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BarthHaas Group (Joh. Barth & Sohn + Haas)
BarthHaas Group (Nürnberg, Bavaria Germany; private; merged entity of Joh. Barth & Sohn GmbH and Barth-Haas Group including John I. Haas USA) is the world's largest hops trading company — handling approximately 35-40% of global traded hop volume annually. BarthHaas sources hops from Germany (Hallertau), the United States (Yakima Valley, Willamette Valley), Czech Republic (Žatec/Saaz region), Slovenia, Poland, New Zealand, and Australia. BarthHaas provides extract production, pellet processing, and proprietary variety development. Joh. Barth & Sohn was established in 1794 in Nürnberg — making it one of the oldest continuously operating hop trading companies in the world. BarthHaas publishes the 'World Hop Report' annually — the definitive reference for global hop production statistics. BarthHaas's John I. Haas subsidiary (Yakima WA) is one of Yakima Valley's largest hop buyers.
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Hop Trading & Merchant Services
60%Hop Products (Pellets & Extracts)
30%Variety Development & Nutraceuticals
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Did you know2024
BarthHaas is globally known as the world's largest hop trading company — the intermediary between hop growers in Hallertau and Yakima and brewers worldwide. What the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry is beginning to recognize is that hops (Humulus lupulus) — a close botanical relative of cannabis (they are in the same Cannabaceae family) — contains bioactive compounds with significant pharmacological interest. Xanthohumol, a prenylated chalcone found only in hops, has been investigated for anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-obesity, and antimicrobial activities. Isohumulones (the bittering agents from hops) have shown activity in type 2 diabetes management research. BarthHaas's variety breeding program and extract expertise position it as a natural supplier of standardized pharmaceutical-grade hop compounds for clinical research and nutraceutical development — the same company supplying bittering pellets to AB InBev also supplies xanthohumol extracts to supplement researchers investigating a cancer-relevant plant compound. The world's beer ingredient monopolist sits at the nexus of brewing and botanical medicine.
BarthHaas Group ↗Origin2023
Joh. Barth & Sohn was founded in Nuremberg, Bavaria in 1794 by Johann Barth — a hop merchant in one of Germany's historically important market cities (Nuremberg was a key trading hub of the Holy Roman Empire). For 230 years, the Barth family has traded hops from Germany's Hallertau region (the world's largest contiguous hop growing area) and from international sources. The merger with John I. Haas (USA, Yakima Valley) created BarthHaas — now the world's largest hop trading entity. Publishing the World Hop Report since 1951 (annual global hop production and trade statistics) has given BarthHaas a quasi-official data role in the global brewing industry — the report is cited by brewers, researchers, and commodity analysts worldwide. The 1794 founding makes Joh. Barth & Sohn one of the oldest continuously operating German trading companies surviving through the Napoleonic era, German unification, both World Wars, and post-war German division.
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