What Frutarom Industries Ltd. does

Frutarom Industries Ltd. was an Israel-based flavors and specialty ingredients company founded in 1933, headquartered in Herzliya. It operated across food and beverage flavors, taste solutions, and specialty ingredients for global CPG customers before being acquired by International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) in 2018-2019. Today, Frutarom operates as a wholly owned, retained legacy brand within the IFF portfolio and no longer publishes company-level financials.

Under IFF, the Frutarom franchise contributes to a global portfolio spanning Food & Beverage (Taste, Food Ingredients, Food Bioscience), Scent (fine and consumer fragrances), Health Sciences (HOWARU® Probiotics, CARE4U® Botanicals), Beauty & Personal Care (GENENCARE® Actives, AURIST™ Functionals), Home Care, Animal Nutrition & Health, Grain Processing, and Industrial Markets. Core technical platforms include Living Flower® and Living Flavor® aroma capture technologies, ENOVERA™ baking enzymes, NURICA™ lactase innovation, and SENSORA™ pro-fragrance technology, supported by $671M in annual IFF R&D investment. Operations span dedicated Frutarom sites across Israel, China, India, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, South Africa, Chile, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The business model is B2B ingredients supply to global food, beverage, fragrance, personal care, home care, animal nutrition, and industrial customers, monetized through proprietary formulation contracts and volume supply of flavors, fragrances, enzymes, probiotics, and specialty ingredients. Go-to-market relies on application scientists, innovation programs (RE-IMAGINE WELLNESS™, RE-IMAGINE SIMPLE™, RE-IMAGINE DELIVERY™, RE-MASTER CITRUS™, RE-MASTER VANILLA™), and co-development with brand owners; pricing details and customer-level revenue mix are not disclosed in the source data.

Name

Frutarom Industries Ltd.

Legal name

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

Website

https://iff.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1889

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Frutarom Industries Ltd. is a Herzliya, Israel-based flavors and specialty ingredients company founded in 1933, acquired by IFF in 2018-2019 and now operating as a wholly owned legacy brand within IFF's global flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and biosciences portfolio serving CPG manufacturers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flavors and Specialty Food Ingredients

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325), Flavoring Syrup and Concentrate Manufacturing (31193), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Flavors, Fragrances & Aroma Chemicals (IMAEABAE)

Keywords

• Flavor compounds
• Specialty food ingredients
• Natural flavors
• Essential oils
• Fragrance ingredients

Headquarters

HQ city

Hertzliya

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Frutarom Industries Ltd. develops, manufactures, and sells flavors, essential oils, natural plant extracts, and specialty food ingredients for the global food and beverage industry. Following its acquisition by IFF in 2018-2019, Frutarom operates as a wholly-owned brand within IFF, contributing flavor and specialty ingredient capabilities across culinary, dairy, beverage, bakery, confectionery, snack, and animal nutrition applications.

Product overview

IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.) is a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences. Following the 2018 acquisition of Frutarom Industries Ltd. and the 2021 merger with DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, IFF offers an integrated portfolio of Taste (flavor solutions), Food Ingredients, Food Bioscience, Scent (fine fragrances and consumer fragrances), Health Sciences (HOWARU® Probiotics, CARE4U® Botanicals), Beauty & Personal Care (GENENCARE® Actives, AURIST™ Functionals), Home Care, Animal Nutrition & Health, Grain Processing, and Industrial Markets. The company operates innovation programs including RE-IMAGINE WELLNESS™, RE-IMAGINE SIMPLE™, RE-IMAGINE DELIVERY™, and RE-MASTER CITRUS™ to drive product development. Key technologies include Living Flower® and Living Flavor® for aroma capture, ENOVERA™ enzyme solutions for baking, and NURICA™ lactase innovation for dairy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Frutarom: Legacy company acquired by IFF, operating in flavors and specialty ingredients.
• Danisco
• LMR Naturals
• HOWARU
• CARE4U
• GENENCARE
• AURIST

Products and services

• Flavors and Specialty Ingredients (Frutarom brand)
• Culinary Solutions
• Dairy Solutions
• Beverage Solutions
• Bakery Solutions
• Bars and Confectionery Solutions
• HOWARU® Probiotics
• CARE4U® Botanicals
• GENENCARE® Actives
• AURIST™ Functionals
• LMR Naturals
• NURICA™
• IFF NEO™
• ENOVERA™
• Animal Nutrition & Health Solutions
• Home Care Solutions
• Grain Processing Solutions
• Industrial Markets Solutions
• Food & Beverage - Food Ingredients
• Food & Beverage - Food Bioscience
• Scent - Fine Fragrances and Consumer Fragrances

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrutarom Industries Ltd. was acquired by IFF and became part of IFF's portfolio of legacy companies. The acquisition strengthened IFF's position as a global leader in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences. Frutarom is listed among IFF's legacy companies including Bush Boake Allen, Laboratoire Monique Remy (LMR), Otten Flavors, David Michael & Company, and DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MANE: Privately held French flavors and fragrances producer. Directly comparable to Frutarom/IFF in flavor creation, natural ingredients and consumer fragrances for F&B and personal care.
• DSM-Firmenich: Combined nutrition, health and flavors & fragrances company formed by DSM's merger with Firmenich. Direct peer in flavors, fragrances and food ingredients serving overlapping CPG, F&B and personal care customers.
• Robertet: France-based natural flavors and fragrances house with deep botanical expertise. Comparable to Frutarom's and IFF's LMR Naturals brand in natural ingredient sourcing for perfumery and taste.
• Symrise: German-based global player in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients and cosmetic actives. Competes head-to-head with IFF/Frutarom in taste, scent and nutrition segments.
• Sensient Technologies: U.S.-based supplier of flavors, fragrances and natural colors for food, beverage, personal care and industrial markets. Overlaps with Frutarom/IFF in specialty flavors and natural ingredient solutions.
• Kerry Group: Ireland-headquartered taste and nutrition company serving food and beverage manufacturers. Closely comparable in flavor systems, food ingredients and clean-label solutions.
• Givaudan: World's largest flavors and fragrances company, headquartered in Switzerland. Directly competes with Frutarom/IFF across both taste and scent portfolios serving global CPG and F&B customers.

Broad incumbents

• Tate & Lyle: Global food ingredients and solutions provider focused on texturants, sweeteners and health & wellness. Overlaps with IFF/Frutarom's food ingredients and Food Bioscience offerings.
• Ingredion: U.S.-headquartered ingredient solutions provider supplying sweeteners, starches and plant-based proteins. Adjacent peer to Frutarom's food ingredients segment serving global food and beverage manufacturers.
• McCormick & Company: Global flavor company with consumer and flavor-solutions divisions. The flavor solutions business directly competes with Frutarom/IFF in supplying flavors to CPG and foodservice customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iff

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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