PeelPioneers

PeelPioneers is the first fully sustainable peel collector of the 21st century. PeelPioneers processes orange peels, which would otherwise be incinerated, into functional ingredients for the food industry. The company was founded in 2017 by Lindy Hensen, Bas van Wieringen and Sytze van Stempvoort and opened the world's first orange peel factory in 2018 in Son, the Netherlands. PeelPioneers plans to expand into Europe with five new peel plants in the next years.

PeelPioneers is the first producer of raw materials from citrus peels in Northwest Europe. In this way, PeelPioneers is responding to the growing need of the North-West European customers for a local supply chain. Thanks to the local production of high-quality food ingredients, they are no longer dependent on seasonal oranges or transport from outside Europe. In this way, Peel Pioneers contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions.