Kühne - A company with history

Ten generations under the motto of fine taste. Today, vinegar dominates Kühne's business. Way back in 1722, a small vinegar brewery was established in Berlin, which was taken over by the Kühne family forty years later. Two generations later, the company‘s name-giver Carl Ernst Wilhelm Kühne took over the vinegar brewery and became the first man to introduce a decisive innovation: The Schützenbach high-speed vinegar production process allowed the small-scale business to expand into a modern industrial production site. Fermentation was achieved on a purely biological basis in enormous oak or pitchpine fermenting vessels. The result impressed even the Prussian royal court. In 1876, His Majesty, King William I, declared Kühne as a royal supplier. Years of expansion followed: New factories, new production methods and new products were the driving forces behind further growth. After the new beginning in 1945, Kühne moved its headquarters to Hamburg. Reconstruction was followed through with determination. And with the right sense of the new times, Kühne transformed into a successful producer of brands.

The brand Kühne

The Kühne family was prepared to face the future as early as 1634. Their coat of arms features a three-leaf clover (and not a four-leaf one) to symbolize you should not rely on luck alone.

In the course of the centuries, the clover evolved into the company‘s trademark, the green Kühne cloud.

Up to this very day, the knight‘s helmet is another important element of that trademark. It stands for reliability, courage, honesty, initiative and fighting spirit.

Still today the success of Kühne is based on these values.

Since 1722 Kühne is producing products with a high degree of quality and an aromatic taste.

The colours of Kühne:

• Green symbolizes nativeness and healthiness;
• Yellow symbolizes freshness and quality.

The Kühne-logotype is the original signature of Carl Wilhelm Kühne and symbolizes the tradition of the family enterprise.

This leads Kühne through their business: only products with a high quality are sold.