What Daymer Ingredients does

Daymer Ingredients is a UK-based specialty food ingredients distributor headquartered in Shipston On Stour that supplies industrial food manufacturers and bakers across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded in the early 2000s and operating for over 20 years in the bakery and culinary sectors, the company distributes modified potato starches, modified maize starches, proteins (including upcycled brewers protein and plant-based alternatives), fibres, malt extracts, and gums. Its technological capability rests on in-house food science and technical application expertise that supports ingredient selection and scaling from bench to factory production, rather than on software, automation, or AI-driven systems.

The business operates a mixed-model distribution platform combining BRCGS-accredited stockholding, commission sales, and retainer arrangements, which gives European supply partners structured access to UK and ROI food manufacturing markets without requiring them to establish their own local infrastructure. Revenue is generated through transactional distribution margins on industrial ingredient volumes, with pricing handled via direct enquiries rather than published rates. Go-to-market is relationship-led, supported by content marketing on the company website (daymer.food), a LinkedIn company page, and direct email as the primary inbound channel for enquiries, samples, and pricing.

Leadership is compact: Managing Director James Brace oversees the distribution platform, while Business Development Manager Jennifer Clarke (an 8-year tenure) leads partner and customer engagement. The company's recent activity (2024-2026) shows a deliberate portfolio-expansion strategy built around new distribution partnerships with KMC (potato ingredients, May 2025), Omnia Europe (modified maize starches, October 2025), and DuyGrain (upcycled brewers protein, January 2026), alongside product format extensions such as the February 2024 launch of Senson Umami in powder format. The firm is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external ownership structures, and operates with a headcount in the 11-50 range.

Name

Daymer Ingredients

Legal name

Daymer Ingredients

Website

https://daymer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Daymer Ingredients is a UK-based specialty food ingredients distributor serving industrial food manufacturers and bakers across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland with modified starches, proteins, fibres, malt extracts, and gums via BRCGS-accredited stockholding, commission sales, and retainer arrangements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Ingredients Distribution

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Starch and Vegetable Fats and Oils Manufacturing (31122)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Grain Mill Products (2040)

akta.pro primary industry

Grain-Based Mixes & Doughs Manufacturing (pancake/waffle mixes, baking mixes, dough bases) (AFAKABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leavening, Baking & Dough Conditioners (Baking Powder, Improvers) (CRADAOAN), Starch Processing & Sweetener Enzymes (AFAJAIAE)

Keywords

• Food ingredient distribution
• Modified starch supply
• Bakery ingredient solutions
• Specialty food ingredients
• Industrial food distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Shipston On Stour

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food Ingredients Distribution: Daymer generates revenue by distributing industrial food ingredients to manufacturers and bakers. They represent multiple supply partners and distribute their specialty ingredients including modified potato starch, modified maize starches, proteins, fibres, malt extracts, and other functional ingredients into the UK and Republic of Ireland markets. The model includes classic distribution via stockholding, commission sales, and retainer-based arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Daymer Ingredients is a UK-based specialty food ingredients distributor supplying modified starches (potato and maize), proteins, fibres, malt extracts, gums, and clean-label functional ingredients to food manufacturers and bakers across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The company operates a mixed-model distribution platform offering BRCGS-accredited stockholding, commission sales, and retainer arrangements, backed by in-house food science and technical application expertise to guide ingredient selection from bench to factory scale.

Product overview

Daymer Ingredients operates as a mixed-model distribution platform for industrial food ingredients, supplying UK and Republic of Ireland food manufacturers and bakers. The portfolio comprises modified starches (potato and maize), proteins (including upcycled brewers protein and alternative proteins), fibres, malt extracts, and gums. Key branded products include DuyGrain® Upcycled Brewers Protein, Senson Umami, and Omnia Modified Maize Starches, alongside proprietary modified potato starch solutions like KMC ColdSwell. The company offers technical guidance through food scientists who advise on ingredient selection and application for bakery, culinary, and industrial applications. Distribution services include BRCGS-accredited stockholding, commission sales, and retainer-based execution strategies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Modified Potato Starch

