andros et cie

What andros et cie does

Andros et Cie is a French family-owned consumer packaged goods company headquartered in Biars-sur-Cère, Lot, founded in 1922 and now operating across four generations of family leadership. The company produces fruit-based desserts, jams and preserves, fruit juices and beverages, 100% plant-based desserts, sports-nutrition products, and peanut-based spreads, sold under the parent Andros brand and five sub-brands: Desserts Fruitiers®, Jus & Boissons, Confitures, Andros Gourmand & Végétal, Andros Sport, and Andros Be Nuts!. Professional and food-service channels are served via the Andros Chef and Andros Food Service sub-brands. The business is structured as a Société en Nom Collectif (SNC) with registered capital of €38,376,000 and a workforce of 10,000+ employees, with manufacturing located in Biars-sur-Cère and Auneau adjacent to French fruit-growing regions.

The company's underlying technology centers on natural fruit processing and preservation — products use fruit pectin and citrus juice as natural gelling agents rather than synthetic additives, and the flagship Desserts Fruitiers® line has progressively reduced added sugar (approximately 30% reduction) while increasing fruit content since 2000. A 15-hectare experimental orchard at the Lot–Corrèze border supports agroecological R&D and regenerative-agriculture trials. Plant-based desserts are positioned at roughly one-third the carbon footprint of equivalent dairy yogurts (0.6 vs 1.5 kg CO₂/kg).

Commercially, Andros operates a distribution-led go-to-market model with no direct consumer e-commerce: products reach consumers exclusively through French supermarket chains, hypermarkets, and Drive (click-and-collect) services, supported by a store-locator 'Click2Buy Shop' tool on its website. Revenue mechanics are standard retail CPG unit pricing across the consumer range, with parallel B2B revenue through Andros Chef and Andros Food Service; marketing combines content (Le tour du bon media platform), organic social (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), email, and experiential sampling (summer food-truck tour). The company has reduced workshop carbon emissions by 45% since 2011 with a 2025 carbon-neutrality target, and runs social-innovation and biodiversity programs through partnerships with La France s'engage Foundation, Office Français de la Biodiversité, LPO, and Rucher École de Rocamadour.

Name

andros et cie

Legal name

Andros SNC

Website

https://andros.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Andros et Cie is a French family-owned consumer packaged goods company that produces fruit-based desserts, jams, juices, plant-based desserts, sports nutrition, and nut spreads, distributed across France via supermarkets and Drive channels under sub-brands including Andros Gourmand & Végétal and Andros Be Nuts!.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaged Fruit Desserts

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Fruit Snacks & Dried Fruit (CRADABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Baking Ingredients & Desserts (Flour, Mixes, Frosting, Gelatin) (CRADAAAD), Nuts, Seeds & Trail Mix Snacks (CRADABAF)

Keywords

• Fruit desserts
• Fruit juices
• Fruit jams
• Plant-based desserts
• Peanut spreads

Headquarters

HQ city

Biars-sur-cère

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 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: Andros generates revenue through the sale of packaged food products via retail distribution channels including supermarkets, hypermarkets, and Drive (click-and-collect) services across France. Multiple product lines include Desserts Fruitiers, juices, jams, plant-based desserts, and peanut butter spreads.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Andros et Cie manufactures and markets fruit-based desserts (Desserts Fruitiers®), fruit juices and beverages, jams and preserves, plant-based desserts under Andros Gourmand & Végétal, sports-oriented products under Andros Sport, and peanut-based spreads under Andros Be Nuts!. The portfolio is sold through French supermarket, hypermarket and Drive retail channels, with separate professional lines (Andros Chef, Andros Food Service) for food service customers.

Product overview

Andros et Cie is a French family-owned food company with over 70 years of history, producing fruit-based products across multiple sub-brands. The core product line includes Desserts Fruitiers® (refrigerated fruit desserts), Jus & Boissons (fruit juices and beverages), and Confitures (jams and preserves). The portfolio extends to specialized sub-brands: Andros Gourmand & Végétal offers 100% plant-based desserts including fermented alternatives (Brassés), mousses, rice puddings, and pastry desserts; Andros Sport addresses athletic nutrition needs; Andros Be Nuts! provides peanut-based spreads; and Andros Chef serves professional food service channels. The company operates from its historic location in Biars-sur-Cère, Lot, France, with production facilities near fruit-growing regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Andros Gourmand & Végétal: 100% plant-based desserts including brassés, délices, petits plaisirs, fermes et fondants, à la grecque, and desserts pâtissiers made with coconut milk, almond milk and other plant-based ingredients
• Andros Sport
• Andros Be Nuts!
• Andros Chef
• Andros Food Service

Products and services

• Desserts Fruitiers®

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in added sugar while increasing fruit content in Desserts Fruitiers since 2000
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• La France s'engage FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2017Andros is the founding patron of this recognized public utility foundation for social innovation. Since its creation, the foundation has supported 65 projects over 3-year periods, each focusing on social innovation and territorial development.
• Rucher École de RocamadourcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndros collaborates with the Rucher École de Rocamadour for proper management of beehives at their experimental orchard. In return, this support enables the school to deliver 215 hours of training to beekeepers. The partnership supports pollinator health and biodiversity monitoring.
• Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux (LPO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for biodiversity inventory and monitoring at Andros's experimental orchard. LPO has conducted bird and insect inventories to track and measure biodiversity evolution over time.
• Office Français de la BiodiversitécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndros presented their biodiversity action plan to the Office Français de la Biodiversité and was recognized as 'Entreprise engagée pour la nature' (Company committed to nature).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hero Group: Swiss-based international jams, fruit preparations and baby-food manufacturer directly comparable to Andros's Confitures and fruit-snack offerings, with multi-country distribution.
• Tropicana (PepsiCo): Global fruit-juice incumbent relevant as a direct comparator for Andros's juice and beverage line, with similar retail distribution and consumer occasion (breakfast/on-the-go).
• Alpro (Danone): European plant-based dairy-alternative leader with yogurt and dessert ranges directly competing against Andros Gourmand & Végétal in the same European retail fixtures.
• Innocent Drinks: Smoothies and fruit juices brand (Coca-Cola owned) targeting health-conscious adults; comparable to Andros Jus & Boissons in fruit-based beverage positioning across European grocery.
• St. Dalfour: France-headquartered premium jams and fruit spreads brand targeting natural-ingredient positioning closely aligned with Andros's reduced-sugar and high-fruit-content messaging.
• Materne (Boiron-Materne / Pom'Potes): French fruit compote and dessert producer (Pom'Potes brand), the most direct in-category competitor to Andros's Desserts Fruitiers line, with similar retail-channel strategies and fruit-based dessert positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Bel Group: French dairy and plant-based cheese/spreadable specialist (Laughing Cow, Boursin, plant-based ranges); a comparable French family-influenced CPG with adjacent product formats and shared retail customers.
• Danone: French dairy and plant-based giant (Alpro owner) operating both legacy dairy desserts and the European plant-based yogurt/dessert portfolio that Andros Gourmand & Végétal competes with; a comparable scaled French-headquartered food platform.
• Bonduelle: Large French-headquartered processed-vegetable and plant-protein player; comparable in scale, family-influenced heritage, French CPG operations and sustainability positioning.

Regional players

• St. Hubert (Fraser & Neave): French plant-based spreads, margarines and desserts brand directly comparable to Andros Be Nuts! and parts of Gourmand & Végétal on plant-based table-spread adjacencies in the French retail market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC2ZVmVt8pv708PeqbP1IuAw
• Facebookfacebook.com/AndrosOfficiel
• Instagraminstagram.com/androsfrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/andros-restauration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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