Sugar beet; source of innovation
Together with around 9,000 beet growers and 850 employees, we work on producing plant-based solutions for a sustainable future. This includes food products, animal feed, protein from beet foliage, biobased products, and green energy: Bright Beet Solutions. We work with passion to get the best out of the beets and to contribute together to a circular economy. There is no waste waste; we make optimal use of all parts of sugar beets.
From sugar beet pulp to sustainable paper
You will probably see them on supermarket shelves in March 2021: kilogram bags of Van Gilse granulated sugar packed in paper made from sugar beet pulp. This breakthrough sustainable innovation is a joint...
Appeals Tribunal decision: Commercial linking wrinkles to sugar was misleading
A television commercial by the Douglas perfumery chain linking wrinkles to sugar was misleading and dishonest, according to the Advertising Code Committee (RCC) and the Appeals Tribunal (CvB). We had lodged...
Cosun Beet Company piloting “beet by barge” to reduce CO2 emissions
Cosun Beet Company is holding a pilot project to transport sugar beet from south Limburg to the sugar factory in Dinteloord by barge during the current beet campaign. The pilot must determine whether this...
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