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Roquette Frères S.A.
French family-owned starch and pharmaceutical excipients company; pioneered pharmaceutical-grade parenteral dextrose ~40 years ago; brand: Lycadex PF (pyrogen-free dextrose monohydrate for IV/PD solutions); operates new GMP injectable carbohydrate facility at Lestrem, France; supplies global PD solution and parenteral nutrition manufacturers; one of the largest pharmaceutical starch/glucose suppliers in Europe
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Roquette Beinheim Plant →
FRBeinheim, Alsace · wet_mill
Secondary wheat gluten production plant.
Roquette Frères -- Lestrem, France (Cyclodextrins) →
FRLestrem, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France · biomanufacturing
Roquette primary starch biorefinery and cyclodextrin production; Lestrem (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) sugar beet and wheat starch processing hub. Roquette is Europe's largest starch-to-specialty chemicals company. Produces pharmaceutical-grade cyclodextrins (KLEPTOSE brand) from wheat and corn starch via enzymatic conversion. Major European supplier of HP-beta-CD to pharmaceutical companies.
Roquette Lestrem Plant →
FRLestrem, Hauts-de-France · wet_mill
Roquette primary production facility and company headquarters; produces VITEN vital wheat gluten; 250+ R&D researchers on site.
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Pharmaceutical Excipients & Parenteral
35%Food & Nutrition Ingredients
30%Industrial Starches & Sweeteners
25%Animal Nutrition
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Origin2018
Roquette pioneered pharmaceutical-grade parenteral dextrose powder approximately 40 years ago (circa 1985), enabling modern large-volume parenteral (LVP) solution manufacturing to shift from glucose solutions prepared fresh in hospital pharmacies to centrally manufactured, commercially sterile PD and IV solutions. Roquette's Lycadex PF (pyrogen-free dextrose monohydrate) is used worldwide by PD solution manufacturers as the primary osmotic agent. The Lestrem facility is the largest starch-processing complex in Europe and represents the concentrated European production location for pharmaceutical dextrose.
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