COCEBI Biobourgogne

Name

COCEBI Biobourgogne

Legal name

COCEBI

Website

https://cocebi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organic Grain Processing and Agricultural Cooperatives

NAICS

Grain and Oilseed Milling (3112), Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Member-Owned Food Cooperatives (CRAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farmer Cooperatives & Co-op Retail (AFABAJAB), Couscous, Bulgur & Other Processed Grain Foods Manufacturing (AFAKABAJ)

Keywords

• Organic grain collection
• Organic grain processing
• Certified organic seeds
• Dehusked cereal processing
• Organic oat flakes

Headquarters

HQ city

Nitry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Grain collection and commercialization: COCEBI collects, processes, and commercializes organic grain production from its farmer-members, operating in the grain trade for over 40 years.
2. Oat flakes and flour production (AVENA BIO): AVENA BIO processes organic oats into flakes and flour for breakfast cereals, with capacity of up to 4,000 tonnes per year, with six member organizations including producer cooperatives and specialized organic distribution.
3. Certified organic seeds: Production and commercialization of certified organic seeds, a business line started in 1998.
4. Animal feed: Commercialization of organic animal feed products.
5. Dehulled cereals: Processing and sale of dehulled cereals including oats, spelt, and emmer.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

COCEBI is an agricultural cooperative that collects, processes, and commercializes 100% organic grain production from its 290+ farmer-members located across 11 French departments in Burgundy and neighboring regions. The cooperative operates four product lines: organic human food grain, organic animal feed, dehusked organic cereals (oats, spelt, einkorn), and certified organic seeds, alongside the AVENA BIO factory producing organic oat flakes and flour with capacity for up to 4,000 tonnes per year.

Product overview

COCEBI is a 100% organic agricultural cooperative specializing in grain operations. Founded in 1983 and based in Nitry, Yonne, the cooperative collects, transforms and commercializes organic agricultural products from over 290 farmer-members across 11 departments in Burgundy and neighboring regions. The cooperative operates across four main product lines: human food products, animal feed, dehusked cereals (oats, spelt, einkorn), and certified organic seeds. Additionally, through its AVENA BIO subsidiary (launched October 2024), the cooperative produces organic oat flakes and flour at a dedicated 4,000 tonne/year processing facility, serving the organic breakfast cereal market through a partnership with BIOCOOP and other cooperatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organic Human Food Grain (Alimentation humaine) Organic food grain products for human consumption, collected from farmer-members, processed, and commercialized by the cooperative to food industry buyers and specialized organic retailers.
• Organic Animal Feed (Alimentation animale) Organic animal feed products collected and commercialized by the cooperative for livestock nutrition, supported by Feed Chain Alliance (FCA) certification covering all activities in the animal feed sector.
• Dehusked Organic Cereals (Céréales décortiquées) Dehusked (decorticated) organic cereals including oats, spelt, and einkorn processed at the cooperative's dehulling plant equipped with optical sorting capabilities for meticulous product sorting.
• Certified Organic Seeds (Semences certifiées biologiques) Certified organic seed production offered to cooperative member farmers since 1998, including a dedicated sorting line for small seeds, supporting the cooperative's organic grain value chain from upstream seed supply.
• AVENA BIO Oat Flakes and Flour 100% organic oat flakes and oat flour produced for the breakfast cereal market using an innovative manufacturing process capable of transforming up to 4,000 tonnes per year of organic oats. Distributed through a fair French production and distribution chain involving six member organizations: producer cooperatives COCEBI, BIOCER, and PROBIOLOR; processors CERECO and FAVRICHON; and specialized organic retailer BIOCOOP.

