Custom Food Ingredients

What Custom Food Ingredients does

Custom Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd., operating as Custom Food Group, is a Malaysia-headquartered B2B manufacturer of spray-dried, micro-encapsulated, vacuum-dried, and drum-dried food ingredients serving food and beverage manufacturers in more than 60 countries. Founded in 1999 in Seberang Jaya, Penang, the company operates two Malaysian plants — a corporate office in Perai and a main factory in Kulim — supplemented by overseas subsidiaries including Custom Food Ingredients BV in the Netherlands and Ernsts Food (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. in China, with Family Cereal Sdn. Bhd. also part of the corporate group. The portfolio spans non-dairy creamers, fat-filled milk powders, sweetened condensed creamers, whipped topping powders, malted beverage powders, oat-based ingredients, micro-encapsulated nutritional lipid powders (MCT, sunflower, olive, canola, DHA/EPA, CaHMB), and specialised functional nutrition bases targeting diabetes, weight management, sports nutrition, and kidney health.

The technical backbone is a multi-technology drying and encapsulation platform that includes FILTERMAT spray drying — the first deployment of this technology in a Malaysian food ingredients plant — which enables lipid powders at up to 80% fat content that are unattainable through conventional drying methods, alongside proprietary micro-encapsulation for nutritional lipids, plus drum drying, vacuum belt drying, roller drying, evaporation, filtration, agglomeration, blending, grinding, and packaging. A dedicated Innovation Centre and Pilot Plant provide application-driven co-development, allowing customers to test customised formulations before commercial scale-up. The manufacturing base is powered primarily by natural gas and includes an on-site water treatment plant.

Commercially, the company runs a sales-led, solution-oriented enterprise model targeting food and beverage processors across six end-markets — beverage, nutrition and functional foods, savoury, confectionery, baking, and dairy/plant-based alternatives — via direct engagement, corporate website inquiries, and presence at six major 2026 international trade shows spanning China, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. The business is privately held by its founding family with no disclosed private equity or institutional ownership, layered with a comprehensive certification stack (FSSC 22000, HACCP, GMP, ISO 9001:2015, JAKIM Halal, Kosher, RSPO, MeSTI, VHM) that supports cross-border B2B qualification, particularly into Muslim-majority, Jewish, and EU markets.

Name

Custom Food Ingredients

Legal name

Custom Food Ingredients Sdn. Bhd.

Website

https://cfigroup.com.my

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Custom Food Ingredients is a Malaysia-based B2B manufacturer of spray-dried, micro-encapsulated, and vacuum-dried food ingredients — including non-dairy creamers, high-fat powders, and nutritional lipid powders — serving food and beverage manufacturers across 60+ countries from facilities in Malaysia, China, and the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Food Ingredients

NAICS

Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225), Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing (311514), Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (311930)

SIC

Fats & Oils (2070), Dairy Products (2020), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Dairy & Non-Dairy Fat Systems (Creamer Fats, Whipping/Fill Fats) (AFAJALAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lipid-Based Emulsions & Encapsulated Oils (Spray-Dried Oils, Microencapsulation) (AFAJALAM), Encapsulation & Emulsified Delivery Systems (Spray-dried emulsions, Lipid microencapsulation) (AFAJACAL), Bakery & Confectionery Fats (CBR/CBS/CBE, Coating & Filling Fats) (AFAJALAG), Plant-Based Dairy-Alternative Powders & Concentrates (Powdered Milks, Creamers, Bases) (AFAHAJAH), Specialized Dairy Nutrition Base Powder & Premix Manufacturing (Vitamin/Mineral/Functional Premixes) (AFAHAHAJ)

Keywords

• Spray dried ingredients
• Non-dairy creamers
• Lipid powders
• Food ingredient manufacturing
• Micro-encapsulation technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Seberang Jaya

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food Ingredient Manufacturing & Sales: Manufacturing and selling customized food ingredients including creamers, fat powders, malt extracts, oat products, dairy alternatives, and nutritional lipid powders to food and beverage manufacturers globally.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Custom Food Ingredients manufactures and supplies customized spray-dried and micro-encapsulated food ingredients including non-dairy creamers, fat-filled milk powders, malted beverage powders, oat-based products, and nutritional lipid powders. The company produces lipid powders with up to 80% fat content using its proprietary FILTERMAT spray drying technology, serving food and beverage manufacturers globally across beverage, nutrition, savoury, confectionery, baking, and dairy-alternative segments.

