Viresol

What Viresol does

Viresol Kft. is a Hungarian wheat fractionation company that operates a single integrated processing facility in Visonta, Hungary, converting certified Hungarian wheat into five co-products: VIRESTAR native wheat starch (>98% starch content), NVG vital wheat gluten, Viredex maltodextrin (DE 12–35), Virefeed wheat DDGS (17–22% protein), and V 99.8/V 96 bioethanol. The underlying technology is a proprietary wet separation architecture combined with waste-heat recovery, reduced heat-shock gluten drying, and zeolite molecular sieve ethanol dehydration, yielding a zero-waste production process that monetizes every wheat component. The company sells to industrial B2B customers across food (baking, bakery), paper and corrugated cardboard, pharmaceutical, chemical, and animal feed sectors, with packaging options ranging from 25kg paper bags to 1t big-bags, bulk, and road/rail tanker for ethanol.

Viresol is a private Hungarian Kft. (limited company) founded in 2015, with construction beginning in 2017, factory inauguration in 2019, and the maltodextrin plant commissioned in 2020. The company is owned by Mészáros Csoport, a major Hungarian diversified conglomerate. It holds an unusually broad certification stack (IFS, GMP+, FDA, HALAL, KOSHER, ISO 9001/14001/45001/50001, ISCC EU, ISCC PLUS, NON-GMO), which underpins its export-readiness and food/feed safety positioning. Go-to-market is direct sales-led via a small named sales team (Sales Director, DDGS Specialist, Sales Manager) selling quote-based bulk industrial volumes. Headcount grew from approximately 80 at founding to 256 by end-2018, and processing capacity is reported at 250,000 tons of wheat annually. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Viresol

Legal name

Viresol Kft.

Website

https://viresol.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Viresol Kft. is a Hungarian wheat processing company that operates a single integrated facility in Visonta, producing native wheat starch, vital wheat gluten, maltodextrin, DDGS feed, and bioethanol for industrial B2B customers in food, paper, pharmaceutical, chemical, and animal feed sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wheat Starch Manufacturing

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Grain Mill Products (2040), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFADAIAG

Byproduct & Co-Product Feed Blending (DDGS, soybean hulls, wheat midds)

Agriculture & Food Production/Animal Feed Manufacturing/Commodity Feed Milling & Blending (Grain-Based, Complete Feeds)

Keywords

• Wheat starch
• Vital wheat gluten
• Maltodextrin production
• DDGS animal feed
• Bioethanol manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Visonta

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wheat Starch Products: Sale of VIRESTAR native wheat starch to food industry (baking, bakery products), paper industry, and corrugated cardboard manufacturing. Products sold in paper bags (25kg), big-bags (1000kg), or bulk.
2. Vital Wheat Gluten: Sale of NVG vital wheat gluten for baking industry and animal feed. Sold in paper bags (25kg), big-bags (1t), or bulk.
3. Maltodextrin: Sale of VIREDEX maltodextrin and dried glucose syrup (DE 12-35) for food industry applications. Sold in impregnated paper bags (25kg).
4. DDGS Feed: Sale of VIREFEED wheat DDGS (17-22% protein) as animal feed for ruminants, pork, and poultry. Available as dust-proof pellets or powder, sold in bulk.
5. Bioethanol: Sale of V 99.8 and V 96 ethanol for chemical industry use. Transported by road and rail tanker.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Viresol operates an integrated wheat wet-separation processing plant in Visonta, Hungary. The company converts a single raw wheat input into five co-products: native wheat starch, vital wheat gluten, maltodextrin, DDGS feed, and bioethanol, selling these outputs as industrial ingredients to food, feed, pharmaceutical, chemical, and fuel buyers.

