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New Partner in the United States

Viking Malt is happy to announce a new malt sale partnership deal with MoreFlavor Inc. in the United States. The company was originally founded in 1995 and their headquarter and main warehouse are located in Pittsburg, California. The other warehouse is in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. The company is focused on selling raw materials and equipment to … Read more

Focus on Corporate Social Responsibility CSR

At Viking Malt, we have focused on corporate social responsibility (Environment, Labor Practices, Fair Business Practices, Sustainable Procurement) during several years already. Certified environmental, quality and food safety management systems are good starting points for systematic improvement of performance, whereas participating in Sedex and EcoVadis has helped us to identify the main improvement areas. Both … Read more

Gluten Free Malt Extracts

Today Viking Malt product portfolio contains also malt extracts, produced by Senson. Very popular products are the Gluten Free Malt Extracts, which are containing less than  20 ppm  gluten. In terms of color or taste, there is no difference between gluten free malt extracts and traditional malt extracts. Gluten free malt extracts are typically used … Read more

New packing station in Halmstad

The Viking Malt plant located in Halmstad invested a while ago in a new modern bagging station for pallets. For our customers taking bags on pallets there are some changes to notice. Our standard pallet size used to be 600 kg, now it is 1000 kg. We have changed bag material from brown paper bag … Read more

The Development of Viking Malt sourcing in different countries

Organic Cultivation is demanding For cultivation of malting barley, an organic farming system means reaching a good barley yield together with high malting quality without any help of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Green manure grass, livestock manure and processed animal waste are used as fertilizer. Weeds are treated mechanically and kept under control with wide … Read more

Spendrups Value the Organic

Spendrups Bryggeri AB is a family owned brewery in Sweden. The company has long traditions in brewing since 1897 and more than 900 co-workers. Today Spendrups is known for the quality beer brands and many insipirational, growing new brands like Pistonhead and Brutal Brewing. We asked the Head of Brewery, Richard Bengtsson, how he sees … Read more