Benecol foods were launched in Finland in 1995 as part of major public health initiative to lower the nation's cholesterol.

Raisio's production plants are located in Finland and the company has operations in ten countries.

The key markets of Benecol products are Finland, the UK, Poland, Ireland and Belgium.

Hereby Raisio divested its food potato and diagnostics businesses and carried through several minor structural changes.

In 2021, Raisio acquired the Finnish company Verso Food Oy and published a new strategy for 2022–2025.