Cristal Union

Cristal Union is a French cooperative group and a leading European producer of sugar, alcohol, and bioethanol. The company ensures 100% French sugar beet production and manufactures all its products in France through short supply chains across its 14 sugar factories and distilleries. Cristal Union prioritizes innovation and sustainability, actively pursuing decarbonization, resource efficiency, and advanced agricultural practices. The group is the primary supplier of sugar to the French agri-food industry and offers popular consumer sugar brands like Daddy and Erstein, alongside being a market leader in Italy with the Eridania brand. Their high-technology industrial facilities also produce a wide range of custom, high-quality alcohols from beets, whole wheat, and wine substrates, as well as bioethanol from beet residues, wheat, and distillery byproducts, significantly reducing carbon footprints. Additionally, Cristal Union processes sugar beet pulp, wheat distiller's grains, and alfalfa into animal feed.