Cooperative group
Cooperative group
Cristal Union Group is among the leading European producers of sugar and alcohol. The Group has more than 2,000 employees at group level and 9,000 cooperative members. Its structure and operations are based on the cooperative model.
Strategy and Expertise
Strategy and Expertise
A pioneer in the challenges of agriculture and industry, Cristal Union has for many years placed innovation and sustainability at the heart of its priorities.
Performance and Sustainability
Performance and Sustainability
We are committed to combining our industrial performance with clear environmental choices. At the heart of the challenges we face today and tomorrow is a huge responsibility: that of conserving the land we cultivate.
Careers
News
News
Keep up with our news throughout the year as we mark the beet harvest season and keep you informed about investment programs, Annual General Meetings and meetings with stakeholders.
- News, Press releases

Cooperative group
Cooperative group
Cristal Union Group is among the leading European producers of sugar and alcohol. The Group has more than 2,000 employees at group level and 9,000 cooperative members. Its structure and operations are based on the cooperative model.
Strategy and Expertise
Strategy and Expertise
A pioneer in the challenges of agriculture and industry, Cristal Union has for many years placed innovation and sustainability at the heart of its priorities.
Performance and Sustainability
Performance and Sustainability
We are committed to combining our industrial performance with clear environmental choices. At the heart of the challenges we face today and tomorrow is a huge responsibility: that of conserving the land we cultivate.
Careers
News
News
Keep up with our news throughout the year as we mark the beet harvest season and keep you informed about investment programs, Annual General Meetings and meetings with stakeholders.
- News, Press releases

Food, health, cosmetics...
Our products are present at many moments in our daily lives.
Behind each of them lies a solid cooperative model and recognised agricultural, industrial and commercial expertise.
It is a human, collective and committed adventure to build today the agriculture and industry of tomorrow.

Our news

Published on 24/12/2025

All the Cristal Union teams wish you all the best for 2026

Published on 10/12/2025

Cristal Union launches Cristal Vision Empreinte zéro

The only comprehensive and certified approach to sustainability.

Nine thousand farmers rallied to better protect soils and biodiversity, and to reduce the carbon footprint of their production.

Unprecedented action, innovative tools, technical and financial support.

Published on 01/12/2025

Cristal Union renews its strategic partnership with the Mauritius Sugar Syndicate

This multi-year partnership guarantees high-quality Mauritian sugar preferential access to the European market

All news

A group of men and women committed to producing the best

Our cooperative is an extension of each of our members’ own farms.
This model carries a responsibility: it compels us to look far ahead, very far ahead, to ensure the long‑term future of sugar‑beet growing by securing our growers’ income and providing them with the visibility they need to manage their operations with confidence. Olivier de Bohan Chairman

Governance and cooperative model

Agricultural and industrial performance, sustainability

Our Strategy

COMMITTED TO DECARBONIZATION

Agricultural practices and R&D

Valuing our raw materials and resources

Cristal Union’s 2025 CSR Report

Our operations

Sugar

As the cooperative's longest-running operation, sugar production represents nearly two-thirds of Cristal Union's revenue. The Group's 8 sugar factories convert sugar beets grown by cooperative members into sugar destined for large retailers and industrial applications.

Sugar

Alcohol

The product of fermentation and distillation of agricultural raw materials, ethyl alcohol is produced from sugar beets, whole wheat and wine substrates. Our industrial facility fitted with the latest technology allows us to offer a very wide range and high-quality products.

Alcohol

Bioethanol

With its ethanol production operations and use of ethanol as a biofuel, Cristal Union is fully engaged in the future of the European energy market. Ethanol is part of the composition of E10 and E85.

Bioethanol

Animal feed

The by-products from the sugar production process (sugar beet pulp) and distilleries (wheat biomass), as well as harvested alfalfa are processed in the dehydration units. Processed granulates ads energy and protein to animal feed.

Animal feed