We Future Food: Stern-Wywiol Gruppe

Hydrosol is one of the successful and fast-growing companies in the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. With 14 special companies in Germany, 20 foreign subsidiaries, and almost 2000 employees, this financially independent and owner-operated company group is an important international force in the field of Food Ingredients and Lipid Technology. Food is our passion, and it’s where our expertise and worldwide experience are.

Food is an industry of the greatest importance

Supplying humanity with safe, affordable, and good-tasting food, and working with food manufacturers the world over to develop functional systems in food additives, are what drive us.

Owner-Operated.
Independent.
Internationally Successful.

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“Around the globe, eating is an expression of culture and lifestyle. It helps define social interaction and personal wellbeing. In many countries, purchasing power is rising and with it the demand for convenience food. Accordingly, the category is always searching for new solutions that combine appetizing appearance, outstanding flavor, and a pleasing texture. Hydrosol delivers this, with the aid of close communication with the sister companies of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe.”

Torsten Wywiol, CEO, Stern-Wywiol Gruppe

Succeeding Together

We’re proud of our flat hierarchies, quick decision-making, and entrepreneurial boldness. They are cornerstones of our company philosophy. Team spirit going beyond the boundaries of the specialist companies within the Group is of key importance in keeping us always a little faster and a little better than the others. We see ourselves as partners and idea-givers. Our motivation derives from entrepreneurial energy and commitment to your success.

Working together, creating solutions.

The Stern-Wywiol Gruppe specialists: From single ingredients to functional systems

Responsibility for Today and Tomorrow

Likeability, technology, success, respect, and curiosity are the cornerstones and values of the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. Our company philosophy is based on responsibility, long-term orientation, and sustainability, with the goal of leaving future generations an intact environment – ecologically, socially, and economically.

Responsibility

Integrity

We set great store by ethical, moral, and legally irreproachable conduct, and orient our daily activities by a globally valid Code of Conduct.

Code of Conduct

Supplier Code of Conduct

Responsibility in the supply chain is part of our identity. Our Supplier Code of Conduct defines clear expectations regarding sustainability, human and labor rights, and compliance – as the foundation for reliable, future-oriented partnerships.

Supplier Code of Conduct

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Open website

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Open website

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Open website

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Open website

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Open website

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Open website

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Open website

Muesli, ice cream, baked goods or dairy products – the wide variety of chocolate pieces and glazes made by HERZA give foods special enjoyment, whether as inclusions or decoration.

Open website

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Open website

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Open website

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Central business unit for the service functions procurement, production control, quality management, logistics and sample center for the brands of the Food Ingredients Division.

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