Schwartauer Werke is a leading German food manufacturing company and one of the top suppliers of the food retail trade.

The company was founded in 1899 by brothers Otto and Paul Fromm as an open trading company under the name “Chemische Fabrik Schwartau”.

Schwartau is based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The factories are located in Bad Schwartau. 

The company’s products include jam, fruit spread, cereal, protein and fruit bars, dessert sauces, refrigerated fruit preparations and coffee and fruit syrup.

Since 2002, Schwartauer Werke has been part of the Swiss food producer Hero, in which Arend Oetker holds a majority interest. Since then, the company name has been” Schwartauer Werke GmbH & Co. KGaA “.

Londou Trading became the exclusive distributor of Schwartau in 2005.