About DSM Food Specialties

Added-value from a knowledge-intensive company
DSM Food Specialties is a global supplier of advanced ingredients for the food and beverage industries, primarily manufactured with the aid of fermentation and enzyme technology. The products contribute in a major way to the success of the world's favorite dairy, processed food, soft drink, fruit juice, alcoholic beverage and functional food brands. The strength of DSM Food Specialties' technology base is that it covers all required disciplines from genetics and fermentation to application and nutrition. DSM is in a unique position to combine all basic disciplines and its broad expertise in biotechnology with nutritional market intellegence and consumer insights. With 1,400 employees active in 26 locations worldwide, DSM Food Specialties is a truly global player.

In order to provide the best possible service, we have organised our specialty food ingredients business into focused business areas.

Each of the business units has dedicated technical and application services backed up by market and application-driven R & D facilities around the globe.

Our extensive global network of marketing and sales offices and representatives enables us to monitor and capitalise on the various markets and their requirements.

Care for Quality, Safety, Health and the Environment is an intrinsic part of the philosophy of all DSM Food Specialties' products and processes. All our factory processes and products are subject to a rigorous safety and environmental review to ensure that we meet the highest standards in these key areas.

In addition, the concept of business policies linked to Sustainable Food Production is central to DSM Food Specialties' vision, strategy and policy.

Our company has a knowledge-intensive base, founded on two main technologies - fermentation and enzyme technology. We exploit this base to research, develop, manufacture and supply effective ingredient-based solutions for the international food, feed and beverage industries. In doing this, it is our aim to be recognised by our customers as a reliable partner, supplying innovative products backed up by a high level of technical and application service.