Product overview

Custom Food Group is a diversified food ingredient manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of spray-dried, micro-encapsulated, and vacuum-dried powder ingredients. The company's core product lines include Custom-Creamer (Non Dairy Creamer), Custom-Foam (Foaming Creamer), Custom-Filled Milk (Fat Filled Milk Powder), Custom-Condenz (Sweetened Condensed Creamer), Custom-Whip (Whipped Topping Powder), and Custom-HIFAT (High Fat Powder) as foundational creamer and dairy replacement products. These are complemented by specialty ingredients including malted beverage products (Custom-MaltCoco, Custom-MaltedMilk, Custom-Malt Powder, Custom-Cereal), coconut and honey powders (Custom-Coconut, Custom-Honey), and oat-based products (Custom-Oat, Custom-Oat Powder, Custom-HydroOatz). The company also produces lipid nutrition products including MCT Oil Powder, Butter/ Cheese/ Sunflower/ Olive/ Canola Oil Powders, and functional nutrition products (Custom-NutriCREME, Custom-Yoghurt, Custom-Custard). Advanced nutrition products include CUSTOM-CaHMB, CUSTOM-NutriSHARE, O'life DHA/EPA Powder, and Vegan & Zero Carbs. The portfolio is powered by FILTERMAT spray drying technology capable of producing up to 80% fat content powders with superior flowability and solubility properties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FILTERMAT: Proprietary spray drying technology for high lipid powder production
• Custom-NutriHIFAT
• Custom-NutriSHARE
• Custom-NutriCREME
• O'life DHA/EPA

