We create on trend beverages. Something for everyone to love!

We are a Swedish family business that develops on trend beverages. Our products are sold worldwide, and we’re considered a leading light in the industry. As the region’s most coveted employer, we’ve attracted a fantastic team. We draw on solid expertise, passion and commitment to create new beverages – something for everyone to love.

Sweden’s leading
beverage factory

Every year, 15 million litres of fine beverages pass through our warehouse. We are a broad beverage manufacturer in several categories such as cider, juice, lemonade, healthy shots, carbonated water, soft drinks, must, mulled wine. All under different brands. But we are also proud distributors of several international brands such as Lorina, Fonti di Crudo, San Miguel, Odd Island Brewing and Hobgoblin.

A Swedish company producing in Sweden

We believe that Swedish-made is the best option. Not always the cheapest, but with Swedish you get a safe, high quality product, usually fresher and of course better for the environment. Unfortunately, Swedish-made products are rare today and many major players are moving their factories abroad. We are proud to be a Swedish company that also manufactures and distributes all our products in Sweden.

Our four business areas

Herrljunga Drycker have four business areas. The largest and most important business is our own production, which today consists of cider, juice, lemonade, shot, soda, tonic, must, mulled wine and mineral water.

The second business is our contract production, also known as contract manufacturing, where we help industry colleagues produce their beverages.

The third business is trading where we are the agency for a number of well-known brands that we sell and market.

Last but not least, we have the visiting business, which we are constantly developing. Today it consists of our farm shop and our hotel and conference facilities. We organise a number of events each year around our festivals and welcome shopping-minded travellers.

Product development

At Herrljunga Drycker we have our own product development department. The product development team consists of flavour experts, concept developers, quality engineers and sales representatives. Ideas for new products come both from trend scouting and from consumer and customer preferences. As a major beverage producer, we have both extensive knowledge and experience in different types of beverages. But we’re still small enough to be fast, and we adapt easily to the world and changing circumstances. What the next news will be, well, you’ll have to keep an eye out for that.

Our history

1911 is not only the year the Mona Lisa is brazenly stolen from the Louvre in Paris, but also the year that Free Church pastor Oskar Svenberg grows tired of the lack of communion wine. Pastor Svenberg, who preaches in the Herrljunga region, begins to produce communion wine for his own use and for sale to like-minded people. Herrljunga Saftfabrik & Försäljningsaktiebolag is born.

The Branmark family takes over in 1945 and steers the ship to success over a football trip to England. The year is 1969, the spring air is fresh and the manufacturer Bertil is visiting a pub with his son Sture. They order in the local speciality “cider”. Love arises. Once back home, the Branmark duo start making what will become Sweden’s most popular cider. Before the dawn of ’69, the first green bottle has left the factory.

More beverage categories land in the factory, both own-produced and well-known external brands. The years pass and in 2023 the decision is made to change the name to Herrljunga Drycker AB, as the company is now a full-scale beverage house. The company is now run by the fourth generation of Branmark and in its own portfolio, Herrljunga Cider is still the most important brand, but stands side to side with a number of other beverage categories. As an agency, Fonti di Crodo, Lorina and San Miguel are also supplied to shops all over the country.

EMV partner

Do you need help producing your beverage, or do you have an idea for a drink but need help developing a complete recipe? We have a solid experience as a beverage producer for several generations. In our factory we produce everything from cider, soft drinks and juices to mulled wine, mineral water, tonic and a range of other beverages. We can help you all the way from product development to distribution and even sales and marketing if you wish.

We always strive to be as sustainable as possible in our production. The water we use is from our own well and the production is water-efficient as only 1.4 litres of water are used per litre of finished beverage produced. We also have our own production of PET bottles where it is possible to have a customized shape with our own tool and if you want recycled PET, so-called rPET, it is also possible. Depending on the type of beverage you wish to produce, we will develop the best solution for your purposes.

In Herrljunga Drycker’s factory is our own mustery – Herrljunga Musteri. In the mustery we cold press fruits, berries and vegetables of the best quality. Our ingredients are hand-sorted and we always strive to use as much Swedish fruit and vegetables as possible, depending on the season. The press residues from the mustery are converted into biogas in a nearby plant, all to make the best use of what nature has given us.

Are you interested in cold-pressed juice in your products? Or would you like to have cold-pressed juice delivered to your hotel, restaurant or café? Do not hesitate to contact us. Here you can read more about how we make ICA cold-pressed juice.

Packaging

Today, we can offer a wide range of glass and PET bottles and Bag-In-Box solutions. We also offer different types of caps, such as screw caps, crown corks and mashrum stoppers (champagne corks) with agraph and bonnet.