Israeli flavors and fine products company Frutarom has been taking over similar businesses all over the world for several years (see here).  However, it has now been swallowed up by the mighty US Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) for a … Continue reading →

Israeli flavors and fine ingredients company Frutarom has just bought Israel’s IBR (Israeli Biotechnology Research) for $21 million – Frutarom’s 32nd acquisition since 2015. IBR produces active ingredients for cosmetics and dietary supplements. http://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731151,00.html

Israel’s Frutarom has bought Poland’s Fabryka Substancji Zapachowych Pollena-Aroma, one of Poland’s leading producers of ingredients for the aromatherapy and natural cosmetics industries. It has also taken a 51% stake in Brazil’s savory solutions maker Bremil Industria. http://shares.telegraph.co.uk/news/article.php?id=5788599&epic=FRUT https://www.foodbev.com/news/frutarom-buys-51-brazils-bremil-industria-31m/

Israeli flavors and fine ingredients company Frutarom has made its ninth takeover of 2017. It has bought Israel’s Enzymotec – producer of InFat infant formula and other nutrition products. Enzymotec has around 100 registered patents and adds to Frutarom’s 79 … Continue reading →

Israeli flavors company Frutarom continues to expand by purchasing Irish savory taste solutions firm Redbrook for 40 million Euros.  Redbrook doubled growth in 3 years to 22.7 million Euros.  It is Frutarom’s sixth acquisition of 2016. http://www.frutarom.com/FrutaromNew/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=178&FID=618&PID=889&IID=2341

Israel’s Frutarom has paid $8.2 million for Germany’s Extrakt Chemie – maker of natural extracts including some used to treat liver diseases, digestive problems and prevent infections.  Frutarom’s fifth acquisition of 2016 is active in Denmark, Switzerland, France, Austria and … Continue reading →

Israeli flavors and natural ingredients company Frutarom has made its second acquisition of 2016 following 12 takeovers in 2015 and 29 in five years. It has now bought US ingredients company Grow for $20 million. Grow has an R&D and … Continue reading →

Israeli flavors and specialty natural ingredients company Frutarom has purchased 50% of Algalo Industries, based at Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz near Haifa. Algalo has a unique and innovative method for cultivating algae that contain active ingredients for the food nutrition industry. … Continue reading →

Israeli flavors and specialty fine ingredients company Frutarom Industries has acquired 75% of Polish savory flavor solutions company AMCO Sp for $20.7 million. Frutarom then purchased China’s flavor developer Inventive for $17 million. http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/12/09/793982/0/en/The-12th-Acquisition-by-Frutarom-This-Year.html http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-frutarom-acquires-polish-savory-flavors-co-amco-1001080101

Israeli flavors and ingredients company Frutarom has just acquired its eighth company in 12 months. It has paid $4 million for US flavors company Foote & Jenks. F&J specializes in flavors that mask the aftertaste of medicines. The purchase helps … Continue reading →