Blending Expertise and Innovation
Serving customers from field to first taste
At Soufflet Malt, every process within our integrated supply chain begins with what our customers need: sustainable, quality malts. We blend malting tradition with relentless innovation to deliver consistency and performance they can trust.
From the soil
Local growers count on us for lasting partnerships and seasonal security. Our agronomy expertise, including developing next-generation barley varieties, we connect harvests to quality-driven customers and build sustainable futures for farmers.
Inspiring innovation
Our MaltLab is shaping the future of malt. We’re offering bold new flavours and showcasing it as a versatile ingredient for a new generation of food and lifestyle products. We’re helping customers unlock new markets, industries and opportunities.
Masters of malting expertise
We’re operating Smart Malthouses using AI-driven tools that optimise malting parameters, monitor resource consumption, and flag variances. By combining decades of expertise with predictive insights, we boost productivity, sustainability, and quality.
Global logistics network
With over 90% of our malting barley sourced locally, we optimise routes and partner with industry leaders to decarbonise transport across our global supply chain. Our network delivers on time, removes barriers and simplifies logistics to make supply seamless for our customers.
Traceability
For customers seeking proof of origin and supply chain visibility we harness. blockchain technology., Tracing every grain, from field to first taste, our brands can offer clear assurance from field to first taste to help customers stand out with sustainability-minded consumers.
Sustainability
We lock our commitment to sustainability into every stage of the malt value chain, partnering with farmers, advancing regenerative agriculture, increasingly operating lower and zero carbon malthouses, and using greener transport to help build a lower-impact, future-ready industry.
Centuries of malting expertise, powered by innovation
Building on generations of craftsmanship, we apply AI, machine learning and smart predictive maintenance to refine processing, enhance productivity and advance sustainability. This drives constant transformation and operational excellence to meet today’s demands and tomorrow’s opportunities.
The making of malt
We tailor every stage of our malting process to unlock a world of choice and flavour to meet our diverse customer needs.
Steeping
The finest grains are gently soaked in steeping tanks with alternating cycles of water immersion and air rest.
Germination
As water content rises, germination begins and our grains begin to sprout. This awakens natural enzymes that lay the foundation for our flavour and aroma magic. Rootlets develop as the grain’s internal structure breaks down, producing what we call ‘green malt’, the essential intermediate stage before kilning.
Kilning
Dried carefully through different malting techniques at carefully controlled temperatures, the malt’s moisture content falls, allowing its colour to develop and aroma to emerge.
Roasting
With precision heating, every malt takes on a distinctive character, ranging from golden caramels with gentle sweetness across a whole range of characteristics to richly roasted with bold, deep flavours and colour.
Traceable quality consumers can trust
With blockchain technology and a simple QR code, each variety reveals its journey; transparent, authentic and responsibly sourced. This helps our customers reassure sustainability-minded consumers, meet reporting requirements, and turn traceability into both a story to share and an added value for their brands.