Royal Avebe
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Veendam, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products, Food reformulation, Crop / plant science, Food safety & quality, Waste efficiency, Bio-energy & biomaterials, Arable farming
- Domains
- Feed, Compound feed, Ingredients, Fibres, Functional ingredients, Protein isolates, Proteins, Starches
- Technologies
- Biotechnology & sustainable inputs, Other technologies, Biorefining, Extraction, Processing, Resource-recovery technology, Circular & resource technologies
About Royal Avebe
Royal Avebe is a Dutch cooperative that develops and produces potato-based ingredients for food, feed, and industrial applications. Its core raw material is the starch potato, which it processes into starch, protein, and other ingredients used by customers around the world.
The company positions itself as a plant-based ingredient specialist focused on creating more value from the potato with less environmental impact. Avebe emphasizes a transparent chain from field to customer, combining breeding, cultivation, processing, and innovation to support healthier, more sustainable products and applications.
Core Values
- Plant-based innovation: Avebe focuses on unlocking new uses for the potato through ingredient development, product innovation, and application support.
- Sustainability: The company aims to reduce its carbon footprint, water use, and waste while helping customers lower the footprint of their own products.
- Collaboration: As a cooperative, Avebe stresses working together with members, customers, employees, and partners across the chain.
- Quality and functionality: Avebe highlights high-performing ingredients that deliver the right texture, taste, and processing benefits without compromising product quality.
Unique Aspects
- Cooperative ownership: Avebe is a cooperative of around 2,000 arable farmers in the Netherlands and Germany, which ties its business closely to its grower base.
- End-to-end potato chain: The company controls the chain from breeding and cultivation through processing and innovation, giving it strong control over ingredient characteristics and supply.
- Royal designation: Avebe received the honorary Royal Warrant of the Netherlands in 2019, reflecting its long-standing position in the sector.
- Expanded processing footprint: Since August 2025, Avebe has also processed potato flakes and granules through the acquisition of Solan in Poland.
- Digitalized energy management: Avebe has worked with Schneider Electric to electrify a production facility within existing grid limits, showing a practical focus on industrial decarbonization and operational efficiency.