Products & Markets

Lotus Bakeries has opted for a brand policy based on authentic specialties from the biscuit and cake world: caramelized biscuits, gingerbread, waffles and galettes, cake specialties and pepparkakor biscuits. This policy is implemented by strengthening Lotus Bakeries’ leadership in these products in their regions of origin, and stimulating their internationalization.

CARAMELIZED BISCUITS

Caramelized biscuits are an original Belgian specialty. They owe their typical taste to the caramelization of the sugar during the baking process. In Belgium, Lotus caramelized biscuits are a top product across the biscuit market.
Lotus caramelized biscuits are proving increasingly popular internationally, so that today 75% of sales are realized outside Belgium.
Consumers also want to experience the unique Lotus caramelized biscuit taste in other products that are strongly anchored in their consumption patterns. For this reason Lotus caramelized biscuit spread and Lotus caramelized biscuit ice cream have been developed on the basis of Lotus caramelized biscuits, enabling consumers to find again the familiar and unique Lotus caramelized biscuit taste in these products.

GINGERBREAD

This authentic product from the Low Countries (modernday Belgium and Holland) has developed
very strongly in the Netherlands, where gingerbread is very popular. Strong brands like Peijnenburg and Wieger Ketellapper have been turned into modern, contemporary concepts that match the consumption patterns of today’s conscious consumers. Koninklijke Peijnenburg has more than 60% of the Dutch gingerbread market. Lotus wants to market these products more strongly, first of all in Belgium. This product will be redynamized, with product development and innovative packaging, under the Lotus brand.

 
CAKE SPECIALTIES

This group of authentic products is difficult to bring under a common denominator. In almost every case these are specialties that are very popular in their region and country of origin.
These specialties have an outstanding quality and strong branding. These products, like frangipane, madeleine, carré confiture and Zebra in Belgium, Glacés and Enkhuizer cookies in the Netherlands and Breton butter specialties are mainstays for the popularity of the Lotus brand.

WAFFLES AND GALETTES

Belgium has long been famed for its waffles. Lotus Bakeries has a very wide range here consisting primarily of Liège waffles, soft waffles, filled waffles, galettes (thin, crispy waffles) and vanilla waffles.

PEPPARKAKOR BISCUITS

Pepparkakor biscuits are traditional Swedish biscuits. It is a thin and crispy biscuit enriched with cinnamon and ginger spices. Annas Pepparkakor introduced the pepparkakor biscuits as a specialty in Sweden, Finland, the United States, Canada and many other countries.