Néalia produces and sells compound animal feed, serving livestock farmers with specialized nutrition products.
5. Agricultural Consulting & Advisory Services: VIVESCIA provides agronomic advisory services, carbon diagnostics, and regenerative agriculture program support (TRANSITIONS) to farmer-members and downstream industrial partners, contributing to the cooperative's overall revenue model.
6. Specialty Biotech R&D (ARD): ARD conducts industrial biotechnology R&D and provides biotech services to external clients, including fractionation processes and biosourced molecule production for industrial applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

VIVESCIA is a French cooperative group that purchases grain from its approximately 10,000 farmer-members in the Grand Est region and transforms it through a network of subsidiaries into malt (Malteurop), flour and bakery ingredients (Grands Moulins de Paris, brand: Francine), maize ingredients (KALIZEA), malt derivatives (Diamalteria), industrial biotechnology and biosourced molecules (ARD, WHEATOLEO), animal feed (Néalia), and frozen bakery, viennoiserie and pâtisserie products (Délifrance). Beyond processing, the Cooperative supplies agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection via SeVeal, Compas-Minjard) and provides agronomic advisory services, digital tools (Arterre app) and the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture program that pays farmer-members premiums for verified low-carbon practices.

Product overview

VIVESCIA is a French agricultural cooperative group controlling the entire grain value chain from field to plate. The Group operates through two main divisions: VIVESCIA Agriculture (cooperative and agricultural subsidiaries including Sepac Compagri, Compas, SeVeal, Agriliance, VIVESCIA Transport) and VIVESCIA Industries (transformation businesses). The transformation operations span multiple specialized businesses: Grands Moulins de Paris (milling with Francine and Campaillette brands), Malteurop (malting), Kalizea (maize processing), Diamalteria (malt derivatives), ARD/WHEATOLEO (biotechnologies), and Nealia (animal nutrition). VIVESCIA Industries also includes Délifrance (frozen bakery products). The Group drives sustainable agriculture through the LINK strategy and the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture program, supported by digital tools including the Arterre mobile application for farmers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Francine: France's number 1 flour brand, produced by Grands Moulins de Paris
• Campaillette
• Copaline
• Malteurop
• Néalia
• KALIZEA
• Diamalteria
• ARD
• Grands Moulins de Paris
• Délifrance
• Agriliance
• SeVeal

Products and services

• VIVESCIA Agriculture & Value Chains (grain collection, storage, marketing and agricultural input supply) Cooperative grain collection, storage and marketing plus agricultural input supply (seeds, fertilizers, crop protection) and transport/logistics services for the cooperative's approximately 10,000 farmer-cooperators in the Grand Est region of France.
• Grands Moulins de Paris (Industrial Milling) B2B flour milling with over 100 years of expertise, producing flour products under the Francine and Campaillette brands for artisanal bakeries, industrial food manufacturers, and mass retail.
• Malteurop (Industrial Malt Production) Industrial malt production for brewers and distillers, operating internationally with facilities across France, Spain (including a new biomass plant in Seville) and Mexico (Meoqui, under long-term supply contract with HEINEKEN).
• KALIZEA (Maize Ingredients) Maize processing that separates and valorizes each part of a maize kernel into gritz, semolina, flour and oil for use in food industry 'pleasure products'.
• Diamalteria (Malt Ingredients) Production of malt derivatives that complement Malteurop's malt operations and serve food and beverage customers.
• ARD and WHEATOLEO (Industrial Biotechnology R&D and Wheat-Oil Biotech Ingredients) Industrial biotechnology R&D, including the BioDémo demonstration facility at Pomacle-Bazancourt for plant fractionation and the production of biosourced molecules from renewable carbon, supporting the post-oil, bio-based economy.
• Néalia (Animal Nutrition) Animal nutrition business producing compound feed (including a wet compound feed platform) for livestock farmers.
• Délifrance (Frozen Bakery, Viennoiserie and Pâtisserie) Frozen bakery, viennoiserie and pâtisserie products for foodservice and retail customers, including a new cold storage warehouse of over 5,000 m² at Romans-sur-Isère (France).
• Francine (Consumer Flour Brand) France's #1 household flour brand, produced by Grands Moulins de Paris and distributed through mass retail (grande distribution).
• Campaillette (Artisanal Bakery Brand) Artisanal bakery brand offering premium flour products for professional and consumer markets, distributed via Grands Moulins de Paris.
• Copaline (Frozen Pastry Brand) Brand focused on frozen pastry and bakery products.
• TRANSITIONS Regenerative Agriculture Program Impact-driven program supporting regenerative, low-carbon agriculture, with farmer outcome-based premiums, agronomic expertise and digital tools. Targets ~1,000 farmers in north-eastern France by 2026 with industrial partners (HEINEKEN, Tereos, Roquette, Saipol, Etea Sedamyl).
• Arterre Mobile Application Mobile extranet application for VIVESCIA's associate-cooperators providing mobile access to their cooperative accounts, services and information.
• LINK Sustainable Development Strategy VIVESCIA's sustainable development strategy organizing 20 commitments around three pillars: Earth, People, and Value Chains & Territories, plus governance framework, underpinning initiatives including the TRANSITIONS program.

