• What is the largest oilseed crop in Hungary?
  • Sunflower is our largest oilseed crop in Hungary. We produce more than 600 thousand hectares. We offer our partners reliable varieties from the best breeders, whether high or low oleic.
  • What products does Viterra Hungary sell?
  • Viterra Hungary markets, and in its Fokt? plant produces, sunflower seed, rapeseed and soybean oil, which are primarily sold to the feed and biodiesel industries and, after refining, to the edible oil industry.
  • Who makes vegetable oil?
  • Viterra Vegetable Oil Manufacturing Ltd., a company of Viterra Hungary, operates one of the largest oilseed crush plants of Central Europe. The Fokt? Plant operates top quality vegetable oil production technology with cutting-edge equipment that fully complies with stringent European environmental regulations.
  • What is sunflower husk used for?
  • During vegetable oil production sunflower husk and meal are also produced as side products. Due to its excellent burning properties (high calorific value, low moisture and ash content), sunflower husk is widely used as a fuel both in power plants and household biomass boilers. In order to ease its use, we also sell husk in pellet form.