A subsidiary of Avril, Saipol is a committed player at the heart of the entire oilseed sector and an essential link between the agricultural world and mass consumption.
Saipol has built strong relationships both with its suppliers — seed producers and collectors — and with its industrial customers.
All with a twofold objective: to turn consumer demands for quality, traceability, and environmental commitment into a driver for supporting French agriculture.
More than 120,000 farmers cultivate rapeseed and sunflower in France.
Saipol prioritizes French seeds and occasionally supplements its supply with imported seeds to meet demand and ensure the continuity of production at its industrial sites.
Collecting organizations work with Saipol in rapeseed and sunflower production areas. Saipol also relies on them to deploy new solutions for oilseed crops.
At 5 of its 6 sites — Grand-Couronne (76), Le Mériot (10), Sète (34), Bassens (33) and Verdun (55) — Saipol processes rapeseed. The Lezoux (63) and Bassens (33) sites process sunflower seeds. Moreover, only Le Mériot (10), Verdun (55) and Lezoux (63) work exclusively with French seeds.
Saipol fully valorizes the seeds into products such as protein-rich meals, vegetable oils (pretreated, crude, and refined), energies (Diester, Oleo100, OleoVE), vegetable glycerine, and lecithin. All of these products are intended for our industrial and transport sector customers.
Our customers are industrial players in key sectors such as human food, animal nutrition, energy, and chemistry. They also include companies that handle freight and passenger transport or operate captive fleets.
Products derived from oilseeds can be found on our plates, in our hygiene, cosmetic, or technical products, and in our means of mobility.
- Vegetable oils
(crude and refined)
- Vegetable glycerine
- Lecithin
- Protein-rich meals
- Pre-treated vegetable oil
- Energy: Diester®
- Energy: Oleo100®
- Animal feed manufacturers
- Agri-food industries
- Ingredient-food industries
- Chemical industries
- Oil companies
- Energy distributors
- Local authority fleets
- Freight transport
- Passenger transport
- Construction and public works
- On our plates: plant-based foods (vegetable oils) and animal-based foods (dairy, meat, and poultry products from animals fed with oilseed meals).
- In our daily lives: hygiene products (toothpaste, soap, hand sanitizer), cosmetics, or technical applications (glycerine, processed vegetable oils).
- In our transports: daily travel (light vehicles using B7 fuel at the pump), passenger transport, and freight transport (heavy-duty trucks running on Oleo100).
WHO GROWS them?
Farmers
More than 120,000 farmers cultivate rapeseed and sunflower in France. Saipol prioritizes French seeds and occasionally supplements its supply with imported seeds to meet demand and ensure the continuity of production at its industrial sites.
Learn more about our seed sourcing.
WHO COLLECTS them?
Collecting organizations
Collecting organizations work with Saipol in rapeseed and sunflower production areas.
Saipol also relies on them to deploy new solutions for oilseed crops.
WHO PROCESSES them?
Saipol
At 5 of its 6 sites — Grand-Couronne (76), Le Mériot (10), Sète (34), Bassens (33) and Verdun (55) — Saipol processes rapeseed. The Lezoux (63) and Bassens (33) sites process sunflower seeds. Moreover, only Le Mériot (10), Verdun (55) and Lezoux (63) work exclusively with French seeds.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SEEDS?
Products
Saipol fully valorizes the seeds into products such as protein-rich meals, vegetable oils (pretreated, crude, and refined), energies (Diester, Oleo100, OleoVE), vegetable glycerine, and lecithin. All these products are intended for our industrial and transport sector customers.
WHO USES OUR PRODUCTS?
Industrial companies and transport businesses
Our customers are industrial players in key sectors such as human food, animal nutrition, energy, and chemistry. They also include companies that handle freight and passenger transport, or operate captive fleets.
WHERE DO OUR PRODUCTS END UP?
Consumers
Products derived from oilseeds can be found on our plates, in our hygiene, cosmetic, or technical products, and in our means of mobility.