Search Home About Royal Smilde Foods Press / Media Contact You are here: About Royal Smilde Foods : History Markets Products Brands History The origin of Smilde Foods BV Smilde Foods BV was founded in 2010 as part of Royal Smilde through the merger of Romi Smilfood and FanoFineFood. Since February 2018 under the name Royal Smilde Foods, it is a young company, but with a rich history. In 1863 Arend Smilde bought the first business premises in Heerenveen. After initially focusing mainly on the slaughter of livestock and the melting of fats, from the 1960s onwards, the focus was more on refining and blending fats into high-quality raw materials for the professional market. In the early 1970s, various margarine factories were taken over, including Benninga's Friesche Margarine Fabrieken in Leeuwarden. This resulted in the Bebo brand being acquired. In 1978 a new business building was built in Heerenveen and the margarine companies were merged under the name Smilfood. In 1986, the production of the Rotterdam Margarine Industrie in Vlaardingen was taken over, with Romi as the brand. Romi and Smilfood merged in 1998 to form the Business Unit Margarine, Oils and Fats. The history of FanoFineFood goes back to the 1930s. As two separate companies, Fano from Oosterwolde and FineFood from Emmen made products such as filled soup and fries for both professional users and consumers. Both companies were also active in the salad market. The ranges complemented each other well. Around 1980, Smilde Holding bought both companies and brought them together under a new Business Unit: Koelvers. In the following years FanoFineFood grew, among other things through acquisitions of Abee Salades from The Hague and Profood in Oldenzaal. Element of: Royal Smilde Foods PO Box 200 NL-8440 AE Heerenveen Industrieweg 11 NL-8444 AS Heerenveen T +31 (0) 513 639 639 F +31 (0) 513 639 492 E info@smildefoods.nl Home About Royal Smilde Foods Press / Media Markets Products Brands Sitemap Terms and Conditions Disclaimer Privacy statement Contact