Wild Flavors acquires Cargill's juice business

Rebecca Prescott2 Jul 2012

Wild Flavors has successfully completed the acquisition of Cargill's global juice cold blends and compounds business after receiving all necessary antitrust approvals.

The acquisition was first announced on 17 April.

Michael Ponder, CEO of Wild Flavors, said: "Combining our expertise with the capabilities of the newly acquired business enables Wild to offer the most complete product portfolio in the global juice business.

"This further supports Wild Flavors unique market position as the truly single source of supply for all of the natural ingredients our customers need to produce a high-quality, finished beverage product."

The acquisition adds a global network of three production and storage facilities with direct sea access in Japan, the Netherlands and the United States to Wild Flavors existing operations.

Source: Wild Flavors

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