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Dr. Schär
Dr. Schär is a manufacturer of foods and food supplements for coeliac disease and other conditions with special dietary requirements. The company has its headquarters in Burgstall (South Tyrol). Dr. Schär AG is the parent company of an international group of companies. The company's shares are family-owned.[3]

In the gluten-free nutrition market segment, Dr. Schär is represented in Europe, North America, Brazil, Turkey, India and Israel. The company is one of the leading suppliers of gluten-free food in Europe and is the market leader in Germany and Italy.[4] Furthermore, Dr. Schär manufactures products with modified and controlled fatty acid content, designed for the nutritional therapy of chronic renal insufficiency and for ketogenic diets.

Dr. Schär operates 18 locations in eleven countries and employs over 1600 people.

History
Founded in 1922 by Anton Schär, a district doctor, and Gottfried Untertrifaller, a merchant and miller from Bolzano, the company initially dealt in products for healthy nutrition, especially for children.

In 1979 the brand was bought by Ulrich Ladurner, the son of a Merano grocer, who invested in the production of health food. In 1980, Dr. Schär began the production of gluten-free foods. The development took place particularly at the end of the 1990s, when gluten-free products began to be introduced into the mass retail trade. In 2003, a research laboratory was opened in the scientific centre in Trieste, while in 2013 it acquired Gourmet Italia and opened its own factory in Borgo Valsugana. In 2015, again in Borgo Valsugana, it built Pizza Center, a centre specialising in the production of pizzas. In 2022, the company invested in a programme for the recovery and valorisation of gluten-free cereals and pseudocereals.

Sites
In addition to its head office in Postal, near Merano in South Tyrol, the company has 18 locations in 11 countries, including the R&D laboratory at the AREA Science Park centre in Trieste.