The Pfeifer & Langen industrial and trade KG, based in Cologne, is an in-family-owned food company. The historical core of the group is the sugar manufacturer Pfeifer & Langen. The other activities of the group are held by the subgroups Intersnack, a manufacturer of snack and nibble products which is the owner of a British Snack company KP Snacks, Tayto (Republic of Ireland) and the subgroup Naturkost Group, created in 2019,[2] with business activities in the production and sale of functional food raw materials, functional proteins and functional carbohydrates. In addition, the group holds a 50% share in the food manufacturer Krüger (including instant coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate). The entire group achieved a turnover of 3.63 billion euros in the 2019 financial year.