Our story

De Heus Animal Nutrition is led by the fourth generation of the De Heus family. Koen & Co de Heus both have the role of CEO and lead the company together.

“Every day, we work towards creating better access to safe and healthy food for a growing world population. We do so by providing our customers with the products and services they need to look after their animals and manage the sustainable development of their businesses.”

More than a century ago, on 28 April 1911, Hendrik Antonie de Heus founded his grain and flour trading company De Heus Graan- en Meelhandel. Several generations later, his company had become a global player in the world of animal feed. From the very start of the family business, values such as heritage and stewardship have been key, moulded into the way they think and operate. Meanwhile, the 4th generation is taking responsibility for the future. The company has always stuck to its conviction that you need to cherish what you have and take care of your business, while keeping an eye on the future. So that the company can be transferred from one family generation to the next, responsibly, and in a viable condition.

With dozens of country locations and more than 90 plants all over the world - from Europe to Asia and from South America to Africa - and exports to more than 70 countries, as a family business, De Heus Animal Nutrition has become a global producer of high-quality animal feed, producing compound feed, concentrates, premixes and special feed for different animal groups, including poultry, swine, ruminants, fish and shrimp. Worldwide, we supply our animal feed to livestock farmers and fish farmers – the producers of meat, fish, milk and eggs. In response to the growing global population and rising living standards, agricultural activities involving food production will continue to increase. De Heus responds to that growing demand for animal protein among an increasingly large part of the global population by particularly investing in those countries where we can play a prominent role in the further development of livestock & aquaculture farming. Stimulating local production and making optimal use of locally available nutrients. Here, too, De Heus tries to respond wherever possible to the welfare growth and progress of the local farmers.