What is "tereos"

Tereos S.A. is a French maker of sugar, starch and bioethanol.

Tereos produces sugar based on sugar beet and sugar cane. It also engages in the production of fondant sugar.

Subsidiary Syral processes cereals into a range of native starch, starch sugars ( glucose syrup, maltodextrin, dextrose, and polyols from corn and wheat starch), bioethanol and by-products intended for animal feed and the supply of electricity.

Tereos has 35 industrial facilities mainly in France and Brazil, but also Czech Republic, Réunion, Mozambique, Spain, Italy, UK and Belgium which produce 2.9 million tons of sugar, 1.8 million tons of starch based products (subsidiary Syral) and 1.5 million m3 of alcohol and ethanol.

The company its headquartered in Lille, France.