Product overview

Viresol is a wheat processing factory producing starch, gluten, maltodextrin, feed additives, and bioethanol from wheat. The company operates as one of the most modern and innovative wheat starch facilities in Central Europe. The product portfolio consists of five core product lines: VIRESTAR Native Wheat Starch (food and paper industry applications), NVG Vital Wheat Gluten (baking and feed applications), Viredex Maltodextrin (food ingredient), Virefeed DDGS (animal feed), and V 99.8/V 96 Ethanol (biofuel and chemical industry). All products are made from Hungarian-origin, GMO-free wheat using environmentally friendly, waste-free technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VIRESTAR: Native wheat starch product brand - white powder with 98%+ starch content, used in food industry and paper production.
• NVG
• Viredex
• Virefeed
• V 99.8 / V 96

Products and services

• VIRESTAR Native Wheat Starch

Quantifiable outcome

• Starch content >98% for VIRESTAR native wheat starch
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Pro Filii Alapítvány (Pro Filii Foundation)minorOthers · 1 January 2021Charitable foundation coordinating social responsibility activities for Mészáros Csoport. Established 4 years ago as of 2025.
• SAI PlatformminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2018Active member since April 2018. Sustainable Agriculture Initiative platform where companies advocate for responsible farming alongside Nestlé, Unilever, Danone, Mars and other major companies.
• TriDev Innovációs Kft.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Consortium partner in GINOP-2.2.1-15-2017-00048 research project on innovative developments in grain-based food industry and industrial research. Project funding: 1,753,981,236 Ft with 52.55% support intensity.
• Debreceni Egyetem (University of Debrecen)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Consortium partner providing scientific capacity for grain industry research and development. Part of GINOP project focusing on applied research and experimental development.
• Pannon Egyetem (University of Pannon)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Consortium partner contributing academic expertise to grain-based food industry research. Part of GINOP project with strategic cooperation for achieving scientifically useful results.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Direct peers

• Tereos: French cooperative producing starch and sweeteners from wheat and corn, including native starches and ethanol. Direct competitor in European wheat starch and ethanol markets with similar end-market exposure to food, paper, and chemical customers.
• AGRANA: Austrian-headquartered starch, sugar, and fruit processing group with Central European operations. Produces native and modified starches, gluten, ethanol, and DDGS feed from wheat and corn — directly comparable product portfolio, customer base, and Central European footprint to Viresol.
• Roquette: Global leader in starch and polyols headquartered in France. Major producer of native and modified wheat starches, maltodextrin, and wheat gluten for food, nutrition, and industrial applications — overlapping product mix with Viresol, with the added scale and global brand.
• Kröner-Stärke: German specialty wheat starch producer focused on native starches and gluten for food, paper, and technical applications. Closest scale and product-line comparator to Viresol within the German-speaking/Central European wheat processing niche.
• Kall Ingredients: Hungarian wheat processor and sister company within the Mészáros Csoport group, producing wheat-based ingredients. Shares the same parent conglomerate, Hungarian wheat sourcing, and B2B industrial customer base as Viresol.

Broad incumbents

• Ingredion: US-headquartered global ingredient solutions provider producing starches, sweeteners, and maltodextrin from corn, wheat, and other grains. Overlaps with Viresol on maltodextrin and starch but operates at much greater scale and global reach.
• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global grain processor with European operations producing starches, ethanol, and feed ingredients. Competes broadly in wheat processing and animal feed, with overlapping end-markets to Viresol across multiple product lines.
• Südzucker: German sugar and starch group (including CropEnergies for ethanol) producing starches and bioethanol from grain. Comparable in product categories (starch, ethanol) but larger and more diversified across sugar, starch, and fruit.
• Cargill: Global agribusiness giant with extensive European grain processing operations including starches, sweeteners, ethanol, and feed. Competes with Viresol across multiple product lines but at vastly greater scale and with broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• Hungrana: Hungarian corn starch and sweetener producer operating a large-scale plant in Szabadegyháza. Same Hungarian market, overlapping food and industrial starch customers, but uses corn rather than wheat as feedstock.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance12 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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