The experts for fava beans
We are experienced and reliable partners for the development of new applications from Fava beans. We make their diverse properties tailored to the wishes of our customers usable.
With our ideas and products, we bring local fava beans into food production.
Perfect synergy
Experienced experts in cultivation, processing and application technology
ROLAND BEANS GmbH is a partnership joint venture of RAISA and ROLAND MILLS UNITED established in 2019. In this way, we combine our complementary competences in cultivation, raw material supply, processing and application technology of fava bean along the value chain in an ideal way.
Secure supply and large capacities
We offer our customers a secure supply of specific products from legumes and, with our know-how, make an important contribution to the further development of a modern food industry.
Roland Mills United
Leading grain mill
...and manufacturers of hydro-functionally modified specialty flours
Gluten-free processing line
2019 Investment and construction of a gluten-free processing line for milling as well as fractionation of starch and protein from pulses.
RAISA
Primary cooperative
RAISA is now one of the largest primary cooperatives in Germany
Diverse agricultural business
Active in diverse branches of the agricultural business
Regional to international
RAISA is operationally active regionally (Northern Germany), but in the age of globalization and digitalization has a network of holdings with national and international interconnections
Founded in
summer 2019
Marketing of
processed pulses
for the EU and export
Advantages of ROLAND BEANS
Advantages
KOSHER
HALAL
Adaptable
At ROLAND BEANS, the properties are always adjusted without additives or chemicals, taking into account a minimal processing strategy.
This enables applications for the Fava bean that would otherwise be denied to it. We only use water, steam, pressure or heat in the manufacturing process.
Debittered
products
Protein
intensified
Roasted
products
REGIONAL VALUE CREATION
Location advantage: Due to the agronomic conditions of our North German coastal region, our fava beans achieve high protein efficiency.
Regional value chain: Through our organization, we offer you a regional value chain – from the field to specialized primary products for your food production.
Security of supply: With cultivation advice and cultivation contracts, we ensure a secure supply of Fava beans and their products in turbulent commodity markets.
Scale up: Our strategy and our company are geared towards growing markets.
Roland Mills United GmbH & Co KG is a traditional milling company in Northern Germany with a long experience in the production of safe and customized milling products. His expertise in various food technology applications is highly valued by his customers.
Early on, the company opened up new applications for its grinding products with innovative processing methods, such as hydrothermal treatment. As its latest innovation, the company has invested in a plant for grinding and protein enrichment of fava beanand other legumes. This is a response to the changing needs of the consumer in a world where the importance of a sustainable diet that protects resources is increasing. Strictly separated production and conveying routes ensure that the products are allergen-free.
Today, the RAISA eG is one of Germany’s largest primary cooperatives and operates regionally in various sectors of the agricultural business. It is an agricultural company and a local supplier for the region. Within the RAISA Foods division, RAISA eG organizes, among other things, the regional cultivation of fava beans, thereby ensuring a needs-based supply for the joint venture Roland Beans GmbH. In this way, Roland Beans GmbH is once again utilizing the untapped market potential of the fava bean in this traditional cultivation area. This can contribute to the long-term support of soil health and biodiversity in the region (North German coastal region).
With a plant for cleaning and shelling fava beanat the Cadenberge site, a regional value chain with also international marketing of the products was established. Today, the company owes its outstanding market position in the marketing of fava bean to the pioneering spirit of its founders.
Bremen location
Coastal bean cultivation
The beans for our premium fava bean products grow in the heart of an important bean-growing region directly on the German North Sea coast. We are in direct contact with the producers. Further processing and finishing in Bremen is carried out at the highest level.