The establishment of GIVESCO was the starting point for ownership of a large number of companies producing baked goods, desserts and sweets, and the Group now consists of more than 50 companies around Europe, divided into the Food, Frozen/Chilled Cakes & Dessert, Confectionery, and Investment & Innovation divisions.
The company is among the world's leading producers of crispy pork scratchings, while offering a complementary quality range of snacks, popcorn, peanuts, crisps and Tex-Mex variants. Both own brands and private labels are produced.
See more at www.ok-snacks.dk
The company produces and sells biscuits in Denmark, but most of its sales are abroad, where "Danish butter cookies" are very popular and known as a quality product.
See more at www.jacobsens-bakery.com
The company produces and wholesales tortilla wraps, snacks, sauces and related products in both domestic and export markets. Production only takes place in Denmark.
See more at www.leightonfoods.com
The company, based in Poland, specialises in the production of sauces, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, dressings, bread sticks, marinades and spices.
See more at www.fanex.pl
The company bottles at source and distributes worldwide AQUAVIA, the uniquely sourced naturally alkaline water, with a 9.4 pH, from Sequoia Valley, in the Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania, Romania.
See more at www.aquavia.ro
The company bakes a wide range of cakes, such as muffins, tarts and pastries, as well as cake bases and products for the ice cream industry. Production only takes place in Sweden.
See more at www.switsbake.se
The company bakes apple slices, small, sweet rusks, Danish deep-fried biscuits, other biscuits and related products in Denmark, where the majority of sales are made.
See more at www.coronet.dk
The company produces roulades, cutting cakes, muffins and the like, but is probably best known for its production of Danish Lemon Moon Cake.
Cakes are produced in the small town of Give in Denmark, but also in a number of European countries
There is production in the small town of Give in Denmark but also in a number of European countries
See more at and www.dancake.dk
The company bakes a wide range of dessert cakes under its own Almondy brand, as well as with Daim, Marabou, Toblerone and Oreo brands. They are produced in Sweden and exported to around 50 countries - among other things, because the cakes can be enjoyed in all Ikea restaurants.
See more at www.almondy.com
The company produces doughnuts in its own bakery in Sweden.
The company produces a wide range of dessert cakes under its own Dessert Factory brand and also with Daim, Marabou, Toblerone and Oreo brands. Production takes place in Belgium.
See more at www.dessertfactory.be
The company is a holding company for a number of companies producing baguettes, cakes and desserts in 5 different factories in Germany and Poland. The company specialises in cakes for freezing.
See more at www.bakery-food.de
The company produces a wide range of delicious dessert cakes under its own Vittles Foods brand and also with Daim, Marabou, Toblerone and Oreo brands. Production takes place in England.
See more at www.vittlesfoods.co.uk
The company is a trading company specialising in the wholesale of cakes, desserts and croissants, etc., to the foodservice industry; in particular, catering. The range consists mainly of frozen products that simply need to be thawed and are then ready to serve.
See more at www.dinafood.dk
The company produces and sells chocolate and sugar products, both on the domestic and export markets. In addition to Denmark, production takes place in Poland and Finland.
Carletti is probably best known for P-tart and Banana Marshmallow (Skumbanan), which first appeared on the market in 1953, but the company is behind a wide range of other quality brands. Carletti also makes products for private labels.
See more at www.carletti.dk
The company produces chocolate-covered marshmallows in a factory in Sweden, under the two brands, Smarry and Smaskens, which are well-known brands in Sweden, but it also exports to Denmark, Norway, Finland and Germany.
See more at www.cocandy.se
Schouw & Co. is a listed industrial conglomerate headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark. The company invests in leading Danish industrial companies and develops the companies through value-creating, with active and long-term ownership. Globally, the portfolio companies have production facilities in 25 different countries around the world. The current portfolio of 100-owned companies consists of:
See more at www.schouw.dk
The company buys, renovates and sells production machinery for the food industry.
See more at www.danish-industrial.com
Hands-on Mikrofonden invests smart money in growth companies in Denmark, with great potential in Green Tech, Food and AI/digitisation. The fund provides strong business advice before, during and after investment.
See more at www.hands-on-mikrofonden.dk
GIVESCO A/S is a foundation-owned company with a long-term view on investments. Over the years, we have acquired a particularly high level of industry knowledge and production know-how, which we wish to continue investing in companies producing baked goods, desserts and sweets.