IFF said the divestiture will leave a company that is more focused, stronger financially and better able to achieve its growth and profitability objectives.
The sale of the food ingredients business continues a recent pattern of IFF shedding assets, following the $26.2 billion purchase in 2021 of DuPont’s nutrition business. During the last several years, IFF said it sold 13 non-core businesses, generating nearly $10 billion in gross proceeds.
“This transaction represents an important strategic milestone in our ongoing portfolio optimization initiative, allowing us to further concentrate resources on our higher-growth, higher-margin segments,” Erik Fyrwald, IFF’s CEO, said in a statement.
The sale is expected to close by the end of the second quarter of 2027. Once completed, IFF will have three core businesses: scent, taste, and health and biosciences. The taste segment, which accrued $2.5 billion in sales in 2025, provides flavor solutions to food and beverage companies.
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by Christopher Doering
Source: fooddive.com
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