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• DuyGrainminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Daymer Ingredients features DuyGrain Upcycled Brewers Protein Concentrate, a high-protein, high-fibre sustainable ingredient. Produced by upcycling grains from the Netherlands No.1 Brewery, DuyGrain offers protein fortification for meat and hybrid foods (50% Protein) and fibre enrichment for various applications.
• Omnia EuropecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 October 2025Daymer Ingredients announced a new partnership with Omnia Europe in October 2025 to distribute Modified Maize Starches in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Omnia is developing a comprehensive range of modified and functional starches from waxy maize. E1422 and E1442 cook-up and pregelatinized waxy maize starches are available for multiple culinary applications.
• KMCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 May 2025KMC (a Danish potato ingredients company) entered into a distribution agreement with Daymer Ingredients in May 2025. This collaboration is set to enhance both companies' growth strategies by offering value-adding potato-based solutions to UK food manufacturers. Adam Shaw, Country Manager UK and Ireland at KMC, noted finding the right partner to support KMC's expansion in the UK market.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• IMCD: IMCD is a publicly listed Dutch specialty ingredients and chemicals distributor with global operations. It is a broad incumbent because it covers far more end-markets and geographies than Daymer, but its food-ingredients arm competes for the same supply-partner mandates and downstream bakery/food-manufacturer accounts in EMEA.
• Azelis: Azelis is a publicly listed Belgian specialty ingredients distributor with a large EMEA food and nutrition business. It is a broad incumbent because its portfolio, headcount and geographic reach dwarf Daymer's, but it pursues the same type of value-added food-ingredient distribution partnerships (e.g., with starch, protein and fibre producers) that Daymer competes for.
• Brenntag: Brenntag is the world's largest chemical and ingredients distributor with a sizeable food-and-nutrition division. It is a broad incumbent — operating at far greater scale and breadth than Daymer — but competes for the same UK/EU specialty ingredient supply contracts and food-manufacturer customers, particularly in starches and proteins.
• Connell Bros (Wilbur-Ellis): Connell Bros is the Asia-Pacific specialty ingredients distribution arm of Wilbur-Ellis, distributing food ingredients, among other categories, into industrial customers. It is a broad incumbent — much larger and Asia-Pacific focused — but operates the same specialty distributor model with technical application support that Daymer applies in UK/Ireland food manufacturing.
• Univar Solutions: Univar Solutions is a North America-based global ingredient and chemical distributor with a growing food ingredients business in EMEA. It is a broad incumbent — much larger and broader than Daymer — but its specialty food ingredients arm addresses the same modified starch, protein and fibre opportunities in bakery and processed food.

Direct peers

• Barentz: Barentz is a Netherlands-based specialty ingredients distributor serving food, nutrition, personal care and animal nutrition markets across EMEA, the Americas and Asia. It is a direct peer because its food-ingredients business sells modified starches, proteins and fibres into bakery and culinary applications through a technical sales force — the same model Daymer operates at smaller scale in UK/Ireland.
• Caldic: Caldic is a Dutch-headquartered specialty food and chemical ingredients distributor with a strong presence in bakery, culinary and nutrition categories across Europe. It is a direct peer because it operates the same value-added ingredient distribution model with technical/application support that Daymer competes against for UK and EU supply-partner mandates.
• Kolb Distribution: Kolb is a Swiss-headquartered specialty ingredients and chemicals distributor focused on EMEA with a comparable mid-sized, value-added distribution model. It is a direct peer because it supplies specialty raw materials to industrial customers in similar end-uses (food, personal care) using a similar technical-sales and stockholding approach, although with broader chemistry exposure.

Regional players

• Manuchar: Manuchar is a Belgium-based specialty ingredients and chemicals distributor focused on emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia. It is a regional player relative to Daymer — both operate value-added ingredient distribution for industrial customers, but Manuchar's geographic focus is largely outside the UK/Ireland market Daymer serves.

Others

• HORN (HORN Industrial Services / HORN Tech): HORN is a US-based specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor with deep technical sales coverage. It is included as an adjacent/other peer because it operates a similar specialty-distribution-plus-technical-support model, but its primary focus is industrial chemicals and coatings rather than food ingredients, making it a thematic rather than direct comparator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/daymer
• Xx.com/daymerfood

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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