Kalizea

From breakfast to snacks, maize is everywhere!

Europe’s
second largest
maize processor

Kalizea / Maize processing

Kalizea in profile

Breakfast cereals, breads, biscuits, chocolate, baby-food, snacks, brewery, animal feed…Maize is consumed at all times and in many forms!
To respond to the requirements of its food industry customers, Kalizea is adding value to maize by processing it into grits, semolina, flour, oil…
As a source of fibre, proteins, vitamins and minerals, maize is part of many tasty products. It is enjoyed for its various textures and flavours.

To progress even further, Kalizea is playing the innovation card on buoyant markets.

Building upon the diversity of its markets and the expertise of its teams, Kalizea is offering a range of more than 30 ingredients 100% OGM-free naturally processed by the fractioning of the maize kernel.
Its integrated organisation with local partners ensures the complete traceability of the production chain and secures the quality of the maize supply.
Its plants in France, Poland, and Romania enable it to export to international markets from the ports of Antwerp (Belgium) and Gdynia (Poland).
In order to meet its customers' expectations in terms of quality and food safety, Kalizea is working actively on product quality and prevention aiming to prevent any non-conformities. Its three production sites in France, Poland, and Romania are certified at FSSC 22000.
Its innovations are capitalising upon maize’s exceptional technical, nutritional and organoleptic qualities to offer new applications to its products...

• Nutrigerm®: this new range produced with toasted maize germ represents a new generation of ingredients that are both tasty and nutritional.
• Naturally gluten-free, maize is at the source of a new gluten-free products range responding to a growing market.

Kalizea in actions

La tourangelle

La Tourangelle

Kalizea and La Tourangelle, the leading French producer of specialty oils, have joined forces to introduce virgin maize oil to the general public. This flavoursome, gastronomic maize oil is produced exclusively in Kalizea's plant in Pringy, France, and sold under the La Tourangelle brand. Find out more

Kalizea prend racine en Roumanie

Kalizea puts down roots in Romania

Mid-2019, Kalizea's third European site in Slobozia (Romania) was inaugurated in the presence of the Romanian secretary of state for agriculture, the president of VIVESCIA, representatives from the French embassy, and Kalizea Boromir's customers and partner-farmers.

Expérimenter pour mieux innover ! Grâce à son nouveau laboratoire, Kalizea se donne les moyens d'aller plus loin dans sa démarche Recherche et Innovation

To experiment to better innovate With its new laboratory, Kalizea is taking the necessary steps to progress further in its Research & Innovation approach.

These new testing facilities, equipped with professional technical and culinary tools, are enabling the R&I to further investigate maize ingredients’ functionality and features. It also facilitates the assessment of new products’ potential applications and the provision of support to customers in the formulation and production process.

Kalizea in figures

2 production sites (France and Poland) $30 types of ingredients naturally processed by fractioning the maize kernel$ 70km Max distance from maize fields to Kalizea mills