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Food ingredients supplier AAK appoints Tomas Bergendahl as new Chief Financial Officer

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SWEDEN – AAK, a global food ingredients company, has appointed Tomas Bergendahl as its new Chief Financial Officer of AAK, replacing Fredrik Nilsson who has decided to pursue new opportunities outside of AAK. According to a statement from AAK, Tomas- a seasoned and highly experienced financial expert, is expected to assume his new role before August 1 this year. Tomas joins AAK from COWI Holding A/S – a leading international consulting group within engineering, economics and environmental science based in Denmark- where he served as CFO and Executive Vice President.…

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AAK to establish innovation center for plant based-foods in Netherlands

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NETHERLANDS – Leading provider of specialty vegetable oils and fats AAK has announced plans to establish a new global innovation center for plant-based foods at its existing premises in Zaandijk, the Netherlands. The center which is expected to be operational before the end of 2021 will feature two pilot plants, an analytical laboratory, a customer experience kitchen and a sensory suite. AAK says that the new center will allow customers to leverage on the company’s state of the art facilities and expertise to develop and bring plant-based food and beverages.…

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Food ingredients company AAK launches Illexao, a super compound for chocolate manufacturers

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SWEDEN — AAK, a Swedish-Dansih company that is a leading provider of value-adding vegetable oils and fats, has developed Illexao, a new super compound for the chocolate industry. Illexao is a blend of shea butter and palm oil with the main fat phase of the “super compound” comprising of vegetable fats with a similar composition to cocoa butter. This means it is fully compatible with cocoa butter, allowing chocolate manufacturers to use it in their products to reduce costs while adding cocoa mass to their formulations. According to AAK, Illexao…

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