PAULIC Meunerie

What PAULIC Meunerie does

PAULIC Meunerie SA is a French family-owned flour milling company that has operated for four generations in Brittany. Headquartered at the Moulin du Gouret in Saint-Gérand, France, the company produces wheat (froment), buckwheat (blé noir/sarrasin), and rice flours for professional bakers, crêperies, industrial food manufacturers, and the animal feed sector. In 2023, the company produced over 43,000 tonnes of flour and reported revenue of €21.8 million, serving a customer base exceeding 700 professional clients in France and internationally.

The company operates a vertically integrated milling platform combining traditional stone milling with modern processing equipment, supported by its proprietary Oxygreen® ozone-based grain purification technology, which is protected by multiple international patents. This technology reduces microbial load, pesticide residues, and mycotoxins on wheat while preserving nutritional value, and is commercialized through the Qualista® premium flour sub-brand. PAULIC holds stacked quality certifications including Agriculture Biologique (1998), IGP Bretagne for buckwheat (2010), Label Rouge (2012), and GMP+ for animal feed (2016), each maintained through annual external audits.

PAULIC Meunerie generates revenue primarily through direct one-time sales of flour products to professional clients, with custom quotation-based pricing for tailored formulations (farines à la carte) developed to meet specific client specifications on protein content, ash levels, and alveographic parameters. The company went public on Euronext Growth Paris on February 18, 2020 (ticker ALPAU), becoming the first Agritech company listed on this market. Since IPO, the company has consolidated its milling operations by closing Moulin du Pavillon (2022) and Moulin Conan (2024), centralizing production at Saint-Gérand while launching rice flour production in early 2023.

Name

PAULIC Meunerie

Legal name

Paulic Meunerie SA

Website

https://paulicmeunerie.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PAULIC Meunerie SA is a four-generation French flour miller producing wheat, buckwheat, and rice flours for over 700 professional bakers, crêperies, food manufacturers, and animal feed clients in France and internationally, leveraging its patented Oxygreen® ozone purification technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Flour Milling

NAICS

Grain and Oilseed Milling (3112)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Wheat flour milling
• Buckwheat flour production
• Bakery flour supply
• Industrial flour manufacturing
• Custom flour formulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-gérand

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Flour sales: Production and sale of wheat and buckwheat flours to professional clients including artisan bakers, crêperies, food industry, and animal feed industry. The company produces over 43,000 tonnes of flour annually with 700+ professional clients in France and internationally.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PAULIC Meunerie is an industrial flour miller that produces and sells wheat and buckwheat flours for professional customers in the bakery, crêperie, food industry, and animal feed sectors. The company operates a centralized milling facility at Moulin du Gouret in Saint-Gérand (Brittany, France) and offers both standard flour ranges (including Label Rouge, Agriculture Biologique, and IGP Bretagne buckwheat lines) and customized à la carte flour formulations built around its proprietary Oxygreen® ozone purification process.

Product overview

PAULIC Meunerie operates as a traditional flour milling company offering a diversified portfolio organized around several product lines: core bakery flours (Farines de boulangerie), specialty crepe flours (Farines de crêperie), industrial flours, and custom-formulated flours (Farines à la carte). The company also produces premium branded products including Qualista® (using proprietary Oxygreen® ozone purification technology) and Label Rouge-certified flours, along with IGP-certified Brittany buckwheat flours. The portfolio includes organic certified products (Agriculture Biologique), and the company provides complementary laboratory analysis services and product technique support to its clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Qualista®: Premium flour line produced using the Oxygreen® ozone purification process, positioned for very high-end food safety and nutritional quality.
• Moulin du Pavillon
• Oxygreen®

