Viking Malt
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Halmstad, Sweden
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Arable farming, Crop / plant science, Food ingredients & products, Food reformulation, Food safety & quality, Supply chain monitoring & traceability, Waste efficiency, New food processing techniques, Regenerative farming
- Domains
- Beer, Processed food products, Ingredients, Barley, Plant based primary products
- Technologies
- Analytical measurement, Quality sensing, Measurement & sensing
About Viking Malt
Viking Malt is a Northern European maltster founded in 1883 in Lahti, Finland. It produces malt for breweries and distilleries, and also develops cereal-based ingredients for food applications, serving customers that want both standard malt styles and more tailored solutions.
The company positions itself as a partner across the value chain, from farmers and grain sourcing to R&D, brewing support, and distribution. It says it is the 8th largest maltster in the world, the 4th in Europe, and the largest in the Baltic Rim, with six malt houses across Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and Lithuania.
Core Values
- Transparency and integrity: Viking Malt says openness, fairness, and integrity shape its culture, and that ideas matter more than hierarchy or status. It emphasizes speaking up, being heard, and working honestly with customers and partners.
- Customer partnership: The company presents the customer as central to its work and stresses co-development through dialogue, expertise, and practical support. It aims to create shared success rather than one-sided transactions.
- Sustainability: Viking Malt links its values to reducing emissions, improving energy and water efficiency, and supporting regenerative farming. It frames sustainability as a long-term responsibility across the whole value chain.
- Curiosity and innovation: The company describes itself as exploring “all that malt can be” and investing in new malt types, ingredient concepts, and process improvements. It treats experimentation and learning as part of its identity.
Unique Aspects
- Large Northern European footprint: Viking Malt operates six malt houses in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and Lithuania, giving it access to nearby barley-growing regions and broad distribution reach.
- Family-company heritage: The business traces its roots to 1883 and says it remains a family company, now owned by Polttimo Companies Ltd together with Lantmännen.
- Sprau® innovation: Viking Malt has developed Sprau®, a patent-pending germinated faba bean ingredient that can be used in food and brewing applications and is intended to support both nutrition and crop rotation.
- BoMill InSight investment: The company has invested in BoMill InSight grain-sorting technology at its Panevėžys site in Lithuania, supporting more precise raw-material selection and smarter malt production.
- Partnerships in regenerative agriculture: Viking Malt is involved in projects with partners such as Improvin’, Yara, Carlsberg, EIT Food, and others to improve barley sourcing, carbon-footprint measurement, and regenerative farming practices.