Copenhagen, July 4 - Swedish beet growers said on Friday that they and Danish beet growers were in talks with Germany's Nordzucker to buy the sugar arm of Danish ingredients group Danisco .
Nordzucker, Germany's second-largest sugar refiner, said last month it was planning a bid for Danisco sugar and was considering spending 700 million to 1 billion euros on the deal.
Otto von Arnold, Chairman of the Swedish beet growers association told Reuters the Danish and Swedish growers were in talks with Nordzucker over a bid.
When asked if the price for the division could be between 5 and 7 billion Danish crowns ($1.07 billion - $1.49 billion), Von Arnold said: "That is probably at the high end, but if Danisco has good possibilities of return then it's not an unreasonable level."
Asked if the price could be below 5 billion Danish crowns he said: "Yes, it's not impossible."