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AAK refines vegetable oils for specialised products which meet customers' high requirements. In partnership with its customers.
AAK are always on the look out for partners whose production relies on high value-added vegetable oils. The company says that this is what has made AAK the world's leading producer of speciality vegetable fats. The products are used as substitutes for dairy fat and cocoa butter, as transfree solutions for fillings for chocolate and confectionery products, as well as by the cosmetics industry.
The company’s raw materials are obtained from areas such as Asia and West Africa. AAK is committed to sustainable development and is one of the prime movers behind RSPO, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and GreenPalm Ltd. Through these initiatives, AAK has contributed to the natural extraction of palm oil through natural agricultral development.
AAK's products originate in the plant kingdom and are renewable. This means that they achieve a minimal impact on the environment. AAK's products are used, for example, as lubricants for forestry machinery. The waste products discharged by the machinery to the eco-system during the production process have no harmful impact on the environment.
AAK is organised into three business areas: Chocolate & Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients and Technical Products & Feed. The cosmetics unit, which is part of Chocolate & Confectionery Fats, is a rapidly-growing operation.
Production facilities are located in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Uruguay and the USA.
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
25 Mar 2024 --- California-based Checkerspot and AAK have joined forces to develop an alternative source of structuring fats and oils by tapping into the fermentation of microalgae. The move aims... Read More
NUTRITION & HEALTH NEWS
21 Aug 2023 --- Fava bean and pea-based products are a safe alternative to red meat in providing sufficient amino acids and protein intake without compromising bone health, according to a study by... Read More
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17 May 2022 --- Nutrition giant Chr. Hansen is launching adjunct fermentation cultures alongside soy- and dairy-free cream cheese made from fava beans. The cream cheese, which has a similar... Read More
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09 May 2022 --- Netherlands-based company Progress Biotech is introducing its EU Organic Certified high DHA algal oil at this week’s Vitafoods Expo in a “world’s first.” To... Read More
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22 Apr 2022 --- Royal DSM is kicking off Earth Day 2022 by broadening its range of marine-friendly algae-derived ingredients to include two forms of life’s-branded omega 3. The move offers... Read More
18 Jan 2022 --- As Brenntag builds up its nutritional portfolio, it has partnered with AAK to distribute Akovita ELIP, egg-derived phospholipids. They are rich in bioavailable choline and DHA, and can be taken as supplements or in dairy products like yogurts, for example. Christoph Conrad explains that Brenntag has also recently completed a restructuring, flagging that there are a host of new launches in the pipeline following this move.
14 May 2018 --- The one overarching trend we are seeing in the personal care market is one towards more naturalness. “There are many ingredients in the market, doing many different things, but they all have one common theme: being more natural,” Carsten Jaeger, Global Marketing Director, AAK Personal Care, tells NutritionInsight. “There are certain ingredients the industry would like to replace,” he says. “For us, that’s one of the trends we are focused on in our product development; trying to come up with alternatives, based on our vegetable origin, and customized to personal care use.”
04 Oct 2021 --- This week’s NewsBite podcast explores AAK bringing Progress Biotech’s algae-based DHA to the infant formula market. Meanwhile, a Kerry study found that Wellmune’s immunity benefits are not transferable, and Abbott announced a US$45 million annual investment into its new center for malnutrition solutions.
