Confectionery contract manufacturers in Europe

Maassluis, Netherlands

Dry — Dry blending · Wet — Liquid blending · Bakery — Bread improvers +2 more

Bakery ingredients producer (mixes, custards, fillings); subsidiary of Bakels Worldwide. Private-label friendly.

Veenendaal, Netherlands

Thermal — Baking · Bakery — Biscuits & cookies · Bakery — Waffles & pancakes +1 more

Dutch market leader in long-life confectionery and biscuits (caramel waffles, sponge cakes, almond rounds, butter cake) with strong private-label focus. Now part of Biscuit International.

Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Thermal — Roasting (cocoa) · Separation — Wet fractionation · Dry — Milling +5 more

B2B ingredient producer with sites in Bergen op Zoom, Sas van Gent and Amsterdam covering cocoa, glucose syrups, starches and oils with custom-blend services.

Bagnacavallo, Italy

Bakery — Biscuits & cookies · Bakery — Bread · Confectionery — Pralines +1 more

Cooperative producing biscuits, panettone, pandoro, colomba, piadina and household products; ~60% private-label volume across 6 plants.

Ghent, Belgium

Sports nutrition — Bars · Confectionery — Bars · Dry — Dry blending +2 more

Co-manufacturing and private-label of protein bars and functional nutrition bars. Cold-extruded, layered and coated formats up to 50% protein. 250 million bars per year EU capacity. R&D, ingredient sourcing, co-creation and full packaging.

Pedrengo, Italy

Fruit & veg — Purees · Confectionery — Fillings · Bakery — Cake mixes +1 more

Fruit-based ingredient and cream producer for bakery, ice cream, dairy and yoghurt; ~2,500 recipes across Italy and Netherlands.

Lehmja, Estonia

Confectionery — Pralines · Confectionery — Bars · Confectionery — Industrial chocolate (couverture, compound) +3 more

Estonia's #1 confectioner (Orkla Group). Marzipan, pralines, chocolate bars, candies, biscuits and dragees under Kalev, Põltsamaa and Felix brands. Heritage from 1806.

Riga, Latvia

Confectionery — Pralines · Confectionery — Bars · Confectionery — Industrial chocolate (couverture, compound) +3 more

Largest Latvian confectionery group (Orkla Group; >1,100 employees, 5 production facilities). Laima chocolate (>30% LV market share), Selga biscuits, Staburadze cakes & wafers, Adažu chips, Pedro and Old Town Bakery brands.

Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Dry — Dry blending · Wet — Liquid blending · Encapsulation — Enrobing +5 more

Long-established bakery semi-finished goods producer (since 1839) with four Dutch plants and a Thailand site. Explicit private-label production for retail and industrial bakery customers. Subsidiary of Dawn Foods (USA) since 2024.

Zierikzee, Netherlands

Dry — Dry blending · Wet — Liquid blending · Encapsulation — Glazing +5 more

Global bakery ingredient leader (since 1900) operating in 100+ countries. Develops tailor-made and private-label-friendly bakery ingredient mixes, improvers, fillings and glazes for industrial and SME bakeries.

Vilnius, Lithuania

Confectionery — Pralines · Bakery — Biscuits & cookies · Confectionery — Bars +2 more

Heritage Lithuanian confectioner (~11,000 t/yr). Chocolate candies (Sostinės, Vilnius, Paukščių pienas), Gaidelis cookies, Nomeda and Veliuona waffle bars, dragees, halva, marshmallows and Gaidelis cheese-snack crackers. Owns Naujoji Rūta.

Berlin, Germany

Confectionery — Industrial chocolate (couverture, compound) · Confectionery — Fillings · Confectionery — Bars +2 more

Global market leader for sweet spreads in private label. Produces fillings, glazes, chocolate masses, baking cocoa and syrups. Significant contract manufacturing. Integrated cocoa processing through KRUGER GROUP.