Quantifiable outcome

• AVENA BIO factory capacity of 4,000 tonnes of organic oats processed annually into flakes and flour
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AVENA BIOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024AVENA BIO is a dedicated oat flake and flour production factory opened on October 1, 2024 at Nitry. It involves six member organizations: three producer cooperatives (COCEBI, BIOCER, PROBIOLOR), two processors (CERECO and FAVRICHON), and specialized organic retailer BIOCOOP. The factory aims to process up to 4,000 tonnes per year of organic oats from COCEBI farmers into flakes and flour for the breakfast cereal market, representing a fully integrated fair French organic production and distribution chain.
• BIOCERcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014BIOCER is a commercialization union of 100% organic cooperatives created in 2014 alongside COCEBI and PROBIOLOR, forming a united commercial structure for organic grain producers.
• PROBIOLORcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014PROBIOLOR is a commercialization union of 100% organic cooperatives created in 2014 alongside COCEBI and BIOCER, forming a united commercial structure for organic grain producers.
• CERECOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCERECO is a processor member of the AVENA BIO venture, participating in the transformation of organic oats into flakes and flour for the breakfast cereal market.
• FAVRICHONcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFAVRICHON is a processor member of the AVENA BIO venture, participating in the transformation of organic oats into flakes and flour for the breakfast cereal market.
• BIOCOOPcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBIOCOOP is the specialized organic retail distribution partner in the AVENA BIO venture, responsible for distributing organic oat flakes and flour products to consumers through its organic retail network.
• XPBIO multi-partner trial platformminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerXPBIO is a multi-partner experimental platform led by COCEBI for organic variety testing, including varietal trials, association sowing experiments, and organic oat variety development. Farmers including Jérémy Morizot host trial plots.
• Union Bio SemencesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion Bio Semences is a partnership organization focused on diversification of organic varietal selection, organizing field days and knowledge-sharing events for organic producers including COCEBI members.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Biocoop: Biocoop is France's largest specialised organic retail network and is both a COCEBI distribution partner (AVENA BIO) and an indirect competitor via its private-label organic cereal lines; it also owns stakes in producer cooperatives similar to COCEBI.
• Léa Nature: Léa Nature is a major French organic food and natural-products group whose organic cereal and grain-based product ranges position it as a broader, established player in the same organic grocery channels where COCEBI's AVENA BIO and grain lines compete.

Direct peers

• BIOCER: BIOCER is the commercialisation union of 100% organic French cooperatives (created 2014 with COCEBI and PROBIOLOR) and is structurally identical to COCEBI: same farmer-member base, same product categories, same go-to-market through B2B organic channels.
• Moulin de la Veyssière: Moulin de la Veyssière is an organic stone miller producing flours and processed grain products in France; it is comparable to COCEBI on its milling/processing activities and sells to similar specialty organic retail channels.
• PROBIOLOR: PROBIOLOR is the third member of the BIOCER commercialisation union alongside COCEBI; it operates the same organic grain cooperative model in Lorraine, supplying identical product categories to overlapping organic distribution networks.
• Moulin de Brasseuil: Moulin de Brasseuil is a French organic mill producing flours and cereal ingredients in the same downstream market as COCEBI's dehulled cereals and AVENA BIO oat flour, with overlapping B2B food-industry customers.
• Cereal Bio: Cereal Bio is a French organic breakfast cereal brand offering oat-based flakes and flours in the same consumer-facing channel as AVENA BIO products, making it a direct downstream competitor.
• Bjorg & Compagnie: Bjorg is a leading French organic breakfast cereal and oat-based brand (now under Lactalis/Cereal Partners) that competes head-on with AVENA BIO oat flakes/flour in the same retail channel (BIOCOOP and other organic distribution).
• Ethiquable: Ethiquable is a French organic and fair-trade food cooperative that sources grains and pulses from farmer cooperatives for branded retail products; it shares COCEBI's cooperative values and Biopartenaire-style positioning.

Others

• La Vie Claire: La Vie Claire is a French organic retail chain that distributes organic grain-based products from producers like COCEBI; it is adjacent rather than directly competitive, but it shapes the same distribution ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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