Top 10 Food and Drinks Ingredient Companies, The

Emerging opportunities, growth strategies and innovation in the leading players

Publication Date	March 2007
Publisher	Business Insights
Product Type	Report
Pages	255
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	RBI00128

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Summary

New trends in innovation and NPD are emerging in the global food and drinks ingredients industry. The key trend of healthy ingredients is focusing on themes including weight management and functional food and drinks and the leading players have also identified new opportunties in areas from biotechnology to bio-fuel production.

The Top 10 Food and Drinks Ingredients Companies: Emerging opportunities, growth strategies and innovation in the leading players is a new report published by Business Insights that analyzes the innovation and growth strategies of the top 10 players in the ingredients industry. This report identifies the product areas that the top 10 players are seeking to develop and also highlights the respective markets where each individual company is looking to grow. It also examines the comparative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the world's leading ingredients companies.

Assess the food and drinks ingredients market competitive landscape and benchmark the performance and strategies of its leading players with this new report.

Key findings from this report...

Kerry increased its expenditure on R&D by 12.4% in 2005, taking it to €124.7m ($155.3m). This represented 2.8% of the company's total revenue and 4.1% of the company's ingredients revenue.
Personalized nutrition is expected to become a major industry trend and two of the top 10 players (DSM and BASF) have already identified plans to address this.
Tate & Lyle controls 7.0% of the texturants, sweeteners and functional ingredients market and intends to increase its share to 14.0% in the next 5 to 7 years. It estimates the market at 6.8bn ($12.1bn) for the year 2006.
New revenue streams are emerging through diversification into industries providing synergies with existing resources and knowledge. Current areas of interest range from industrial biotechnology to bio-fuel production.
Asia and in particular China are key regions for the leading food and drinks companies to use as a low cost manufacturing base and target as a key growth market.

Some key questions answered by this report...

Who are the top 10 players in the global food and drinks ingredients market and how are they performing?
What are the key trends emerging in the global food and drinks ingredients industry?
Which growth and innovation strategies are being used by the top 10 players in the global food and drinks ingredients industry?
How do the leading ingredients players compare in terms of market positioning?
What were the most interesting and innovative products launched recently by the leading players?
Which geographical markets are the leading players increasingly focusing on?
What are the new business areas that ingredients companies are looking to enter?

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Benchmark the world's leading food and drinks ingredients companies with this report's ranking of the top 10 ingredients companies detailing their financial performance and future prospects.
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Content

Executive Summary
- Market development
- Kerry
- Tate & Lyle
- DSM
- CSM
- Corn Products International
- Ajinomoto
- Danisco
- Sdzucker
- BASF
- Archer Daniels Midland Company
- Conclusions
Chapter 1 Report introduction
- Introduction
- Methodology
Chapter 2 Market development
- Summary
- Introduction
- Weight management
- Functional ingredients and personalized nutrition
- Conclusion
Chapter 3 Kerry Group
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent financial performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Bio-Sciences
- Flavors
- Other ingredients
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Kerry
- SWOT Analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 4 Tate & Lyle
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Non-calorific sweeteners
- Starch
- Other ingredients and products
- Geographic market position
- Strategies for growth
- Strong growth of existing product line
- Growth from new products
- Innovation and NPD
- Traditional research areas
- Emerging research areas
- The future of Tate & Lyle
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 5 DSM
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Vitamins
- Enzymes
- Other food ingredients
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- Nutritional Products
- The future of DSM
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 6 CSM
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- CSM Bakery Supplies Europe
- CSM Bakery Supplies North America
- PURAC
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- Healthy food ingredients
- PURAC
- The future of CSM
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 7 Corn Products International
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- North America
- South America
- Asia and Africa
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Corn Products International
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 8 Ajinomoto
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Amino Acids
- Geographic market position
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- Health and nutrition
- The future of Ajinomoto
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 9 Danisco
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Bioingredients
- Texturants and Sweeteners
- Flavors
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- Traditional research areas
- Emerging research areas
- The future of Danisco
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 10 Sdzucker
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Functional food and sweeteners
- Strategies for growth
- Sugar
- Bioethanol
- Fruits
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of Sdzucker
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 11 BASF
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Vitamins
- Strategies for growth
- Growth through increased product offerings and new product areas
- Growth through increased geographical market presence
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of BASF
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 12 Archer Daniels Midland Company
- Summary
- Company information
- History
- Recent performance
- Acquisitions and divestments
- Market positioning
- Acidulants
- Baking aids and mixes
- Cocoa and chocolate
- Emulsifiers, texturants and stabilizers
- Nutritional ingredients
- Oils and fats
- Protein products
- Sweeteners
- Strategies for growth
- Innovation and NPD
- The future of ADM
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
Chapter 13 Companies ranked 11 to 20
- Cargill
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Royal Cosun Group
- Cooperative information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Givaudan
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Associated British Foods
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- McCormick & Company
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Arla Foods
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- DuPont
- Company information
- Recent financial performance
- Market positioning and NPD
- Imperial Chemical Industries
- Company information
- Rece