Bel Group

Groupe Bel is a French multinational food company with over 160 years of history, founded in 1865 and headquartered in France. The company is best known for pioneering the individual portion format in the food industry, a concept introduced in 1921 by Léon Bel with the invention of La Vache qui rit® (The Laughing Cow®), a brand that has become iconic worldwide and remains central to the group's identity. Today, Groupe Bel operates across three core product territories — dairy, fruit, and plant-based — with a portfolio of more than 30 brands distributed in over 126 countries. The company employs more than 11,000 people globally, reflecting its scale as a major international CPG player in the cheese, dairy snacking, and fruit-based food segments. Its product range is built around individually portioned, convenient, and shelf-stable or refrigerated formats designed for on-the-go consumption by consumers of all ages, with a particular emphasis on families and children. Key brands in the portfolio include La Vache qui rit®, alongside a diverse lineup of dairy, fruit, and plant-based offerings tailored to local and global markets. Groupe Bel has formally adopted a 'mission company' (entreprise à mission) status, embedding four social and environmental objectives into its corporate charter: promoting products that contribute to healthier diets, preserving the planet and regenerating natural resources, improving access to more responsible and sustainable products, and creating shared value across its ecosystem. The company's individual portion format is positioned as a tool for reducing food waste, ensuring food safety over extended periods — sometimes without refrigeration — and delivering precise nutritional servings of dairy and fruit. This format has broad appeal across retail and foodservice channels globally. With deep expertise in dairy processing, fruit-based product manufacturing, and emerging plant-based food categories, Groupe Bel serves mass-market retail, convenience, and export channels across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The group's long-standing commitment to accessible nutrition, combined with its global distribution network and multi-category product innovation, positions it as a key supplier and brand owner in the international packaged food industry.