Quantifiable outcome

• €150M EBITDA (FY 2020-2021, +25% YoY), with VIVESCIA Industries EBITDA up +43% versus 2019-2020
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• AmarencocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026VIVESCIA partnered with Amarenco to install eight ground-mounted photovoltaic solar projects on non-exploited agricultural land (fonciers non-exploités). This partnership is part of VIVESCIA's renewable energy and land stewardship strategy under the LINK sustainability framework, contributing to the Group's decarbonation objectives.
• NEOMA Business SchoolstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025VIVESCIA and NEOMA Business School signed a strategic partnership for sustainable agricultural innovation, combining academic research capabilities with VIVESCIA's on-the-ground agricultural expertise to advance agronomic innovation and sustainability in cereal value chains.
• GenopolestrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2025ARD (VIVESCIA Industries' biotech subsidiary) partnered with Genopole to accelerate the industrialization of biotechnology in France. The partnership was formalized in June 2025 and aims to combine ARD's industrial biotech expertise with Genopole's biotech ecosystem and startup support infrastructure.
• NitroCaptstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 September 2024VIVESCIA partnered with NitroCapt, a Swedish technology startup founded in 2016, to develop the production of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizers using NitroCapt's SUNIFIX® atmospheric nitrogen fixation technology powered by renewable energy. A pilot phase is underway in Sweden; a demonstration plant is planned for the Champagne Ardenne region. Target: industrial units capable of covering the needs of at least 750,000 hectares of agricultural land by 2028.
• NORIAPstrategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 6 September 2024NORIAP, another French agricultural cooperative group, committed to duplicating and developing the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture program on its own territory, representing the first external replication of the TRANSITIONS model.
• Confédération de la boulangerie Française (CNBBPF)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 September 2024CNBBPF (Dominique Anract, President) participated in the TRANSITIONS table round at SIA 2024, providing the perspective of French artisan bakers on regenerative agriculture and sustainable sourcing in the wheat-to-bread value chain.
• Fermes du Futur (Grand Est Region)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 September 2024VIVESCIA farmer-cooperators can access the 'Fermes du Futur' audit program offered by the Grand Est region, which provides a farm-level diagnostic to identify strengths and build action plans aligned with the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture framework.
• International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association (IBMA)minorOthers · 1 September 2024ARD is a member of IBMA, an international association of biocontrol manufacturers that lobbies at the regulatory level to facilitate market authorization of biocontrol products globally.
• HEINEKENcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 June 2024HEINEKEN joined TRANSITIONS in June 2024 as a major industrial partner, representing the first large-scale regenerative barley sourcing program in France. HEINEKEN committed to purchasing the majority of barley from program farmers and co-financing the TRANSITIONS economic model. HEINEKEN's goal is zero net carbon across its value chain by 2040. The partnership includes a dedicated Malteurop malting facility at Meoqui, Mexico under a long-term supply contract.
• UniLaSalle / INRAE (Research Chair)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2024VIVESCIA partnered with UniLaSalle and INRAE to launch a research chair on 'Des fermes résilientes, bénéfiques pour le climat et la biodiversité' (Resilient Farms, Beneficial for Climate and Biodiversity). The chair was formally launched at the Salon International de l'Agriculture 2024 and is scientifically led by INRAE, providing academic rigor and scientific credibility to the TRANSITIONS program's environmental indicators.
• Earthworm FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Earthworm Foundation (Bastien Sachet, CEO) is a core partner of the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture program, contributing scientific expertise in soil health, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity monitoring. Earthworm provides the third-party verification framework for the program's environmental indicators.
• Saipol (Groupe Avril)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Saipol, a subsidiary of the Avril Group, is a founding industrial partner of the TRANSITIONS regenerative agriculture program. Saipol contributes to the upstream-downstream cooperation model for oilseed and grain value chains, sharing the costs of the TRANSITIONS economic model and sourcing low-carbon oilseed and grain for its downstream operations.
• RoquettecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Roquette joined TRANSITIONS as a founding industrial partner, contributing to the decarbonation trajectory and sustainable sourcing of grain across specialty ingredient and starch value chains. Roquette shares the costs of the TRANSITIONS economic model (formation, farmer premiums, digital tools, program management).
• TereoscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Tereos is a founding industrial partner of the TRANSITIONS program, contributing to sustainable grain sourcing across sugar and bioethanol value chains. Tereos shares the TRANSITIONS economic model costs and commits to sourcing grain from program participants.
• Etea SedamylminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Etea Sedamyl joined TRANSITIONS as a founding industrial partner, contributing to the sustainable grain sourcing coalition for food ingredient production.
• R2E Network (Réseau d'Expérimentation d'Excellence)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022VIVESCIA participates in the R2E national network of agricultural experiment excellence, collaborating with ARVALIS Institut du végétal and other cooperatives to evaluate and develop biocontrol products and bio-inputs for major cereal crops.
• Consortium Bio-Contrôle (INRA-led)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017ARD is a founding member of the Bio-Contrôle Consortium created by INRA in January 2017, bringing together public and private actors to facilitate R&D project partnerships between biocontrol companies and public research institutes.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): ADM is a global leader in human and animal nutrition and agricultural origination and processing. It is comparable to VIVESCIA's grain-to-ingredient value chain and competes in malt, flour, specialty ingredients, and bio-based products at global scale with materially larger capital resources.
• Cargill: Cargill is one of the world's largest privately held agribusiness companies, with operations spanning grain trading, animal nutrition, food ingredients, and bio-industrial products. It is comparable to VIVESCIA's diversified grain value chain footprint but operates at much greater scale, with global capital and well-funded biotech R&D competing against ARD.
• Bunge: Bunge is a leading global agribusiness and food company, with operations in grain origination, oilseed processing, and food ingredients. It is comparable to VIVESCIA's integrated grain-to-ingredient model and competes for international food-industry customers, particularly in milling and oilseed processing.

