Minister Verburg of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has awarded Cosun € 1 million for advanced research into the optimal use of sugar beet. Not only do we extract the sugar from the root (which is subsequently processed into pulp for fodder), but we also use other substances, both from the root and the leaves. The plant is gradually decomposed and transformed into valuable and useful new products: fibres, sugars from cell walls for e.g. the production of chemicals, proteins, minerals, etc. This process is called bio-refining.

Environmental Report 2009 is available
Cosun Environmental Report 2009 has been published. It can be seen on the website: www.annualreport-cosun.com. 

The report is only available in a digital format.Via the online publication you can consult various parts.

Cosun achieved a net turnover of EUR 1,758 million in 2009, an increase of 4% on 2008 despite the recession, which placed pressure on both sales volumes and selling prices. Despite the economic headwind, there was a clear 9% improvement in operating profit to EUR 93 million. Virtually all business groups managed to improve their operating profits.

Royal Cosun: high beet price and record sugar beet yield

The Board of Royal Cosun has set the price for quota beet from the 2009/10 campaign at € 43.00 per tonne. The beet price was announced during the meeting of the cooperative's members' council in Nijkerk. A distribution will also be made on old shares of € 2.25 per tonne of quota beet with 16% sugar.