For over 40 years the independent, owner-managed Stern-Wywiol Gruppe with its headquarters in Hamburg has been among the most successful enterprises operating internationally in the world of Food and Feed Ingredients. Stern-Wywiol Gruppe comprises 12 German specialist companies and 19 international affiliates producing many different functional systems for convenience foods. They include well-known specialist companies such as Mühlenchemie, Hydrosol, SternVitamin, DeutscheBack, SternEnzym, OlbrichtArom, HERZA Schokolade, Berg+Schmidt, SternLife and Sternchemie. SternMaid is the group’s contract manufacturer of food ingredients and supplements. All companies operate as independent centres of excellence. The Stern-Technology Center in Hamburg-Ahrensburg/Germany is a core part of the group, dedicated to wide-ranging applications research and offering the entirety of group expertise to each member.