Amidori, leading innovator in the 100 per cent vegetarian high-protein food segment, and Pfeifer & Langen Handels-KG will be cooperating in a new partnership. The Pfeifer & Langen Handels-KG is the proprietary company of some leading enterprises within the food industry (owning Intersnack, Pfeifer & Langen Zucker and Naturkost Übelhör, among others), and has acquired a majority shareholding in the European plant proteins market’s leading innovator.
Pfeifer & Langen Acquires Majority Stake in Rügenwalder Mühle Ahead of Future Plant-Based Growth
Rügenwalder Mühle, the German family company which famously began as an animal-based sausage producer and went on to become the German market leader for plant-based meat products, has sold a majority stake to the holding company Pfeifer & Langen IHKG, which also owns stakes in vegan companies Vbites and endori. Based in Cologne, Pfeifer & Langen IHKG is an in-family-owned food company whose historical core is the sugar manufacturer Pfeifer & Langen. Its subsidiaries include Intersnack, a manufacturer of snacks that owns the British household name KP Snacks. Pfeifer & Langen acquired a 25.1% minority stake in Heather Mills’ Vbites in 2021, allowing the company to significantly expand capacity at its factory in Peterlee, England. The multi-million pound investment was said to have created hundreds …