Kohberg

About Kohberg

Kohberg is a Danish, family-owned bakery group with roots in Bolderslev in Southern Jutland and a history that goes back more than 70 years. It describes itself as Denmark’s largest Danish- and family-owned bakery, and it bakes bread and bakery products for consumers as well as for professional kitchens, cafés, schools, hotels, wholesalers, and retail chains in Denmark.

The company operates three bakeries in Bolderslev, Haderslev, and Taastrup, and says it also serves an increasing number of international customers through its export team. Kohberg positions itself around Danish baking traditions, good craftsmanship, and carefully selected ingredients, with production kept in Denmark to support quality, food safety, and close control over the supply chain.

Core Values

• Craftsmanship: Kohberg emphasizes that it is bakers first, with trained bakers safeguarding consistent quality and preserving traditional baking methods. The company presents craftsmanship as the foundation of everything it does.
• Responsibility: The company says it acts responsibly across food, people, and the environment, from ingredient selection to packaging and distribution. It highlights social responsibility, food safety, and careful use of resources.
• Passion: Kohberg describes a strong shared passion for bread and baking, supported by professional pride across the organization. This passion is tied to its mission to make high-quality Danish bakery products.
• Openness and teamwork: The company values respectful communication, collaboration across teams, and a willingness to challenge the status quo. It presents teamwork as essential to delivering consistent quality at scale.
• Quality and care: Kohberg stresses carefully selected raw materials, high food-safety standards, and attention to detail in production. It aims to deliver tasty bakery products made with consideration for customers and the wider world.

Unique Aspects

• Family-owned market leader: Kohberg says it is Denmark’s largest Danish- and family-owned bakery, which gives it a distinctive position in the domestic bakery market.
• Three-bakery footprint in Denmark: Production is spread across Bolderslev, Haderslev, and Taastrup, combining industrial scale with a strong Danish production base.
• Strong Danish ingredient focus: The company uses Danish flour as its main ingredient wherever possible and states that its bread is baked in Denmark from grain grown in Denmark, without growth regulators.
• Certified sustainability and food-safety standards: Kohberg highlights certifications and schemes such as RSPO for palm oil, BRCGS for food safety, SMETA via SEDEX, and consumer-facing labels such as the Whole Grain and Keyhole marks.
• Active anti-food-waste approach: The company says it works to reduce waste through production choices such as long loaf formats without end slices, reuse of surplus bread as animal feed, and participation in the voluntary ‘Denmark Against Food Waste’ agreement.
• International customer development: Kohberg states that its export team supports delivery and development of new products for a growing number of international customers, extending its reach beyond Denmark.