Circular Food Innovation: Reploid and PFG Drive Sustainable Resource Cycles

With the entry of Premium Food Group (PFG) into Reploid Group AG (Reploid), an alliance is created that exemplifies the necessary restructuring of food production: away from linear processes with high losses, towards closed cycles with regional added value.

“The joint initiative is focused on closing nutrient cycles within food production more efficiently and thus making a decisive contribution to efficient resource conservation,” says a company statement from Reploid.

Reploid: Stock exchange as a growth boost for companies

At the beginning of July 2025, Reploid made its debut on the Vienna Stock Exchange with a starting price of €1,370 per share and has shown a slightly positive performance since then.

Reploid’s business area is the breeding and utilization of soldier fly larvae. A specially developed modular breeding system, the so-called “ReFarmUnits” (insect fattening units), makes it possible to utilize low-quality biomass with insects on an industrial scale with unprecedented efficiency.

The insects are the starting material for protein-rich feed alternatives or other organic raw materials. These substitute for established raw materials such as palm oil or coconut oil, thus also reducing the negative impacts of their respective production processes.

Partnership for upcycling own biogenic waste streams

With this investment, PFG, which is considered one of the leading players in food production, is signaling its clear commitment to making production cycles more closed and sustainable in the future.

The close partnership with Reploid potentially aims to systematically return waste streams to the cycle. This transforms an ecological necessity into an economic opportunity: reduced disposal costs, additional added value, and a stronger contribution to climate protection. Furthermore, Reploid’s technology is decentralized and rapidly scalable, with outstanding benefits for all parties in this supply chain.

Tönnies wants to bring laboratory technology into added value

What’s remarkable is that Reploid originates from a technology-oriented environment, and PFG, as an industrial partner, now provides direct access to pilot applications. This means that research is not left in the laboratory but integrated directly into the value chain.

Agriculture could benefit from the project

Agriculture could also potentially benefit from this initiative because Reploid technology could create new sales opportunities for by-products that have not been fully utilized so far.

If biogenic waste is no longer left unused in the future, but is instead purposefully recycled into production processes, this will also make a measurable contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions. This will conserve valuable resources such as arable land and energy.

New production facility planned in Vorarlberg

In mid-August, a company press release also announced that Reploid had paved the way with the “11er Group.” The goal of the non-binding letter of intent is to utilize potato peels using insect larvae together with the “11er Group.”

For this purpose, an insect breeding facility is planned in Vorarlberg to utilize food waste. Regional distribution of insect raw materials is also being investigated, with a focus on a special organic soil improver (fertilizer) for regional agriculture, with a focus on potato cultivation.

Traditional company breaks new ground

The long-established 11er Group (11er Nahrungsmittel GmbH) is an Austrian family business based in Frastanz, Vorarlberg. Its core competency lies in potato processing, specializing in potato specialties such as French fries, croquettes, rösti, and similar products. The “11er Group” has been promoting innovative circular economy for years and, as a shareholder in Reploid, is not only supporting the environment and agriculture but is also embracing this as part of its corporate culture.

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