The Ingredient-Tech Platform behind Future Food

Published: October 16, 2024

Innovation, sustainability, taste and nutrition: the Ingredient-Tech Platform’s key focuses to enhance human well-being and planet health.

Drawing upon over a century of industry experience, the Ingredient-Tech Platform - comprising of CSM Ingredients, HIFOOD, Vitalfood by Italcanditi, Rubicone and Comprital - is driven by one, collective purpose: to enable the evolution of the food ecosystem to enhance human well-being and planet health.

The Ingredient-Tech Platform – also known as CSM Collective – effectively combines extensive synergies across businesses and deep multi-sector expertise to deliver cutting-edge ingredient solutions that meet and foresee customer demands, ultimately promoting better nutrition and environmental sustainability. With a workforce exceeding 2,000 employees and presence in over 120 countries worldwide, the Ingredient-Tech Platform is committed to contributing to the transformation of the food industry through bold innovations and purpose-driven strategies.

In today’s ever-evolving food industry, the demand for high-quality, sustainable and affordable ingredients has never been greater. In this context, the Ingredient-Tech Platform was created to build synergistic relationships between nature and technology, tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and science, taste and health, as well as between suppliers and customers. The overarching ambition is to form a widespread and interrelated ecosystem that continuously advances ingredients and contributes to making the food industry more sustainable.

As explained by Enrica Satta, Chief HR Officer and Sustainability at CSM Collective: “We are driven by a focus on sustainability and our commitment to becoming net positive. It is the inspiration behind our “Thrive for Impact” strategy, which is closely aligned with the UN SDGs and concentrates on human well-being, planet health, and ingredient wealth as the three cornerstones of the way we carry out every-day business.”

To meet global food demands, increase the sustainability of the whole value chain and act as change drivers, the Ingredient-Tech Platform leverages innovation and technology to find new ways to use the planet’s resources and positively impact consumer diets. Through its unique open innovation framework, it focuses on developing added-value fats and oils, proteins, carbohydrates and functional ingredients. By combining these cutting-edge ingredients with an extensive portfolio of more traditional products and specialized craftmanship, the Ingredient-Tech Platform is a reliable partner for companies looking to develop tastier, more nutritious and sustainable foods and drinks, able not only to increase consumers’ well-being but also to deliver great moments of joy.

The Ingredient-Tech Platform is indeed able to support both industrial and traditional trade customers in the most diverse food sectors, ranging from bakery to ice cream, from fine pastry to plant-based meat analogues, from dairy and non-dairy all the way to gluten-free, sauces, sports nutrition, beverages, ready-made meals and much more.

In short, by leveraging its rich legacy of expertise, significant cross-business synergies, and a forward-thinking approach to innovation, the Ingredient-Tech Platform aims to pave the way for a new era of taste and nutrition, prioritizing human well-being and planet health.

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