Products and services

• Farines de boulangerie Traditional wheat flour range for artisan bakers and viennoiserie producers, covering the standard French type designations used in bread, viennoiserie, and specialty baked goods.
• Farines de crêperie (blé noir IGP Bretagne) Buckwheat (blé noir) and wheat flours tailored for Breton crêperies, including IGP Bretagne-certified buckwheat flour with guaranteed regional provenance.
• Farines pour l'industrie agro-alimentaire Flours formulated for industrial food manufacturers, supplied under GMP+ food safety certification with customized specifications for high-volume applications.
• Farines pour l'industrie animale Flours and grain-based products for the animal feed manufacturing sector.
• Farines à la carte Bespoke flour blending service that develops custom flour formulations to client-specific ash, protein, granulation, and end-use requirements.
• Qualista® (Gamme premium Oxygreen®) Premium flour range produced with the company's patented Oxygreen® ozone-based grain purification technology, positioned for professional bakers seeking enhanced flour quality and consistency.
• Farines Label Rouge Premium-quality flours carrying the French Label Rouge quality certification, sold to artisan bakers and food professionals.
• Farines Agriculture Biologique Certified organic wheat and buckwheat flours for artisan bakers, crêperies, and food industry clients seeking organic-certified ingredients.
• Service d'analyse blé et farine (laboratoire) In-house laboratory analysis service for wheat and flour quality testing (ash content, protein, moisture, alveograph, etc.) provided to professional clients.
• Technique produit (assistance technique client) Technical product support service including on-site assistance, bakery demonstrations, and flour-application advice for professional clients.
• Service communication client Marketing and communication support service helping professional clients (bakers, crêperies) leverage PAULIC's flour brands in their own customer-facing materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significantly reduced microbial load and contaminants on grains
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Blé noir Tradition BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation promoting Breton know-how and commercializing 100% Breton-origin buckwheat flour. Paulic Meunerie joined in 2009 to support IGP certification obtained in 2010.
• IPIFF (International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership related to Oxygreen® technology installation for insect feed market development. IPIFF represents the insect production industry.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nutrixo: French milling group producing flour, bakery mixes, and specialty ingredients for artisan bakers and food industry. Closely comparable to Paulic on milling activity, customer base, and ingredient portfolio, with a stronger mix and specialty focus.
• Moulins Soufflet (InVivo): Major French grain and milling group producing flours for bakery, food industry, and feed markets. Comparable product portfolio and customer base to Paulic, but operates at a substantially larger industrial scale within the French cooperative ecosystem.
• Minoterie Forest: Independent French flour miller producing wheat and specialty flours for artisan bakers and food industry. Highly comparable to Paulic on geography (France), customer base (professional bakers), and specialty/bakery flour focus, with similar mid-sized scale.
• GoodMills: One of Europe's largest flour millers operating across multiple countries with wheat, specialty, and organic flours. Directly comparable on product portfolio (bakery, specialty, organic flours) and customer base, with a pan-European footprint Paulic aspires to.
• Grands Moulins de Paris: One of France's largest flour millers, serving bakeries, food industry, and food service with wheat and specialty flours. Directly comparable to Paulic in customer base (professional bakers, food industry) and product portfolio (bakery flour), but at materially larger scale (Vivescia group).

Broad incumbents

• Axereal: Major French grain cooperative with milling, malting, and animal nutrition activities. Comparable on wheat sourcing and milling operations in France, but operates at significantly larger cooperative scale with broader portfolio beyond flour.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness with grain origination, oilseed processing, and food ingredient operations across Europe. Comparable as a bulk-wheat sourcing competitor and broad incumbent in food ingredients, but operates at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio than Paulic.
• Panzani: Major French branded pasta, rice, and flour producer. Comparable on flour production and French consumer food category, but downstream-integrated into branded consumer products rather than focused on B2B flour milling.
• Vivescia: French cooperative group combining grain collection, milling (Grands Moulins de Paris), malting, and specialty ingredients. Comparable on milling/french bakery customer base, but operates at much larger cooperative scale with diversified grain-to-ingredient value chain.

Others

• Bühler Group: Swiss-based global supplier of milling equipment and processing solutions for grain and food industries. Not a direct competitor, but an adjacent ecosystem participant whose milling technology and process know-how shape the competitive context for millers like Paulic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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