Direct peers

• Tereos: Tereos is a French sugar, ethanol, and starch cooperative group processing sugar beets, cereals, and alfalfa. It is a TRANSITIONS founding industrial partner of VIVESCIA but also a comparable French cooperative with grain processing and sustainable sourcing commitments, making it both a partner and a structural peer in cooperative-to-industry value chains.
• Axereal: Axereal is a French agricultural cooperative group specializing in cereals and malting (Boortmalt). It directly competes with VIVESCIA for farmer-members in central France, operates a similar grain collection-to-processing model, and owns Boortmalt—the main direct competitor to Malteurop in international malting.
• InVivo: InVivo is France's leading agricultural cooperative group, including grain trading (Soufflet), retail distribution (InVivo Retail), and wine (InVivo Wine). It is the most direct French cooperative peer to VIVESCIA, competing for farmer-members, grain volumes, and downstream food-industry partnerships across similar territories with a comparable cooperative-to-industry integration model.
• Terrena: Terrena is a French agricultural cooperative group based in the Loire region with operations across crop production, animal production, retail, and food processing. It competes with VIVESCIA in the cooperative space and shares the multi-business agricultural model with farmer-owned industrial activities.
• Agrial: Agrial is a French agricultural cooperative group with operations in crop production, beverages (Loïc Raison cider), fresh produce, and agricultural inputs. It competes with VIVESCIA for farmer-members and downstream food-industry customers, with a similar horizontal cooperative-to-industry integration.
• Limagrain: Limagrain is a French agricultural cooperative and the fourth-largest seed company worldwide, with activities spanning field seeds, vegetable seeds, cereal ingredients (Limagrain Ingredients), and bakery products (Jacquet). It is comparable to VIVESCIA as a French cooperative with a grain-to-ingredient-and-bakery value chain.
• Avril: Avril is a French industrial group organized as a cooperative, focused on plant-based solutions in oilseed processing (Saipol), animal nutrition, and renewable chemistry. It is a TRANSITIONS founding partner of VIVESCIA and a comparable French cooperative pursuing similar sustainable sourcing and downstream food-industry strategies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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