Roquette signs wheat supply and regenerative farming deal with Royal Canin

Roquette has signed a commercial agreement with Royal Canin and Mars Petcare that combines wheat-based ingredient supply to Royal Canin's European factories with a co-investment in regenerative agriculture run with Soil Capital. The program covers more than 60 farms and over 4,700 hectares in France, and 70% of each Soil Capital Certificate's value goes directly to farmers. Both companies will keep separate carbon accounting frameworks while using one verified data source.

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Market context

Wheat-based ingredients such as wheat gluten and wheat starch are widely used as protein and binding agents in pet food, where they help shape kibble texture and supply plant protein in place of animal meal. Demand for these ingredients is driven mainly by pet food manufacturers, with human food, paper and adhesives, and industrial starch applications adding to volumes. For suppliers like Roquette, long-term contracts with large branded food makers reduce volatility in offtake and make capacity planning easier. Buyers in this segment are also facing growing pressure to cut scope 3 emissions, which is tied closely to farm-level practices such as soil management and crop inputs. Agreements that pair ingredient supply with funding for farm transition can therefore shape which origins and suppliers are favored, and may influence how other processors approach sourcing of cereal raw materials. Grain price movements and farm-level costs remain the main factors affecting ingredient margins.

Source: official release on roquette.com. Summary and context written by Market Krystal.