WHAT'S COOKING FRANCE

Listed in a source registry

France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)

What is established and what is not

No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 23 official records from 17 official sources are on file. 4 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.

Facts on file, each with its evidence type

• Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-07-28. Domain registry record
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1981. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 200 and 249 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Registered feed-sector operator (record type: registered-feed-operator) [official record; status green] On the state register of feed-sector operators. A record, not a permit. checked 2026-10-26. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of feed-sector operators under EU Regulation 183/2005
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €122.0M, profit €4.1M. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2025-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• Certifications verified (record type: certs-verified) [official record; status green] Certificates were matched against the issuing register. checked 2026-09-07. Agence Bio, registre officiel des operateurs bio (open data)
• Market access approved: European Union (record type: market-access-eu) [official record; status green] Shows the establishment is approved for the listed activities under the EU food-hygiene rules and appears in the EU list of approved establishments. It is not an import check and not an observation of current production. checked 2026-08-22. TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
• Approved food establishment (record type: sector-licence-food) [official record; status green] Allowed to produce food under official inspection. checked 2026-10-03. French Ministry of Agriculture (DGAL), register of establishments approved under EU Regulation 853/2004
• EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-07-23. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 2 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-23. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-23. OpenSanctions
• No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-07-23. OpenSanctions
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. effective since 2026-07-21. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025 Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-07-23. VIES
• Owners named in the company register (record type: ownership-gleif-parent) [official record; status green] Ultimate accounting consolidating parent (GLEIF): What's Cooking Group. GLEIF names the company's accounting consolidating parent: the entity that includes it in its consolidated financial statements. This is not a register of beneficial owners or of control. checked 2026-10-04. GLEIF global LEI index
• Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
• Organic certification in the state registry (record type: organic-certified) [official record; status green] Issued by an accredited body. We show the expiry date because a lapsed certificate proves nothing. checked 2026-10-15. EU organic operator register (TRACES NT), European Commission
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 10.85Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-08-31. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-08-19. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 1 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Relationships

6 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• What's Cooking Group: Consolidating parent (accounts), registry number 549300EOHIZUJWKQ3G67. GLEIF global LEI index
• 2 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• MEZIDON ESPACE DOCTEUR ZUCKERMANN, 14270, Mézidon Vallée d'Auge: Holds the site's permit, registry number 14.431.022. TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
• RUE ALFRED ZUCKERMAN 14270 MEZIDON VALLEE D'AUGE: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• ZI ESPACE ZUCKERMANN route de Percy, 14270 Mézidon Vallée d'Auge: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Candidates, not confirmed

• whatscooking.group: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)