Roquette Freres

Roquette Frères is a French family business whose main focus is the processing of starch products after extraction from corn, potatoes, wheat or peas.

The headquarters is located in Lestrem in the Pas -de -Calais. Roquette develops and manufactures a wide range of pre- finished and finished products for the industry as food or feed, paper industry, for the bio-industry and pharmacy.

The company Roquette Frères is a public company owned by the Roquette family. The shares are not traded on the stock exchange. The family cultivates a culture of secrecy, which makes it difficult to get to financial information.

Roquette operates in four locations in France:

• Lestrem (Headquarters, starch industry source: corn )
• Leg home ( starch from corn and wheat)
• Vic- sur -Aisne ( potato starch factory pancakes)
• Vecquemont ( potato starch factory pancakes)

Overall, the group has twelve locations in North America, Asia and Europe. Roquette is the fourth largest starch manufacturer and global supplier of starch. In addition, the sugar substitutes sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol, and maltodextrin are prepared. Another business is the production of culture media for bioreactors.