What Mousline does

Mousline is a French food company founded in 1963 that manufactures and markets instant mashed potato flakes (purée en flocons). Its flagship product, Purée Mousline l'Originale, is positioned at 99% potatoes with whole milk and a "façon presse purée" texture, and the range extends to variant SKUs including a crème & noix de muscade version and a sweet potato (Patates Douces) version. The company is headquartered in Paris and operates its production facility in Rosières en Santerre (Hauts-de-France), where it sources from over 120 local farmers within a 30km radius, explicitly rescuing potatoes that would otherwise go to waste due to cosmetic imperfection.

The company's go-to-market is a dual-channel CPG model. On the B2C side, consumer-format SKUs in pack sizes ranging from 125g to 1040g are sold through national grocery retail in France. On the B2B side, a dedicated mouslinepro.fr channel serves foodservice professionals (restaurants, canteens, caterers) seeking dehydrated purée as a back-of-house ingredient. There is no software, subscription, or services component to the business. The legal entity is a SAS with share capital of €104,400, registered at RCS Nanterre under n° 572 049 500; this share capital figure is small for a national-distribution CPG, consistent with either a tightly held operating company or a subsidiary within a larger parent group, although no parent is disclosed in the input. Distribution is exclusively French; no international operations, pricing tiers, or recurring software-style revenue mechanics are referenced.

Name

Mousline

Legal name

MOUSLINE

Website

https://mousline.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Mousline is a French heritage CPG company founded in 1963 that manufactures and sells dehydrated mashed potato flakes (purée en flocons) to French grocery shoppers through B2C retail and to foodservice operators through a dedicated B2B professional channel, sourcing potatoes from over 120 local farmers within 30km of its Hauts-de-France production site.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consumer Packaged Goods - Retail: Mousline generates revenue through the sale of packaged potato puree products in flake form, sold through retail channels (supermarkets, grocery stores) in France. Products are available in multiple sizes (125g to 1040g) and varieties (Originale, Lait entier, Façon Presse Purée, Crème & Noix de Muscade, Patates Douces). Revenue is one-time transaction-based with each purchase.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mousline manufactures and sells instant mashed potato flakes (flocons de purée) under the Mousline brand in France. Its core activity is the industrial dehydration of potatoes supplied by 120+ local French farmers into ready-to-reconstitute mashed potato flakes, packaged for in-home preparation. The brand also serves professional foodservice operators through a dedicated B2B channel.

Product overview

Mousline is a family-oriented, iconic French brand specializing in dehydrated potato puree flakes and related products. The product portfolio consists of five core puree variants: Purée Mousline l'Originale (99% potatoes), Lait entier (whole milk version), Façon Presse Purée (unique press-style texture), Crème & noix de muscade (cream and nutmeg), and Patates Douces (sweet potato). All products are manufactured in the company's Hauts-de-France factory using potatoes sourced from local farmers within 30km of production. The company also provides recipe inspiration on its website using Mousline products as ingredients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Purée Mousline l'Originale

Quantifiable outcome

• Several thousand tons of 'ugly' potatoes saved from waste annually

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Too Good To GominorGTM or Marketing PartnerMousline partnered with Too Good To Go to raise awareness among French consumers about food waste anti-gaspillage practices around expiration dates. This partnership supports Mousline's sustainability commitment and anti-food waste mission, as the company already saves several thousand tons of imperfect but consumable potatoes from being wasted.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Idahoan Foods: U.S. specialist in instant mashed potato flakes and dehydrated potato products. The closest direct category analog to Mousline's flocon technology, though primarily U.S.-focused.
• Aviko: European potato processor with significant French foodservice and retail presence, including mashed and processed potato products. Comparable dehydrated/frozen potato manufacturing footprint.
• Batchelors (Premier Foods): Premier Foods' mashed potato and dried potato brand sold primarily in the UK and Ireland. Direct competitor in instant/dehydrated mashed potato, with very similar product positioning to Mousline.
• Smash (Premier Foods): UK heritage brand of instant mashed potato owned by Premier Foods. Direct competitor in the dehydrated instant-mash category with a similar mid-20th-century brand positioning to Mousline.
• McCain Foods: Global leader in frozen potato products including mashed potato, with significant French retail presence. Competes directly with Mousline for mashed potato meal occasions, particularly through frozen and chilled formats.

Broad incumbents

• Kettle Foods: Premium potato chips brand with European distribution. While focused on chips rather than puree, it competes for French snack and meal-occasion occasions and shares a premium, natural-ingredient positioning with Mousline.
• Maggi (Nestlé): Global Nestlé brand that includes mashed potato and dehydrated potato products sold across Europe. Broader incumbent competing for the same household meal occasions with much wider category reach.
• Lamb Weston: Global leader in frozen potato products with retail and foodservice presence in Europe. Operates at a larger scale than Mousline across the broader potato category, including mashed and formed potatoes.
• Findus: European frozen food brand with established potato products including mashed and gratin. Broader incumbent in adjacent frozen potato categories competing for French retail shelf space.

Regional players

• Europe Snacks: French snack and dried-food manufacturer producing potato-based and other snack products. A French regional player in adjacent potato-based CPG categories, comparable in geographic footprint and channel mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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