FZ Organic Food

What FZ Organic Food does

FZ Organic Food is a Netherlands-based, family-run organic food producer founded in 1984 and headquartered at a single production site in Wolvega, Friesland. The company manufactures and sells certified organic chips, snacks, meat substitutes, Asian food ingredients, and vegetable conserves across four sub-brands: Yakso (Asian kitchen and plant-based proteins such as Seitan, Tempeh, Tofu), Trafo (organic chips fried in sunflower, olive, or coconut oil), Bionova (vegetable- and fruit-based conserves for natural food retail), and Biofan (supermarket-channel products such as coconut oil, agave syrup, and coconut blossom sugar). The assortment spans more than 160 SKUs. The company's core technology platform centers on organic food processing, including proprietary Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) technology co-developed with Elea Technology and Agrico, co-funded by the European Union, alongside vacuum baking and drying wall systems designed to reduce acrylamide and fat content in chips.

The business operates three revenue streams: B2B wholesale supply of its owned brands to natural food retailers, organic supermarkets, and supermarket chains; private label/contract manufacturing for retailers wishing to sell organic products under their own brand; and direct e-commerce via its own multilingual (English, Dutch, German) website storefront. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and wholesale buyers must request an account, consistent with a B2B trade-pricing model. The company works with local organic farmers in the Flevopolder region for ingredient supply and markets itself on 40 years of organic production heritage, multi-brand portfolio breadth, and EU-backed food-processing innovation. Trafo chips have won Great Taste Awards for both olive oil and coconut oil varieties, providing third-party validation of product quality.

Name

FZ Organic Food

Legal name

FZ Organic Food

Website

https://fzorganicfood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FZ Organic Food is a Netherlands-based, family-run producer of certified organic chips, snacks, meat substitutes, and conserves sold under four brands (Yakso, Trafo, Bionova, Biofan) via B2B wholesale, private label manufacturing, and direct e-commerce to retailers and consumers across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Snack Food Manufacturing (31191), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic Packaged Foods Manufacturing (Certified Organic, Clean-Label) (AFAKAJAA)

Keywords

• Organic food production
• Organic snack manufacturing
• Meat substitute products
• Private label manufacturing
• Asian organic ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

Wolvega

HQ country

Netherlands

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Branded Organic Food Product Sales: Sale of proprietary organic brands (Yakso, Trafo, Bionova, Biofan) to retailers, natural food stores, and supermarket channels. Products include organic chips, meat substitutes, Asian food ingredients, vegetable conserves, and snacks.
2. Private Label Manufacturing: Production and supply of products under retailer or customer own labels. The company offers to manufacture and sell its products under a customer's own brand label.
3. E-commerce Retail Sales: Direct-to-consumer and B2B sales through the company's own website e-commerce platform (Odoo-based), offering products across all brands.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

FZ Organic Food manufactures certified organic food products from its own production facility in Wolvega, Friesland, Netherlands. The company produces organic chips, snacks, meat substitutes (Seitan, Tempeh, Tofu), Asian kitchen ingredients (soy sauces, sambal, rice noodles, wok sauces), and vegetable conserves under four owned brands: Yakso, Trafo, Bionova, and Biofan. It also offers private label manufacturing for retailers and operates a direct e-commerce storefront.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Yakso: Brand for organic Asian products including noodles, rice, soy sauces, sambal, coconut products, and meat substitutes like Seitan and Tempeh. Based on traditional methods and recipes.
• Trafo
• Bionova
• Biofan

Products and services

• Yakso Brand Products Organic Asian products including noodles, rice, soy sauces, sambal, coconut products, and meat substitutes such as Seitan and Tempeh, made using traditional methods and recipes. Targeted at consumers seeking authentic Asian cuisine ingredients and plant-based protein alternatives.
• Trafo Brand Products Organic chips and snacks from the Netherlands, available in varieties fried in sunflower oil, coconut oil, or olive oil. Includes tortilla chips, popcorn, and legume chips. Award-winning brand with Great Taste Awards recognition. Targeted at consumers seeking premium organic snack alternatives.
• Bionova Brand Products Organic products with vegetables or fruit as base, designed for the three main meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Includes jams, vegetable spreads, and vegetable conserves. Targeted at natural food consumers.
• Biofan Brand Products Selected organic products for supermarket channels, including coconut oil, agave syrup, and coconut blossom sugar. Targeted at mainstream supermarket shoppers seeking organic sweeteners and cooking oils.
• Private Label Manufacturing Manufacturing and supply of organic food products under retailer or customer own brand labels. Targeted at retailers and supermarket chains seeking to expand their private label organic product range without in-house manufacturing capability.

Quantifiable outcome

• Acrylamide reduction achieved through PEF technology, specialty potato varieties with reduced free sugars, vacuum baking, and drying wall innovations

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AgricocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Agrico, a potato development company, to develop a specialty potato variety with reduced free sugars. This potato variety is essential for reducing acrylamide formation during frying. The partnership is part of FZ Organic Food's broader innovation strategy to produce healthier organic crisps.
• Elea TechnologycoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with Elea Technology for the development and implementation of the Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) production process. PEF technology reduces fat content and acrylamide content in chip products while improving overall product quality and operational efficiency.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Lorenz Snack-World: Lorenz Snack-World is a major European snack manufacturer with broad chip and snack ranges including organic lines; comparable to FZ Organic Food as a broad incumbent in the same product aisles, illustrating the larger competitive context around Trafo chips.
• Intersnack: Intersnack is one of Europe's largest savory snack producers with extensive organic and private-label offerings across multiple chip categories, broadly comparable to FZ Organic Food as a snack-industry incumbent whose scale and private-label capability set the competitive ceiling for smaller specialists like Trafo.
• Garden of Life (organic snacks): Garden of Life is a large organic and natural products brand with food, snack, and supplement ranges, comparable to FZ Organic Food as a broad incumbent in the organic packaged-food category that competes for the same natural-products shelf space and consumer.
• Alnatura: Alnatura is a leading German organic food brand and retailer offering a wide assortment including snacks, conserves, and pantry staples, comparable to FZ Organic Food's Biofan and Bionova sub-brands in organic product breadth and natural-food channel presence.

Direct peers

• Kettle Foods: Kettle Foods is a craft potato-chip maker focused on premium and organic-style hand-cooked crisps, directly comparable to FZ Organic Food's Trafo brand in product format, ingredient positioning, and distribution to natural and mainstream retailers.
• Tyrrells: Tyrrells produces premium hand-cooked potato crisps with multiple oil and flavor variants, directly comparable to Trafo's differentiated olive-oil and coconut-oil chip SKUs and to FZ's emphasis on quality-driven, award-positioned snacks.
• Clearspring: Clearspring offers a broad organic range centered on Asian foods, soy sauces, noodles, tofu, and tempeh-style plant proteins, making it a direct analogue to FZ Organic Food's Yakso brand in product mix, organic positioning, and European natural-foods distribution.
• Real Crisps: Real Crisps is a UK-based maker of hand-cooked, premium and organic potato crisps with multi-oil variants, comparable to Trafo's premium organic positioning and similar B2B distribution into natural food retailers and supermarkets.
• Rapunzel Naturkost: Rapunzel Naturkost is a family-founded European organic food manufacturer with broad ranges of organic pantry products and private-label-style supply, comparable to FZ Organic Food in family heritage, organic-only positioning, and multi-category production.

Regional players

• Verival: Verival is an Austrian producer of organic breakfast and snack products (muesli, crisps, baked goods) primarily serving DACH-region natural and organic retailers, comparable to FZ Organic Food in organic positioning and multi-product portfolio, though focused on a different regional market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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