The name Hansa Food Commodities comes from The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) which was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 1100s, the league came to dominate Baltic maritime trade for three centuries along the coasts of Northern Europe. Hansa Food Commodities embodies the values and heritage of the league by trading and business not only in Europe, but all over the world.