Products and services

• Custom-Creamer (Non Dairy Creamer / Beverage Whitener) Customisable spray-dried non-dairy creamer formulated to blend with coffee, tea, cereals, ready-to-drink blends, soups, and sauces. Imparts milky taste and creamy mouthfeel with good solubility and free-flowing properties for food and beverage manufacturers.
• Custom-Foam (Foaming Creamer) Spray-dried powdered emulsion formulated for Italian specialty drinks such as cappuccino and cafe latte. Creates thick, stable white foam with instant powder solubility for beverage manufacturers.
• Custom-Filled Milk (Fat Filled Milk Powder) Fat filled milk powder produced from dairy ingredients and specially selected vegetable fat. Acts as an ideal milk substitute with clean and unique milk flavour for baking, beverages, confectionery, ice cream and chocolate drinks.
• Custom-Condenz (Sweetened Condensed Creamer) Sweetened condensed creamer featuring a delicately balanced sweet and milky profile, suitable as a replacement for liquid condensed milk with superior shelf life and better consistency for food manufacturers.
• Custom-Whip (Whipped Topping Powder) Spray-dried emulsified whipped topping powder capable of delivering targeted functionality, customizable for retail, food services, baking and beverage topping requirements.
• Custom-HIFAT (High Fat Powder) High fat powder with stable source of vegetable fats and emulsifiers in powder form with fat contents up to 80%. Offers good emulsion stability and serves as an optimal fat source in food mixes and baking products.
• Custom-Cheese (Cheese Formula) Spray dried cheese formula powders derived from cheese, dairy and other functional ingredients offering authentic cheese profiles for convenience blends, baking, biscuits, snack seasoning and cheese dips.
• Custom-Coconut (Instant Coconut Powder) Spray dried instant coconut powder providing aromatic coconut milk flavour, creamy texture and whitening effect to desserts, savoury dishes and drinks for food and beverage manufacturers.
• Custom-MaltCoco (Malted Beverage Powder) Classic blend of malt, cocoa, milk and sugar providing a rich, chocolaty malt taste with wholesome nutritious value, also known as Chocolate Malt Powder or Malted Chocolate Milk Powder for beverage manufacturers.
• Custom-MaltedMilk (White Malted Beverage Powder) White malted milk powder imparting a trademark sweet malty and milky aroma with pleasing mouthfeel, rich in nutrition for beverage manufacturers producing breakfast and morning drinks.
• Custom-Malt Powder (Malt Extract Powder) Extensively used malt extract powder known for imparting malty taste, delectable colour and flavour-enhancing properties in food and beverage products for manufacturers.
• Custom-Milk Crumb (Milk Crumb) Combination of milk solids, sugar and cocoa liquor giving distinctively milky, chocolaty and caramelised flavour through the Maillard reaction, used as a milk substitute in dry powdery form for confectionery and baking manufacturers.
• Custom-Honey (Honey Powder) Honey powder produced through vacuum band drying process combining powder form convenience with distinctive flavour and nutritional values of raw honey for food and beverage manufacturers.
• Custom-Caramelised Milk (Caramelized Milk Powder) Caramelized milk powder produced through caramelisation process of milk solids and sugar, providing intensive toffee taste ideal for confectionery applications along with delectable shade of colour.
• Custom-Cereal (Instant Malt Extract Cereal) Instant malt extract cereal available in flake and powder form, derived from wholesome grains such as barley malt, wheat, rice and corn for nutritious food product manufacturers.
• Custom-Oat (Oatmeal / Oat Flakes) Quality oats including instant oats, quick cooking oats and rolled oats, made from selected premium quality oat grain imported from Australia, rich in beta glucan and natural fibres for food manufacturers.
• Custom-Oat Powder (Oat Powder / Flour) Finely ground oat powder with customisable particle sizes, working as an excellent flour substitute especially in baked goods while enhancing nutritional values and adding pleasant texture for food manufacturers.
• Custom-HydroOatz (Hydrolysed Oat Powder / Flour) Hydrolysed oat powder exhibiting natural oat sweetness, serving as a sweetener substitute and clean label food to boost health attributes of products for food manufacturers.
• Custom-Instanz (Cold Soluble Non-Dairy Creamer) Cold soluble non-dairy creamer designed to be soluble in cold water as low as 15 degrees Celsius, ideal for cold beverages giving greater control over concentration and flavour for beverage manufacturers.
• Custom-Vecreem (Vegetarian Non-Dairy Creamer) Dairy-free and allergen-free creamer for vegetarians capable of maintaining stable emulsion and consistent quality comparable with conventional creamer, acid stable for wider array of applications for food manufacturers.
• MCT Oil Powder (Custom-NutriHIFAT MCT) Medium Chain Triglycerides powder with up to 80% MCT lipid content, exhibiting excellent water dispensability and bland taste, enabling incorporation into many products to enhance nutritional value without affecting taste profile for nutrition manufacturers.
• Butter Flavoured Fat Powder Stable source of vegetable fat based powder with 80% fat content and aromatic butter flavour, offering good emulsion stability suitable for savoury, bakery products and dairy blends as an ideal replacement for block butter.
• Cheese Flavoured Fat Powder Stable source of vegetable fats with cheese flavour in powder form containing up to 80% fat content, available in Cheddar and Parmesan flavours imparting strong creamy cheese taste with pleasant aroma.
• Sunflower Oil Powder (Custom-NutriHIFAT 80S) Nutritional lipid powder containing up to 80% refined sunflower oil, containing substantial amount of oleic acid (omega-9 fatty acid) providing health benefits as part of a balanced diet for nutrition manufacturers.
• Olive Oil Powder (Custom-NutriHIFAT 80L) Nutritional lipid powder made by converting olive oil into powder form, containing up to 80% oil content with excellent solubility, rich in monounsaturated fatty acids suitable for cholesterol-lowering diet for nutrition manufacturers.
• Canola Oil Powder Nutritional lipid powder produced by micro-encapsulation technology containing up to 80% canola oil, with higher content of antioxidant (vitamin E), beneficial for preventing cardiovascular disease and low in saturated fats.
