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Can DSM Firmenich merger deliver on its synergistic promise?

By Shane Starling

DSM and Firmenich’s mooted 2023 ‘Merger of Equals’ will create a nutrition, food ingredients and fragrances behemoth with 277 years of collective business experience and a combined annual revenue pushing towards €12 billion (£10.2bn).

Industry Movers: DSM, Arjuna and ADM

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Industry Movers: DSM, Arjuna and ADM

By Will Chu

The ‘great resignation’ appears to continue unabated with the nutrition industry being no exception. Here, NutraIngredients rounds up the moves made for March and April.

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EFSA Panel rules on trio of supplement ingredients

By Will Chu

The European Food Safety Authority (ESFA) has taken the month of July to give its scientific opinion on a number of dietary supplement ingredients following requests from the European Commission.

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Gut simulation expands health benefits of HMOs in adults

By Stephen Daniells

The potential health effects of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) for adults may extend beyond just promoting the growth of beneficial Bifidobacteria to also impacting immune function and the gut barrier, says a new study.

DSM CFO Geraldine Matchett said the company has built up an inventory of supplies to meet customer demand while its vitamin C facility in China is shut down for four months.

NEWS IN BRIEF

DSM benefits from temporary vitamin price effect while raising 2018 outlook

By Mary Ellen Shoup

DSM reported above market volume and sales gains for Q1 2018 with strong performance in its underlying nutrition business, which grew 5% in volume compared to the same period last year driven by strong sales in its i-Health and vitamin pre-mix businesses....

DSM finishes sale of pharma assets to US firm

DSM finishes sale of pharma assets to US firm

By Hank Schultz

DSM has completed a major milestone in its restructuring into a smaller, more profitable and more focused company as it finalized the sale of its pharmaceutical manufacturing assets to US-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

DSM debuts enzyme ingredient designed to break down residual gluten

DSM debuts enzyme ingredient designed to break down residual gluten

By Hank Schultz

Consumers who are seeking to limit their exposure to gluten have another line of defense in a new product released by DSM. Called Tolerase G, the enzyme can serve to break down residual gluten in a meal before it can cause a reaction, the company said.

DSM flexing its acquisition muscles at IFT

DSM flexing its acquisition muscles at IFT

By Hank Schultz

DSM will highlight all the recent additions to its royal crest at IFT. The multinational food, beverage and supplement ingredient supplier will in particular be featuring its life’s DHA ingredient at the Institute of Food Technologists show in New Orleans...

Omega-3’s newest big fish reveals sector ambitions

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2014

Omega-3’s newest big fish reveals sector ambitions

By Shane STARLING

Mid-last year the chief of Norwegian omega-3 player EPAX told us, “We are the last of the big omega-3 independents.” Soon after US agri-food company FMC had snapped it up for $350m. Here FMC Nutraceuticals general manager Daniel H. Rosenbaum talks through...

DSM holds first-ever call for innovation partners

DSM holds first-ever call for innovation partners

By Maggie Hennessy

In an effort to jumpstart growth in new product development, ingredients giant DSM is hosting its inaugural Innovation Partnering Conference at its Parsippany, NJ, headquarters in June.

ONC is strong in omega-3 supplements, but could drug apps hold greater promise?

DSM eyes generic omega-3 drug space with €420m ONC buy

By Shane Starling

DSM will use its global reach to drive its latest acquisition - fish-sourced omega-3 leader, Ocean Nutrition Canada, beyond its core North American market – but sees opportunities in generic drugs that may prove more lucrative.

Martek: End of an era

Martek name to disappear as DSM creates new Nutritional Lipids business

By Elaine Watson

Seven months after sealing a billion dollar deal to acquire Martek, DSM has created Nutritional Lipids, a new division that will combine Martek’s algal omega-3 and omega-6 products and DSM Nutritional Products’ polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) portfolio.

Supply: Beta-carotene club and beyond

Special Edition: Antioxidants

Supply: Beta-carotene club and beyond

By Jane Byrne

In the second part of our antioxidants special, NutraIngredients focuses on the carotenoids where the vitamin A converter, beta-carotene, is still lording it over lutein and lycopene and DSM and BASF’s synthetic versions continue to dominate that particular...

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