{
  "id": 17760619,
  "title": "Pfeifer & Langen: The sweet years are over - How Chio chips and Ültje save a sugar dynasty through the crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/pfeifer-langen-die-su-en-jahre-sind-vorbei-wie-chio-chips-und-ultje",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/zuckersteuer-chips-und-ueltje-retten-eine-zuckerdynastie-durch-die-krise-01/100263452.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Pfeifer & Langen, a 156-year-old German sugar manufacturer, is facing a crisis in the sugar industry, according to its CEO Michael Schaupp. The company, valued at €2.6 billion, has seen its profits decline due to low sugar prices, increased costs, and free imports. Despite this, Pfeifer & Langen has diversified its business, with its snack division, Intersnack, now three times larger than its sugar business, and has made a $2.9 billion deal to acquire part of US snack maker Utz Brands. The company's revenue was €6.5 billion in 2025, with its sugar business no longer the largest contributor.",
  "summary": "\"White gold\" made Pfeifer & Langen big. But the sugar business is in crisis. Salty snacks now bring in three times more sales. Exclusive insights into a secretive family business.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}