Brenntag North America, part of Brenntag Group, has secured a deal to distribute Silvateam’s pectin in the US and Canada.
Based in Italy, Silvateam produces products used in a range of applications such as food, beverages, and animal health and nutrition.
Silvateam’s Aglupectin manufacturing facility in Rende has an annual capacity of 2,000 tonnes and the company said its production process enables the creation of bespoke pectin for customised projects and speciality products.
Brenntag has now been appointed the exclusive distributor of the company’s Aglupectin line in the US and Canada.
Brenntag North America marketing director Larry Davis said: “We are excited about our new relationship with Silvateam and the continued expansion of our value-added, functional ingredient options.
“The combination of our food and nutrition team, new food application lab, and Silvateam’s technical expertise position us well to provide quick solutions to our customer’s formulation questions when using pectins.”
Silvateam CEO Alessandro Di Mase said: “Silvateam is a fast-growing company with an excellent reputation in the industry. We are excited to work alongside Brenntag North America to promote our range of specialty pectin.
“Brenntag’s strong technical expertise, service orientation, and sales team offer the market our tailor-made solutions for texture, mouthfeel, viscosity, flavour release, and suspension.”
Pectin is a natural product widely used for its gel formation, thickening, and stabilising properties in applications such as fruit juices, jams, marmalades, dairy, confectionary, and bakery.
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