{"id":3590,"date":"2026-09-29T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/schouten-europe-neemt-bobeldijk-food-group-over\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:17:50","slug":"schouten-europe-neemt-bobeldijk-food-group-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/schouten-europe-neemt-bobeldijk-food-group-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Schouten Europe acquires Bobeldijk Food Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Schouten Europe, the Dutch family-owned company from Giessen and producer of meat alternatives, is acquiring industry peer Bobeldijk Food Group from Deventer. With this acquisition, Schouten is increasing its production capacity and strengthening its position in the European market for plant-based meat and fish alternatives, a market in which the company has been active since 1990.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: CEO Niek-Jan Schouten (right) with his sister Rhod\u00e9 and his brothers Peter (left) and Wouter<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Strengthening market position<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe market for plant-based products is developing rapidly. With the acquisition of Bobeldijk, we are not only increasing our production capacity, but also strengthening our flexibility and decisiveness towards customers. At the same time, this step gives us the opportunity to continue investing in innovation, something that has characterised our family business since 1893,\u201d says CEO Niek Jan Schouten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Niek-Jan Schouten (centre) in the R&D kitchen of Schouten Europe<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Pioneer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Schouten is internationally recognized as one of the pioneers of the global meat alternatives market. Founder Henk Schouten was the first Dutch entrepreneur to focus on developing meat alternatives in 1990. For years, the company has marketed one of the world\u2019s most extensive and varied assortments and supplies its products, mainly under private label, in more than 50 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strong addition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With a strong focus on private label and product development, Bobeldijk Food Group has built a solid position within the European market for meat alternatives in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBobeldijk has extensive knowledge, experience and craftsmanship in the production and marketing of plant-based products, making it a strong addition to Schouten\u2019s organization. Both companies share the same focus on quality, flexibility, innovation and long-term collaboration with customers and employees. This shared culture and commitment form a strong foundation for the future,\u201d says Niek-Jan Schouten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: With the acquisition of Bobeldijk, Schouten increases its production capacity<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Contributing to a more sustainable food system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With this expansion, Schouten becomes the largest family-owned company in the European market for meat alternatives. The acquisition fits within the growth strategy of the new generation within the family, with a strong focus on innovation, international expansion and further strengthening of the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year, we achieved revenue growth of more than 30%, while many sales markets are stabilizing. That gives us confidence for the future. We continue to invest in innovation and accelerating the protein transition. Not only because we believe in the growth opportunities of plant-based food, but above all because, as a family business, we want to contribute to a more sustainable and future-proof food system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Schouten Europe, a family-owned business based in Giessen that produces meat alternatives, is acquiring industry peer Bobeldijk Food Group from Deventer. With this acquisition, Schouten is expanding its production capacity and strengthening its position in the European market for plant-based meat and fish alternatives, where it has been active since 1990. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3590"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3597,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3590\/revisions\/3597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobeldijk.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}