Couplet Sugars

Over the last 175 years, Couplet Sugars has developed its know-how and expertise to become a major player in its market.

Mission

Our mission is to bring more flavour and pleasure to consumers by developing, together with the food sector, ingredients that improve taste, texture and appearance.

Our values

Entrepreneurial spirit
Valuing people
Professionalism
Openness
Delegation

175 years of history and know-how

Couplet Sugars has been a 100% family business for 175 years,
and is now being run by the sixth generation of the Couplet family.

Discover our history in a few dates:

1847
Dominique Couplet started making granulated sugar in the Lille region.
1890
Acquisition of the sugar factory at Wez, near Tournai
1937
Launch of Couplet brown sugar
1987
Launch of pearl sugar production.
1992
Launch of fondant powder production.
2003
Couplet sold its granulated sugar production to Iscal Sugar.
2005
Opening of the new brown sugar production facility
2007 - 2009
Launch of white, coloured (British spelling), and flavoured (British spelling) coated pearl sugars.
2012
COUPLET is FSSC 22000:2010 certified
2013
Launch of coated icing sugar and Beefondant
2015
Opening on site of a new state-of-the-art packaging facility.
2016 - 2018
Major capital expenditure for the construction of new offices, an application centre, storage warehouse and production lines