bretange

FOOD INDUSTRY
#1 French region for
food industry
#1 French region for
Eating well,
today and
tomorrow
agriculture
#1 French region for
fishing and fish farming
FISH & SEAFOOD
FISH,
CRUSTACEANS &
SHELLFISH
#1 French region for
production value
14,910 employees
2,510 companies
51% of French
production
VEGETABLES, FRUIT & CEREAL
RICH IN FIBER
AND VITAMINS
#1 French region for
vegetable production
11% of French fruit
4.5 million tons of cereal
(wheat, corn, barley, etc.)
4,105 vegetable farms
13,670 employees
LIVESTOCK
SAFELY-BRED
ANIMALS
#1 French region for
poultry, pork and beef
56% of French pigs
33% of French chickens
DAIRY PRODUCTS
THE FRENCH DAIRY
FARM
13,000 milk producers
750,000 cows
76 million tons of cream
90 million tons of butter
76 million tons of yogurt
READY-MADE MEALS
MEALS WITH A TASTE OF
HOME
A unique innovation platform:
CENTRE CULINAIRE
CONTEMPORAIN
CANNED FOOD
CANNED FISH &
VEGETABLES
345 MILLION
cans of fish / year
22,053 hectares
dedicated to processed
vegetables
71% of which for peas
and beans
COOKIES, PASTRIES &
BAKED GOODS
A MAJOR SOURCE OF
PLEASURE
€1 BILLION in
revenue for bread,
pastries and cookies
60 companies
(> 20 employees)
SEAWEED
#10 in the world for
seaweed production
71,000 tons
90% of French
production
40 nutrition,
cosmetics, food and
animal health
companies
BRETAGNE BOASTS SUSTAINABLE BIODIVERSITY IN
EUROPE'S LARGEST SEAWEED DEVELOPMENT REGION
ORGANIC PRODUCTS
ORGANIC IS GREEN
IN BRETAGNE
1,848 organic farms
(16,752 hectares certified or under
conversion)
22% of French organic
milk
#1 region for organic
vegetables with 3,409
hectares
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY
SAFETY & QUALITY
FOR CONSUMERS
3,248
qualitycertified and originprotected producers
230 ISO 9001- and/or
ISO 14001-certified
plants
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT
& INNOVATION
IN BRETAGNE, WE
SEEK AND WE FIND
2 innovation clusters:
Valorial and Pôle Mer
Bretagne Atlantique
14 technology
innovation centers
1 unique network of
research centers and
institutes: INRA, ANSES,
IRSTEA, etc.
63 agriculture schools
3 fishery schools
19,723 students
FOOD
AGRICULTURE
 #1 for food industry
 €20 Bn in revenue
 70,000 employees
 14 of the 20 largest
companies in France are
based in Bretagne
 230 iso 9001- and/or iso14001-certified plants
 #1 for agriculture
 #1 for livestock
 €9 Bn in revenue
 35,000 farmers
 70,000 employees
 8.56 million tons