Wholesale Cooking Oil Suppliers in Germany
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Germany is the European Union's largest edible vegetable oil consumer and processing market. The country is home to major processing and trading operations concentrated around Hamburg — Europe's largest edible oil processing port. Hamburg's port terminals handle millions of tonnes of crude vegetable oil imports annually, primarily crude palm oil (CPO) from Indonesia and Malaysia, crude soybean oil and crude sunflower oil from Black Sea and South American origins. Key German processing companies include ADM Hamburg, Bunge Germany, Peter Cremer, and Olenex (a JV between ADM and Wilmar). Domestically, Germany is a major rapeseed (canola) producer, with extensive crushing and refining capacity across Lower Saxony, Bavaria, and Brandenburg. German rapeseed oil is widely used in domestic food manufacturing and is exported across the EU. For buyers sourcing in Germany: the applicable food law framework is EU Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers (implemented in Germany via LMIV); EU Regulation 1308/2013 covers marketing standards; Germany's own LFGB (Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetzbuch) applies nationally. Allergen declaration and country/origin declaration of specific oil type are mandatory.
Sustainability requirements for cooking oil supply in Germany
Germany's major food retailers (Aldi, Lidl, REWE, Edeka, DM) and food manufacturers have some of the most advanced palm oil sustainability requirements in Europe. RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certification — specifically RSPO Mass Balance or Segregated — is a minimum requirement for palm oil in the supply chain of most German retail players. Several German manufacturers have committed to RSPO Segregated or RSPO Identity Preserved by 2025/2026. For sunflower and canola oil, German buyers increasingly require ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) or equivalent for renewables/sustainability claims. Germany's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP) and the Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG — Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, in force since 2023 for companies with 1,000+ employees) require large German companies to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence in their supply chains — including edible oil.