Innovation, expertise and excellent service for our customers and supplier partners are the foundation of the new home of Brenntag Food & Nutrition in Italy, a hub of over 12,500 square meters dedicated to food applications, new developments and formulations, equipped with modern production rooms and an innovative logistics system.
Frank Haven, Brenntag Food & Nutrition Vice President EMEA unveils some highlights of the new Italian food center, which will be open from the beginning of 2020: “The new facility in Padua will be a modern center for ingredient solutions development, production and marketing. Our new Food Application and Development Center (FADC) will produce cutting-edge food concepts and innovative projects capable of anticipating market demands. The Food Application & Development Center is specialized in developing and applying tailor-made solutions customized for the following market segments: Dairy & Ice Cream, Bakery & Bread; Meat, Poultry and Fish Processing; Convenience Food; Beverages; Chocolate & Confectionary and Fruit & Vegetable Processing. The FADC will be equipped with modern pilot plants that are able to replicate in small scale any industrial production process”.
The Food Application & Development Centers are the heart of Brenntag Food & Nutrition's know-how. The Italian Center will develop advanced, value added solutions, as for:
- food technology: providing the right systems for texture and stability
- health & nutrition: achieving the optimum balance in nutritional composition
- food safety and shelf life: protecting product quality throughout the shelf life
- food design: creating attractive products in colour and taste
“Thanks to our solutions we will contribute to improve products and processes’ functionality for the food industry,” says Frank Haven.
Brenntag Food & Nutrition is attentive to food market trends and offers its customers solutions tailored to their needs. With the new facility in Padua the Italian Food & Nutrition team will be able to provide even better technical support and commercial assistance to offer its business partners a comprehensive partnership that makes them “Sense the difference”.