Royal Cosun: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Royal Cosun is a cooperative headquartered in Breda, Netherlands that owns 2 consumer brands.[1][2]
Royal Cosun is a Dutch agricultural cooperative owned by about 7,900 members, which processes sugar beet, potatoes, chicory and other crops into food, ingredients, feed and green gas. Its history goes back to October 1899, when 173 farmers in Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen founded the first Dutch cooperative beet sugar factory at Sas van Gent. It works through four business groups, Aviko, Cosun Beet Company (formerly Suiker Unie), Cosun Ingredients and Duynie. In 2025 its turnover was €3,173 million, with about 4,600 employees at 22 production sites in six countries. It sold its fruit and vegetable business SVZ in August 2023.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun U.A. (also Cosun, Royal Cosun, Koninklijke Cosun)
- Type
- cooperative · see all cooperative owners
- Headquarters
- 🇳🇱 Breda, Netherlands
- Founded
- 1899
- Website
- www.cosun.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
Royal Cosun in numbers
- Royal Cosun owns 2 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 2 brands.[1]
Everything Royal Cosun owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Royal Cosun own?
Royal Cosun owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Van Gilse and Aviko.
Is Royal Cosun a Dutch company?
Yes. Royal Cosun is headquartered in Breda, Netherlands and was founded in 1899.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Royal Cosun Annual Report 2025 — Koninklijke Coöperatie Cosun U.A., Annual report, published 12 June 2026; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] Cosun Beet Company — Historie — Cosun Beet Company, Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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