Holéo: the story of two French family businesses

Behind every bottle of Holéo lies more than 30 years of expertise and the meeting of two French family businesses: Food Ingredients and the Huilerie de Lapalisse. Here is their story.

Food Ingredients: flavor expertise since 1994

Founded in 1994, Food Ingredients is a French family business specializing in flavors and flavored oils. Based in Lapalisse in the Allier region, it has spent more than 30 years developing innovative solutions for the food industry.

It was from this expertise that the idea of Holéo was born: to create a plant oil that recaptures the real taste of butter, thanks to a natural flavor developed in-house. A technical challenge that required years of research to achieve an authentic and indulgent result.

The Huilerie de Lapalisse: over a century of expertise

The Huilerie de Lapalisse has been a vegetable oil producer since 1898. That is more than a century of mastery in oil pressing and refining. This family business, also based in Lapalisse, has unique expertise in selecting and processing sunflower and rapeseed seeds.

Their expertise guarantees the quality and traceability of the oils used in Holéo: raw materials grown in France or Europe, processed locally.

A natural partnership

The meeting between Food Ingredients and the Huilerie de Lapalisse was a natural fit. On one side, expertise in natural flavors. On the other, mastery of quality vegetable oils. Together, they developed Holéo: an authentic butter-flavored plant oil made from just 3 natural ingredients.

Made in France, from seed to bottle

The entire production chain is controlled:

Raw materials: sunflower and rapeseed oils grown in France or Europe
Refining: carried out by the Huilerie de Lapalisse
Flavoring: natural flavor developed by Food Ingredients
Packaging: bottled in Lapalisse (Allier, France)

This short supply chain guarantees freshness, quality and a reduced carbon footprint.

A shared vision

The two families share the same values:

Innovation in the service of better eating
Respect for the environment and biodiversity
Support for local farming supply chains
Transparency about product composition

Holéo is more than a product. It is the concrete expression of a family commitment to food that is healthier, more responsible and just as delicious.

Discover the product born from this partnership: Holéo, the plant-based butter alternative.