Renowned international producers of functional food ingredients
Belgian family-run business Cosucra obtains inulin, oligofructose, pea proteins, pea starch and pea fibre from chicory and yellow peas. The Cosucra Groupe can trace its origins back to 1852. GBFI (Georg Breuer Food Ingredients) has had close links with the company for more than 25 years.
cosucra.com
This Belgian family business has been synonymous with premium speciality sugars for more than 170 years. As market leader, Couplet Sugars creates tailormade products for the baked products and confectionery industry, including high-quality instant fondant powder, pearl sugar and brown sugar, which are also available in organic grade.
coupletsugars.com
The world's largest supplier of sunflower seeds is located in the middle of the greatest sunflower cultivation area in Europe. Europack started producing sunflower protein in a completely new production plant in autumn 2020.
europack-bg.com
GEMEF was supplying the market with field beans in 1897. Nowadays the business with its factory in Aix-en-Provence and head office in Paris is Europe’s leading manufacturer of top-quality crispies – and continues to be family-owned.
gemefindustries.com
Hayashibara is a subsidiary of Japan-based Nagase Food Ingredients and the leading provider of the functional ingredient trehalose (Treha™).
nagase-foods.com/treha/
Since it was established in the 1970s, the Irish food group has advanced to become one of the market leaders in its industry. Kerry is one of the most important producers of texturised and functional proteins for vegetarian dishes and meat products.
kerrygroup.com
The best bits of the tomato: Lycored is a provider of fragrant, natural, flavour-enhancing tomato concentrate from tomato serum, manufactured in the USA and Israel.
lycored.com
Sacchetto S.p.A., based in the Piedmont region of Italy, manufactures high-quality starch products from wheat and rice. The long-established company has been family-owned for three generations.
sacchetto-starch.com
Shin-Etsu is one of the leading manufacturers of methyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. The Japanese company supplies its products TYLOPUR® and METOLOSE® from production facilities in Japan and Wiesbaden in Hesse.
setylose.com
“Société de texturation de proteins”, abbr.: SOTEXPRO, is a subsidiary of our partner GEMEF Industries and based near Reims. The French company produces texturised proteins and functional flours from peas, beans and rice.
www.sotexpro.com
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