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Annual beet campaign started again
From today, all Cosun Beet Company factories are back to processing sugar beet. The factories in Dinteloord and Hoogkerk (Groningen) received the first beets this morning. Processing already started...
The use of sugar beet for bio-based materials and the effects on food security
Renewable Carbon Initiative, of which Cosun Beet Company is a founding member, publishes new insights into a hotly debated topic and urges for careful and evidence-based argumentation. In its latest publication,...
What exactly is in those big tanks?
The Cosun Beet Company factories in Dinteloord and Vierverlaten are once again buzzing with activity. The reason? The start of the thick juice campaign. The what? The thick juice campaign. This is the...
Suiker Unie
aims to make
the most out of
sugar beets.
It develops, produces, and sells sugar and sugar specialities. Furthermore, all parts of the sugar beets are processed into products that can be used in food, biobased products, the generation of green energy, animal feed, and Betacal (lime fertilizer).
The Dutch beet campaign has ended
Last weekend, the sugar factory in Vierverlaten in the province of Groningen processed the last sugar beets of the 2022-2023 campaign. In Dinteloord, the campaign ended in the night of Thursday 26 January....
Fidesse®: a new functional ingredient for meat substitutes
Consumers are more often opting for plant-based alternatives like meat substitutes. Fidesse®, a new innovative and functional ingredient for meat substitutes, provides just the right texture and juiciness...
Revisiting the past with the Beet Tour
A brief step back in time, to when sugar beets were still transported to the sugar factories by flat-bottom boat…. the Beet Tour recaptures the past! This year’s event was particularly special...
Optimal biodiversity in sugar beet growing
Every year in the Netherlands, sugar beets are grown on around 85,000 hectares of farmland. All of these beets are processed by the Cosun Beet Company. We have joined forces with the Province of Noord-Brabant...