Raisio Group


Raisio Oyj, known internationally as Raisio Group, is a Finnish company that makes healthy food and fish feeds. The company's brands include, for example, Benecol, Elovena, Sunnuntai, Torino and Benella. The headquarters are located in Raisio, Finland.
Raisio has production sites in Finland in two locations. The Group's key market areas are Finland, the UK, Ireland, Russia and Poland.
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Businesses

Healthy Food

The Healthy Food segment focuses on the consumer brands with Europe as its key market areas. The main products of the Healthy Food unit include breakfast, snack and baking products, Benecol products. The most recognised food brands are Benecol, Elovena, Provena, Sunnuntai and Nordic.

Healthy Ingredients

The Healthy Ingredients segment includes the sale of fish feeds and Benecol product ingredient, grain trade and the sale of grain-based products to industrial and catering companies.

History

The company was established in 1939 in Finland. Raisio got its start as Oy Vehnä Ab, a mill founded by Finnish wheat farmers to grind the wheat grown by its shareholders and to market the flour.

Acquisitions and divestments

In 2004, the company divested its paper chemical division, Raisio Chemicals, to Ciba Specialty Chemicals. In 2009, Raisio sold its margarine business to Bunge Limited. Raisio Group acquired the British food company Glisten in 2010. The next year, Raisio acquired Big Bear. In November 2014 Raisio acquired the Benecol business from the affiliates of Johnson & Johnson in the UK, Ireland and Belgium and amended the agreement on the Northern American markets of Benecol. In 2016 Raisio divested its snack bar business in the UK.