What Jost Chemical Co. does

Jost Chemical Co. is a privately held, family-owned specialty chemical manufacturer founded in 1985 by Jerry Jost and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The company manufactures and sells high purity mineral salts—including calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, potassium, sodium, ammonium, and strontium compounds in citrate, gluconate, lactate, phosphate, sulfate, carbonate, oxide, fumarate, malate, succinate, and nitrate forms—for pharmaceutical, biotech, nutritional supplement, food, and specialty industrial customers. Its product portfolio exceeds 200 SKUs and includes differentiated specialty lines: Ultra Pure minerals (≤1 ppm Pb/Cd/As, ≤0.1 ppm Hg), JOSTCOTE® microencapsulated salts for taste-masking and stability, Infant Pure low-chlorate salts for infant formula, Pharma Pure pharmaceutical-grade materials, an FDA-approved New Dietary Ingredient calcium magnesium citrate co-salt, and sodium caprate/caprylate permeation enhancers for oral bioavailability.

Manufacturing is concentrated at two FDA-registered, cGMP-compliant sites: the St. Louis headquarters (four buildings totaling ~27,800 sq m, plus a 185,000 sq ft expansion added in 2021) and the Kościan, Poland facility (4,600 sq m, opened 2019, producing since 2020), with distribution supported by an international distribution center in Belgium. All products are manufactured in-house, which the company uses as a quality-control differentiator, and the operations hold FSSC 22000 certification, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 laboratory accreditation, and comply with USP/EP/ACS/FCC/GB compendial standards as well as REACH and GHS chemical regulations.

Jost Chemical sells through a direct B2B model with regional sales managers and customer service teams across the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa, and Asia-Pacific, supplemented by industry trade shows (Vitafoods, CPhI, Hi & Fi), technical content marketing, and quote-based pricing with no public price list. It exports to 60+ countries, employs 300+ staff (approximately a quarter chemists and engineers), and has reported a double-digit compound annual revenue growth rate sustained for 15+ years as of 2015. The company is led by founder Jerry Jost, who assumed the CEO role effective January 1, 2026.

Name

Jost Chemical Co.

Legal name

Jost Chemical Co.

Website

https://jostchemical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Jost Chemical Co. is a privately held, family-owned manufacturer of high purity mineral salts—including calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, and specialty co-salt and microencapsulated products—supplying pharmaceutical, biotech, nutritional, food, and specialty industrial customers globally from FDA-registered cGMP facilities in the United States and Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Chemical Manufacturing

NAICS

Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (325180), Basic Chemical Manufacturing (3251), Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronic & High-Purity Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAD)

Keywords

• High purity mineral salts
• Specialty chemical manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical excipients
• CGMP mineral salts
• Nutritional supplement ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Specialty Chemical Product Sales: Jost Chemical manufactures and sells high purity mineral salts and specialty chemicals directly to pharmaceutical, biotech, nutritional, and food companies. Revenue is generated through direct product sales with flexible ordering, technical support, and a range of packaging options. The company has enjoyed double-digit compound annual growth for 15+ years, with $60M in revenue as of 2015.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Jost Chemical Co. manufactures and sells high purity mineral salts and specialty inorganic chemicals directly to pharmaceutical, biotech, nutritional, food, and specialty industrial customers. The company produces 200+ products including calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, ammonium, potassium, sodium, and strontium compounds in various salt forms, all manufactured at FDA-registered cGMP facilities meeting USP/EP/ACS/FCC/GB multi-compendial standards.

Product overview

Jost Chemical Co. is a specialty chemical manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of high purity mineral salts across multiple product lines. The core offering consists of calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, ammonium, potassium, sodium, and strontium compounds in various salt forms (citrates, gluconates, lactates, phosphates, sulfates, carbonates, oxides, fumarates, malates, succinates, and nitrates). Specialty product lines include: Ultra Pure Minerals with exceptionally low heavy metals (1 ppm max Pb/Cd/As, 0.1 ppm max Hg) for pharmaceutical and infant formula applications; Infant Pure low chlorate mineral salts designed for infant nutrition; Pharma Pure pharmaceutical grade products; and JOSTCOTE microencapsulated mineral salts using advanced particle-coating technology for taste masking and improved stability. The company also manufactures proprietary calcium magnesium citrate co-salt (FDA-approved New Dietary Ingredient) and permeation enhancement compounds (Sodium Caprate and Sodium Caprylate). Products are cGMP manufactured, FDA-registered, and meet USP/EP/ACS/FCC/GB multi-compendial requirements with lot-to-lot consistency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JOSTCOTE®: Microencapsulated high purity mineral salts product line for nutritional market applications, improving flavor, texture, stability and extending shelf life.
• Ultra Pure
• Infant Pure
• Pharma Pure

Products and services

• Calcium Compounds

Quantifiable outcome

• Mineral salts with impurity levels 25-50x lower than alternate manufacturing methods
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• JungbunzlauerminorOthersJungbunzlauer, a competitor and fellow mineral citrate manufacturer, announced a capacity expansion at its European mineral citrate facility in February 2025. This development is noted in market research as a competitive market dynamic in the zinc citrate market, not a formal Jost Chemical partnership.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/jostchemicalco
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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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