• Custom-NutriCREME (Fiber Creamer) Spray-dried fiber creamer considered a source of dietary fiber, low sugar with excellent free-flowing property, helps increase fiber intake and provides health benefits including improving gut health and weight management.
• Custom-Yoghurt (Instant Yoghurt Powder) Instant yoghurt powder cold water soluble offering thick, creamy mouthfeel with rich yoghurt flavour, mixable with cold water at 1:2 ratio for use in beverages, desserts and bakery products for food manufacturers.
• Custom-Custard (Instant Custard Powder) Instant custard powder complete mix of custard cream instantly soluble in cold water, milky and creamy with strong aromatic vanilla flavour, perfect for bakery products and desserts for food manufacturers.
• Custom-Crunchy (Chocolate Malt Crunch) Chocolate malt crunch with crunchiness and balanced sweet chocolaty and malty taste, suitable for beverage topping, desserts, snacks coating and baking products for food manufacturers.
• CUSTOM-Cloud (Clouding Agent) Clouding agent designed to impart a clouded appearance to beverages such as fruit juice powders, enhancing visual appeal and providing a thicker appearance for beverage manufacturers.
• CUSTOM-Emul (Batter Stabilizer) Instant batter stabilizer specially curated for production of cakes and similar aerated bakery products, allowing the all-in method with maximized incorporated air, even distribution and stabilized baking.
• CUSTOM-Lec (Lecithin Powder) Ready-to-use lecithin powder designed to replace liquid lecithin, offering enhanced convenience and accuracy, excellent emulsifier that helps prevent separation of oil and water in bakery applications.
• CUSTOM-CaHMB (Micro-encapsulated CaHMB) Micro-encapsulated calcium HMB supplement included in nutritional base powder primarily for muscle health benefits, helps prevent muscle breakdown and improve muscle strength and endurance for nutrition manufacturers.
• CUSTOM-NutriSHARE (Enhanced Nutrition Base Powder) Fat blends with different sources of nutritional lipid to achieve certain fatty acid composition, specifically tailored for Diabetes Patients, Weight Loss, Sports Nutrition and Kidney Health segments for nutrition manufacturers.
• O'life DHA / EPA Powder (Encapsulated DHA / EPA) Micro-encapsulated Omega-3 fatty acid from fish and/or algae with various concentration of DHA and EPA content, containing up to 50% fat, up to 22% DHA and up to 25% EPA with prolonged shelf life up to 24 months for nutrition manufacturers.
• Vegan & Zero Carbs (Vegan Nutritional Lipids Powder) 100% dairy-free nutritional lipid powder from advanced microencapsulation technology, plant-based fat powder with 80% oil content from MCT, Sunflower, Canola, High ALA Sacha Inchi Oil, or Chia Oil options for nutrition manufacturers.
• CUSTOM-KARAMELK CRUNCHY (Caramelized Milk Crunchy) Caramelized milk crunchy with rich caramelly taste and profile, pleasantly sweet flavour for use as dipping sauce, spread, filling in sweets and pastries, and as toppings for desserts and beverages for food manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lipid powder with up to 80% fat content - unattainable ratio through conventional drying methods
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil)coreOthersInternationally acclaimed RSPO membership for sustainable palm oil sourcing. The company's commitment to sustainability includes using RSPO-certified palm oil and other environmentally responsible practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Kerry Group: Ireland-headquartered global taste and nutrition company that supplies customized B2B food and beverage ingredients, including dairy and non-dairy creamers, encapsulation systems, and flavor systems to the same F&B manufacturers that Custom Food Ingredients serves.
• Tate & Lyle: Global B2B ingredient supplier specializing in food and beverage solutions, including specialty fat systems, texturants, and custom powder ingredients — directly comparable to Custom Food Ingredients' non-dairy creamer and lipid powder portfolio.
• Ingredion: US-listed ingredient solutions provider for the food and beverage industry with a strong plant-based and specialty fat powder portfolio; comparable to Custom Food Ingredients in delivering customized ingredient solutions to global F&B brands.
• Prinova Group: Private B2B supplier of nutrient premixes, encapsulated ingredients, and functional food ingredients — directly overlapping with Custom Food Ingredients' Custom-NutriSHARE, CaHMB, and DHA/EPA encapsulation product lines.
• Balchem Corporation: US-listed specialty ingredient manufacturer known for encapsulation technology (including micro-encapsulated nutrients and lipid powders) — closely comparable to Custom Food Ingredients' FILTERMAT-driven micro-encapsulation capabilities.
• Glanbia Nutritionals: Global B2B nutritional and functional ingredients business with leading positions in dairy and plant-based protein powders and premixes — comparable to Custom Food Ingredients in serving nutrition and functional food customers with customized powder systems.

Broad incumbents

• IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances): Large global ingredients platform with a broad food ingredients, flavors, and encapsulation portfolio following the DuPont N&B merger. Overlaps with Custom Food Ingredients across flavor systems, encapsulation, and lipid ingredients but as part of a much wider portfolio.
• DSM-Firmenich: Global nutrition, health, and flavors group with a substantial food ingredients business including lipid-based nutrition and micro-encapsulation (DHA/EPA) — overlaps with Custom Food Ingredients' nutritional lipid powder lines but at vastly greater scale.
• Cargill: Privately held global agribusiness and food ingredient giant with significant cocoa, dairy, and specialty fats/powders businesses; competes with Custom Food Ingredients in fat-filled milk powders, cocoa-based milk crumb, and chocolate beverage powders.

Regional players

• Wilmar International: Asia-headquartered agribusiness with extensive edible oils, specialty fats, and downstream food ingredient operations across the region. A regional comparable for Custom Food Ingredients' palm-oil-based and Asian-market non-dairy creamer exposure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/custom-food-group-bhd-malaysia

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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