Gastromer

What Gastromer does

Gastromer is a family-owned French food manufacturer founded in 1983 and headquartered in Notre Dame de Monts, Vendée. Structured as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) with reported equity capital of €997,000, the company employs approximately 110 people. Its product portfolio is centered on seafood-based prepared foods, including fish soups, sauces, spreads (rillettes/émiettés), cooked seafood dishes, salads and Vendée white beans (mogettes), supported by a library of more than 250 proprietary recipes. The company markets a BIO organic line alongside its conventional range, indicating a tiered product strategy that addresses both mainstream and certified-organic retail shelves.

Manufacturing is conducted entirely in France under IFS Food V8 certification and HACCP compliance, the principal food-safety standards required by European supermarket chains. The business model is wholesale B2B: products are distributed exclusively through French grocery and supermarket retail chains, with no direct-to-consumer e-commerce or international distribution evidenced in the available data. End consumers are reached through retailers' branded SKUs across supermarket and grocery segments, and the company's revenue is therefore structurally a function of shelf placement and category performance with a limited set of French retail buyers.

Operational signals include an active hiring footprint — a maintenance technician posting was observed in June 2025 — a corporate website redesign deployed in January 2025, and an active social media presence across Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. The company reports a gender equality index of 95/100, indicating mature HR practices. No M&A activity, external funding rounds, geographic expansion outside France, or AI/ML adoption are evidenced in the available data, consistent with a stable, family-controlled operator pursuing incremental product and digital development.

Name

Gastromer

Legal name

GASTROMER SAS

Website

https://gastromer.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Family-owned French seafood manufacturer founded in 1983 in Vendée, producing 250+ recipes of soups, sauces, spreads, and cooked dishes including a BIO organic line, sold B2B to French supermarket chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Seafood and Regional Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (31171), Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing (311941), Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing (311991)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Prepared Seafood Meals (RTE/RTH) (AFANAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Prepared Meat & Seafood Entrées with Sides (Complete Meals) (AFANAFAI), Special-Diet Prepared Meat & Seafood Meals (Low-Sodium, Keto, Gluten-Free) (AFANAFAL)

Keywords

• Seafood products
• Fish soups
• French regional cuisine
• Tartinable spreads
• Ready-made meals

Headquarters

HQ city

Notre-dame-de-monts

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food Product Sales: Manufacture and sale of seafood products, traditional Vendée specialties, soups, sauces, tartinables, and cooked dishes to retail customers through supermarket and retail chains

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gastromer manufactures and sells French regional and seafood-based food products — including fish soups and bisques, sauces, seafood spreads (tartinables), ready-made dishes (plats cuisinés), Vendée white beans (mogettes), and a BIO organic line. Production is 100% French, carried out at the company's Vendée facility under IFS Food V8 certification with full traceability.

Product overview

Gastromer is a food manufacturing company specializing in seafood products and traditional terroir products from Vendée, France. The product portfolio consists of five main product lines: Les Soupes (gourmet fish soups and bisques), Les Mogettes (traditional Vendée white beans in various recipes), Les Sauces (butter-based sauces for fish), Les Tartinables (seafood spreads including rillettes and émietés), and Les Plats cuisinés (ready-made dishes), plus soup accompaniments and a new BIO organic line. The company offers over 250 recipes and has been in business for over 40 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Les Soupes (Fish Soups and Bisques)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Saupiquet: French-branded canned seafood (sardines, tuna, mackerel) now owned by Bonduelle, distributed through French supermarkets. Directly comparable product category (prepared/seafood ambient products) and channel, though at significantly larger scale.
• Delpeyrat: French prepared-food producer with a strong brandade, smoked fish, and seafood specialty portfolio sold through French retail and food service. Comparable on seafood prepared-meal category, supermarket distribution, and traditional French branding.
• Cassegrain: French canned seafood and prepared-vegetable brand (Bonduelle group) sold through French supermarket shelves. Comparable product family (seafood cans and prepared seafood/vegetable items) and retail GTM.
• Capitaine Cook: French seafood prepared-meal specialist producing fish soups, sauces, and seafood ready meals for retail and food service. Directly comparable to Gastromer's soup, sauce, and seafood plat cuisiné ranges and its supermarket-channel B2B model.
• Connétable (Conserverie Chancerelle): French seafood canner based in Brittany producing sardines, tuna, and seafood spreads for French and export retail. Comparable on seafood prepared products, French heritage branding, and retail-channel focus.
• Conserverie Gonidec: French family-owned seafood canner offering fish soups, rillettes, and seafood spreads through French retail. Closely matches Gastromer's tartinables, seafood soup, and B2B retail distribution model in a similar SME-scale profile.

Broad incumbents

• Marie (Findus France): French branded frozen prepared-meals company with a sizable seafood range. Overlaps with Gastromer's seafood ready meals and supermarket-channel GTM, but at significantly larger scale and national footprint.
• Fleury Michon: Large French prepared-meals group operating across charcuterie, seafood, and ready meals in French retail. Overlaps with Gastromer's plats cuisinés and sauces, but operates a much broader portfolio and national scale.
• Panzani: French branded pasta and sauces group (Nestlé-owned). Comparable on the sauce category overlap and French supermarket GTM, though much broader in scope and at considerably larger scale.
• Lesieur: Major French condiments and sauces manufacturer (Avril group). Overlaps with Gastromer on the fish-sauce category and French supermarket distribution, while operating a much wider branded food portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/gastromerfrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gastromer
• Instagraminstagram.com/gastromerfrance

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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