A global producer, marketer and provider of ingredients for food and beverage industry, has acquired a 50% stake in Mais Frut, a Brazil-based manufacturer and marketer of frozen fruits, fruit purees and juice concentrates for the food and beverage industry, for an undisclosed amount.
The products of the two partners complement each other and will support D?hler's growth plans in South America, the company said.
The acquisition allows D?hler to access raw materials from a wide range of South American fruit varieties and enables it to develop innovative food and beverage applications.
Located in the city of Antonio Prado, Brazil, Mais Fruta sells frozen fruits under the 'Nono Silvestre' brand. The company offers frozen purees and fruit juice compounds, fruit preparations for the ice cream industry and ready-to-mix fruit juice blends to retail and food service customers throughout Brazil.
Headquartered in Germany, D?hler has 23 production sites, 48 sales offices and application centers, as well as sales activities in more than 130 countries, offering flavors, colors, specialty and performance ingredients, cereal ingredients, dairy ingredients.
