{{Short description|German milk and whey processing company}}

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{{Infobox company | name = Meggle Group | logo = Meggle dairy logo.png | logo_size = 200 | type = | industry = Dairy | fate = | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = 1887 | founder = Josef Anton Meggle | defunct = <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = Wasserburg am Inn | hq_location_country = Germany | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Matthias Oettel, Henning Dehler, Marcus Hormuth <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.meggle-group.com/en/management | access-date = 29 August 2018 | title = Management }}</ref> | products = | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | revenue = 1037 million (2021)<ref name="Bundesanzeiger">Bundesanzeiger: Meggle Aktiengesellschaft, Wasserburg a. Inn: Konzernabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 1 January 2021 bis zum 31 December 2021 (Consolidated financial statement, business year 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017) – To retrieve at: [https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/ bundesanzeiger.de] – Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (german)</ref> | num_employees = 2467<ref name="Bundesanzeiger"/> | num_employees_year = 2021 | parent = | website = {{URL|https://www.meggle-group.com/|meggle-group.com}} }}

'''Meggle''' is a German milk and whey processing company based in Wasserburg am Inn.

== History == In 1882 Josef Anton Meggle founded a dairy in Wasserburg am Inn. In order to expand, Josef's brother Jakob opened a sales office in Dresden in 1886 – but he speculated and the company went bankrupt. In March 1887, Josef Meggle started all over again and founded the company again.<ref name="XVII International Dairy Congress: XVIIéme Congrés International de Laiterie. XVII Internationaler Milchwirtschaftskongress 1967">{{cite book | title = XVII International Dairy Congress: XVIIéme Congrés International de Laiterie. XVII Internationaler Milchwirtschaftskongress | publisher = The Congress | issue = v. 17 | year = 1967 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QeYqAQAAMAAJ | language = fr | access-date = 18 September 2018 | page = 565 }}</ref> In the following decades the company continued to grow and in the 1930s became the largest dairy in Munich. In 1932, semi-automatic production began with machines forming 250&nbsp;g and 500&nbsp;g butter pieces. The breakthrough for Meggle came with the 37th International Eucharistic Congress in Munich in the summer of 1960. Meggle was chosen to supply the 500,000 international participants with butter during the week-long event. Meggle developed the portion butter – and created a new product category. In 1998, the company was restructured and became a stock corporation. In 2012 the companies revenue exceeded one billion Euros for the first time.<ref>{{cite news | date = 15 January 2013 | title = Meggle knackt die Umsatz-Milliarde | language = German | newspaper = Passauer Neue Presse | location = Passau }}</ref> 2020, they restructered the company again. Now, the Meggle Group GmbH is the Holding company for all Meggle subsidiaries.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.lebensmittelzeitung.net/industrie/nachrichten/Neue-Gesellschaftsstruktur-Meggle-AG-wird-zur-Group-GmbH-144494 | title = Meggle AG wird zur Group GmbH | website = lebensmittelzeitung.net | access-date = 20 September 2023 }}</ref> Meggle has production and sales locations in North and South America and Asia. In Eastern Europe, milk, cheese, cream and yoghurt products for local markets are produced at several locations.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.meggle.com/en/company/history/ | title = Meggle – History | website = www.meggle.com | access-date = 25 August 2018 }}</ref>

== Products == Meggle produces butter and butter specialities such as herb, garlic and truffle butter. In 1995, cooled baguettes with herb butter were added to the product range.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.meggle.de/en/home.html | title = Meggle – Products | access-date = 25 August 2018 }}</ref>

In its ''Meggle Business Unit Excipients'', Meggle develops and sells lactose-containing starting materials for the pharmaceutical industry.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.meggle-pharma.com/ | title = Meggle Pharma | access-date = 25 August 2018 }}</ref> ''Meggle Business Unit Excpients'' is one of the leading market players in the global pharmaceutical lactose market.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.medgadget.com/2018/04/global-pharmaceutical-grade-lactose-market-expected-to-reach-usd-229-48-million-by-2023-key-players-are-basf-se-merck-kgaa-kerry-inc-dfe-pharma-meggle-armor-pharma-and-more.html | title = Global Pharmaceutical Grade Lactose Market Expected to reach USD 229.48 million by 2023 – Key Players are BASF SE, Merck KGaA, Kerry Inc. DFE Pharma, Meggle, Armor Pharma and More | date = 20 April 2018 | access-date = 29 August 2018 }}</ref>

== Slogan and logo == thumb|Meggle logos Since the 1990s, Meggle's slogan is ''"Ich bin ein Gourmeggle"'' – a portmanteau of the words ''"Gourmet"'' and ''"Meggle"''. The company introduced a cloverleaf-logo in the 1930s, which was reworked several times over the decades.

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.meggle-group.com/}}

Category:Dairy products companies of Germany Category:Food and drink companies established in 1887 Category:Food product brands Category:Companies based in Upper Bavaria Category:German companies established in 1887