Private company
Mestemacher
German food company
Mestemacher GmbH is a German bakery and food manufacturing company headquartered in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Founded in 1871, the company specializes in packaged wholegrain breads, Westphalian pumpernickel, organic bakery products, protein breads and international bread specialties. Mestemacher is particularly known for its long-life bread products, which are preserved through pasteurization rather than artificial preservatives.2 It employed 572 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryfood industry1
- HeadquartersGütersloh1
- Websitewww.mestemacher.de
- Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
- LEI391200ZV9AQ0RDE41N383
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressAm Anger 16, 33332 Gütersloh, Germany3
- Registered withLocal Court Gütersloh, HRB 16043
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Mestemacher GmbH is a German bakery and food manufacturing company headquartered in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Founded in 1871, the company specializes in packaged wholegrain breads, Westphalian pumpernickel, organic bakery products, protein breads and international bread specialties. Mestemacher is particularly known for its long-life bread products, which are preserved through pasteurization rather than artificial preservatives. The company exports its products to more than 50 countries and is regarded as a leading producer of packaged wholegrain bread and pumpernickel.2
Products and brands
Mestemacher produces a range of packaged bakery products, including Westphalian pumpernickel, wholegrain rye breads, organic breads, protein breads and international bread specialities such as wraps.
The company is known for using pasteurisation technology to achieve a long shelf life without the use of chemical preservatives.
From Wikipedia’s article on Mestemacher, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1871Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.mestemacher.de1
- WikipediaMestemacher
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1770034
Sources
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- 1WikidataMestemacher on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMestemacher on Wikipedia
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsMestemacher photo by Mestemacher GmbH, CC BY-SA 4.0