Lantmännen Biorefineries

About the distillery

Lantmännen Biorefineries is located in Norrköping and is the Nordics’ largest agriculture-based biorefinery. Here, grain and circular waste products from the food industry are processed in high-tech facilities, and the production is clearly driven by resource efficiency and climate ambitions. It is an industrial powerhouse rather than a traditional whisky distillery, but precisely because of the scale and the range of raw materials, the site is of interest to whisky lovers who care about the journey of raw materials from farm to finished product.

Raw materials and production

The production is based on grain and circular waste products from the food industry. The raw materials are processed in high-tech production facilities, where the content of starch, proteins, and fibres is used for different industrial purposes. Since Highlights bioethanol as a central product and states that the plant can produce grain-based ethanol as well as ethanol made from other generations’ raw materials—i.e., advanced biofuel. Capacity is stated as 230,000 m³ of ethanol per year. In addition, technical starch, carbon dioxide, and technical ethanol are produced, and another part of the company supplies Swedish-produced protein and fibre raw materials with low climate impact. The description points to a production logic in which the different components of the raw materials are used systematically and efficiently, rather than to classic malting, mashing, and distillation.

Maturation and cask types

No documented whisky or cask ageing is described in the material. What is highlighted instead is industrial processing of grain, waste products, and raw materials from other generations into, among other things, bioethanol, technical starch, carbon dioxide, and protein ingredients. The focus is on process utilization and resource efficiency, not on maturation in casks.

Whiskies

The company’s public profile is centered on industrial products rather than a whisky range. The main areas are bioenergy, biomaterials, and animal feed, where bioethanol stands as the most significant volume production. In addition, technical starch, carbon dioxide, technical ethanol, and protein- and fibre-based raw materials with low climate impact are produced. For a reader interested in whisky, it is especially interesting as a raw-materials- and process-driven biorefinery, but no current selection of whiskies or other distilled spirits is presented.

Visit the distillery

Contact information is provided for the company in Norrköping, but no public visitor experiences, guided tours, or tastings are described.

The distillery does not receive visitors.

Philosophy and craftsmanship

Lantmännen Biorefineries places emphasis on high resource efficiency, sustainability, and innovation. The company works with raw materials across the value chain and aims to convert grain and waste products into products that help customers reduce their climate footprint. The green sprout in the group’s communications serves as a sign of responsibility in work related to the environment and people, and the overall mindset is clear: nothing should go to waste.

Sustainability

• Processes grain and circular waste products from the food industry.

• Produces bioethanol with a focus on climate performance.

• Works with products intended to help customers reduce their climate footprint.