NutraIngredients-USA caught up with the plant extraction and ingredient developer at SupplySide West in Las Vegas to hear about their latest ingredients and insights on key trends in the industry.
Naturex is calling on innovative start-ups with fresh ideas on plant-based ingredients, green technologies and novel farming processes to collaborate with it thorugh Ingenium, its open innovation accelerator scheme.
Boosted by botanicals, Naturex's WinDrink range targets a new breed of consumer who is interested in sports nutrition but wary of complex, synthetic ingredients.
Naturex has seen sales rise 13.2% to €83.2m in Q1 2013, with Nutrition its star core business performer, leaping about 33% from €22m to just over €29m.
Naturex, the French-based botanicals giant that recently acquired the ingredients business of Spanish company, Natraceutical Group, will earn €185m in 2009 – up from its 2008 income of €93.2m, as it announced details of the deal.
Naturex has divided its business into three distinct business units so as to develop products that are targeted to the main markets it serves, and has unveiled a new corporate image.
Naturex talks about the importance of sourcing quality-assured ingredients, and the measures a company should have in place to ensure it meets the highest standards.
Naturex is ready to implement the next step in its plan to make
more strategic acquisitions in the food and nutraceuticals sector
plan after raising €13.2m by issuing more than a quarter of a
million new shares.