Royal Cosun is a cooperative with approximately 11.000 members* who are arable farmers. They grow, among other crops, sugar beet which are processed in the sugar production plants of Suiker Unie. Every harvesting season, crystal sugar is extracted from the beet, an average of some 805.000 tonnes per year.

Our members supply their beet on the basis of the number of shares they own in the cooperative. These shares cannot be freely traded for example at the stock exchange.

The members have direct influence on the policy and strategy of the cooperative through elected representatives who are the members of the Members’ Council. The Council elects the members of the Board and the Supervisory Board.

* The cooperative consists of nearly 8.000 direct members (category A). Over 3.500 beetgrowers are members (category B) of two regional cooperatives. Both are members (category C) themselves of Royal Cosun.