Tereos is a French agricultural cooperative and industrial group that processes sugar beet, sugarcane, and cereals into sugar, starches, sweeteners, plant proteins, ethanol, and other bio-based ingredients. The company serves food, feed, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets and operates production sites primarily in Europe and Brazil.
For the chemical industry, Tereos supplies industrial-grade ethanol (fuel and specialty grades), fermentation substrates, and a wide range of starch derivatives and syrups used as intermediates in biobased chemistry. Its operations emphasize co-product valorization—such as animal feed from distillers grains—and energy efficiency through cogeneration and circular use of materials.
Owned by farmer-members, Tereos integrates agricultural supply with large-scale processing and R&D focused on bio-based solutions and decarbonization pathways, supporting the transition from fossil-based to renewable feedstocks in multiple value chains.