Germania Backmittel Fritz Preller KG

Our origin is in Berlin, Mehringdamm 51, Kreuzberg. There, in 1925, the merchant Fritz Preller founded the company with the state-loyal name "Germania Nahrungsmittelfabrikate". The business idea was to sell chicken protein powder directly to bakeries. Under the product name "GERMANIA-S" we were able to offer a chicken protein powder with good whipping properties. In addition to other products for bakeries, we set up a butcher department as a second mainstay. Spices and sausage aids were sold. The customers were mainly based in the eastern provinces of the then Free State of Prussia, in Saxony, Thuringia, Mecklenburg and Anhalt. At the time of the second Berlin crisis (Khrushchev ultimatum, from 1958) we searched intensively for a second production facility in what was then West Germany because of the threat to West Berlin. Finally we found a suitable property in Miltenberg am Main, which we were able to purchase. Because of the Berlin funding for manufacturers and first-time buyers, production initially remained in Berlin. It was not until 1991 that the company headquarters were completely relocated to Miltenberg and production in Berlin was stopped.