They say that three is stronger than one
and this is true when it comes to BENEO.
Since 2007, three companies: Orafti, Palatinit and Remy have been working
together as one. Known simply as BENEO, the company produces functional
ingredients derived from chicory roots, beet sugar, rice and wheat and focuses
on catering to the latest trends in food, feed and pharma. The basis for the
success was laid long before.
- BENEO
- Palatinit
- Orafti
- Remy
BENEO´s Timeline
2022 Acquisition of the Dutch company Meatless
Acquisition of the Dutch company Meatless specialized in plant-based texturizer
2020/21 Multi-million investment
Multi-million investment into production sites in Chile and Belgium
2019 Opening of new production plant
Opening of new production plant for vegetal protein in
Wanze, Belgium
2019 Opening of regional application centre
Opening of regional application centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2018 “Approved dietary fibres”
BENEO’s chicory root fibres are listed as “approved dietary fibres” by the U.S Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
2018 Opening of regional application centre
BENEO opens North American application center in Parsippany, USA to showcase advances in nutrition and technical food applications.
2017 Inclusion of galenIQ™ into Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP)
2016 EU health claims for BENEO’s chicory root fibres
EU health claims for BENEO’s chicory root fibres ”inducing a lower blood glucose response” to be added as 2016 milestone.
2016 Launch of functional native rice starch
Launch of functional native rice starch range, Remypure
2016 Opening of regional application centre
Opening of regional application centre in Tienen, Belgium
2016 Foundation of regional sales office in India
Foundation of regional sales office in Guargon, India
2014 Capacity expansion
Completion of capacity expansion across all sites.
2014 Launch of new biomass boiler
Launch of new biomass boiler in Pemuco, Chile as a major step in sustainability.
2011 Foundation of the BENEO-Technology Center
Foundation of the BENEO-Technology Center to support with expertise relating to application technology.
2011 Start of capacity expansion across all production sites
2011 EU health claims for ISOMALT and Palatinose™
EU health claims for ISOMALT and Palatinose™ for being toothfriendly and low glycaemic.
2009 Foundation of the BENEO-Institute
Foundation of the BENEO-Institute facilitating access to the latest scientific research and knowledge across all nutritional and regulatory topics related to BENEO ingredients.
2008 Palatinose™ received toothfriendly US health claim.
Palatinose™ received toothfriendly US health claim.
2007 Foundation of BENEO
Foundation of BENEO and merger of three business units with sales into food, feed and pharmaceutical industries.
2007 Launch of BENEO-Animal Nutrition
2006 Launch of galenIQ
Launch of galenIQ, the pharmaceutical grade of ISOMALT, and inclusion into U.S Pharmacopoeia (USP) and National Formulary (NF).
2006 Start of production of chicory root fibre
Start of production of chicory root fibre in Pemuco, Chile.
2005 Opening of new production plant
Remy – opening of new production plant for rice flour in Confienza, Italy.
2005 Launch of Palatinose™
Launch of Palatinose™, the next generation carbohydrate.
2001-2010 BENEO™ Label Programme initiative
The BENEO™ Label Programme initiative promoted BENEO and the benefits of Synergy1 a Prebiotic Fibre on end products.
2002 Large scale capacity expansion
Large scale capacity expansion at the production site in Offstein, Germany.
2001 Pharmaceutical grade of ISOMALT
Inclusion of a pharmaceutical grade of ISOMALT into Pharmacopoeia Europeae (Ph.Eur).
2001 Acquisition of Remy Industries
Acquisition of Remy Industries by Orafti and shortly after by the Südzucker Group.
2001 Patent and launch of Orafti®Synergy1
Patent and launch of the first combined oligofructose enriched inulin, Orafti®Synergy1.
1999 Launch of the “ISOMALT family”
ISOMALT portfolio diversified into different grades and launch of the ISOMALT family.
1998 ISOMALT received toothfriendly US health claim
ISOMALT received toothfriendly US health claim.
Mid 1990´s
Foundation of regional offices in the USA and Singapore.
1989 Opening of the first production plant
Opening of the first production plant for ISOMALT in Offstein, Germany.
1989 Business renamed Orafti
Acquisition by the Südzucker Group and business renamed Orafti.
1980´s Business focus on rice starches
Business focus is mainly on rice starches, rice flours, and rice proteins for food and feed applications.
1979 Foundation of Palatinit Sweetener GmbH
Foundation of Palatinit Sweetener GmbH, as part of the Südzucker Group, to market ISOMALT.
1921 Portfolio extended
1921 Portfolio extended to include applications such as glue, pasta, baby food and feed.
1903 Opening of 4th Remy factory
Opening of 4th Remy factory.
The company Palatinit got its name because the sugar beets as raw material are grown and processed in a region in South-West Germany called Palatinate.
Edouard Remy founded the company Remy in 1855 (which later became BENEO-Remy) and launched rice starch for laundry applications.
Founding of the Oreye plant in 1889, Belgium, as a sugar beet refinery.
