# Meggle Group

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

{{primary sources|date=March 2026}}

{{Infobox company
| name                = Meggle Group
| logo                = Meggle dairy logo.png
| logo_size = 200
| type                = 
| industry            = [Dairy](/source/Dairy)
| fate                = 
| predecessor         = <!-- or:
| predecessors        = -->
| successor           = <!-- or:
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| founded             = 1887
| founder             = Josef Anton Meggle
| defunct             = <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| hq_location_city    = [Wasserburg am Inn](/source/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:
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| revenue             = 1037 million (2021)<ref name="Bundesanzeiger">[Bundesanzeiger](/source/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](/source/milk) and [whey](/source/whey) processing company based in [Wasserburg am Inn](/source/Wasserburg_am_Inn).

== History ==
In 1882 Josef Anton Meggle founded a [dairy](/source/dairy) in Wasserburg am Inn. In order to expand, Josef's brother Jakob opened a sales office in [Dresden](/source/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](/source/Munich). In 1932, semi-automatic production began with machines forming 250&nbsp;g and 500&nbsp;g [butter](/source/butter) pieces. The breakthrough for Meggle came with the [37th International Eucharistic Congress](/source/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](/source/Aktiengesellschaft). 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](/source/Passauer_Neue_Presse)
| location    = [Passau](/source/Passau)
}}</ref> 2020, they restructered the company again. Now, the Meggle Group [GmbH](/source/GmbH) is the [Holding company](/source/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](/source/North_America) and [South America](/source/South_America) and [Asia](/source/Asia). In [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe), [milk](/source/milk), [cheese](/source/cheese), [cream](/source/cream) and [yoghurt](/source/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](/source/compound_butter). In 1995, cooled [baguette](/source/baguette)s 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](/source/lactose)-containing starting materials for the [pharmaceutical industry](/source/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](/source/portmanteau) of the words ''"[Gourmet](/source/Gourmet)"'' and ''"Meggle"''. The company introduced a [clover](/source/clover)leaf-logo in the 1930s, which was reworked several times over the decades.

== References ==
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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

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