Food Ingredients

CPL’s strategy consultants can help you understand the commercial and technical nuances of the food ingredients industry. We can advise you on the best strategy for your business to follow.

The food ingredient sector has seen some rapid changes in recent years. For example, this includes changes in how ingredients are manufactured, side streams valorised, and ingredients sold. The drivers behind these include consumer preferences, e.g. in clean-label  ingredients, plant-based foods and alternative proteins.  There have also been significant technical advances e.g. in fermentation.

The sector has attracted much interest from Private Equity and other investors. There has been a significant amount of recent M&A activity. For example, there has been a wave of consolidation and carve-outs with the involvement of leading players such as IFF and DSM-Firmenich.

CPL Business Consultants has focussed on the food ingredients market for over 35 years, gaining unmatched experience and insight in this sector. We have assisted international companies as they diversified out of commodities such as sugar and grains, helped innovators build health ingredient portfolios and guided companies entering the food ingredients sector.

Working with many of the world’s leading ingredient companies, CPL has covered a wide variety of strategic topics. These include diversification, vertical integration, research & development and market entry strategies. CPL’s services also include identifying and  assessing food ingredient companies for inorganic growth. CPL are the go-to food ingredients strategy consultants for those who require experience, authentic insight, intellectual rigour and commercial understanding.

The case studies below illustrate CPL’s consulting experience and expertise in the food ingredients sector. Please click on a title to see examples of specific engagements CPL has completed.