Cargill has appointed Brenntag Food & Nutrition as the exclusive distribution partner for its salt offering in Europe. While the company already distributes a broad range of Cargill products in Europe, including salt, the expansion of the partnership broadens Brenntag’s offerings to include specialty salt products like Microsized™ Extra Fine Salt, Premier™ Flake Salts, Cargill™ Sea Salts, Potassium Pro™ Potassium Chloride Products and the unique Alberger™ Flake Salts.
Frank Haven, Vice President Brenntag Food & Nutrition EMEA explains: “Cargill is the only Food company producing food grade salt and offering a unique solution for salt reduction without the complexity of additional ingredients. We are delighted to be named Cargill’s exclusive distributor for their excellent salt offering. Brenntag Food & Nutrition is the ideal partner to support Cargill in increasing their footprint in the market even more. Our teams have the expertise and understand the market specific needs and challenges to create smart solutions that turn trends into marketable products and target specific consumer groups.”
“It is very common for our customers to have a presence on multiple continents. Cargill Salt needs an industry-leading distributor in Europe to provide expertise with salt ingredients, one-stop convenience, regulatory support, flexible lead times and minimum order quantities,” said Dana Craig, Cargill Strategic Market Director for Food Salt. “With Brenntag’s deep market knowledge in the region, together with its facilities and capabilities, we’re confident that Brenntag Food & Nutrition can deliver on our expectations, bringing added value to our customers.”
One of the key factors in meeting consumer demand is choice. With this partnership, Brenntag’s Food & Nutrition Application and Development centers have access to a broad range of exclusive specialty salts to develop customer specific formulations, working together to choose the right ingredients for product optimization and new product development.
About Brenntag Food & Nutrition:
Brenntag Food & Nutrition, part of the Brenntag Group, is a leading provider of food ingredients to the marketplaces around the globe. We built a reputation of partnering with the best suppliers of ingredients and additives and deliver right to our customers’ needs and requirements. With more than 900 dedicated employees, a presence in 77 countries and 29 application and development centers, Brenntag Food & Nutrition provides technical expertise, tailor-made formulation and application solutions, a broad portfolio of specialty and commodity ingredients and profound industry know-how in the segments meat, poultry & fish processing, bakery & bread, dairy & ice cream, beverages, chocolate & confectionary, convenience food and fruit & vegetable processing. Brenntag Food & Nutrition makes its business partners “Sense the difference”.
About Cargill
Cargill’s 160,000 employees across 70 countries work relentlessly to achieve our purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Every day, we connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive. We combine 154 years of experience with new technologies and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers in more than 125 countries. Side-by-side, we are building a stronger, sustainable future for agriculture.
About Cargill Salt
Cargill is a trusted salt supplier to the food manufacturing and foodservice industries. Our salt portfolio includes core ingredient granulated salts, specialty flake salts, a full line of purified & gourmet sea salts, as well as our ingredient systems and sodium reduction products.