Kerry acquires Pevesa, a leader in plant proteins

摘要

Kerry, has announced the expansion of its non-allergenic and organic plant protein capability by acquiring the Spanish company Pevesa Biotech. The acquisition enhances Kerry's leadership position in the hydrolysed plant protein space for specialized nutrition, and expands the company's capacity to serve the rapidly growing, high-quality, organic plant protein market. Based in Spain, Pevesa Biotech is a well-established global leader in non-allergenic, nonGMO plant proteins for the infant, general and clinical nutrition markets. Pevesa offer a range of high-quality plant proteins, including organic pea and rice protein and protein hydrolysates and is a European leader in non-allergenic plant proteins for infant nutrition. Pevesa has also developed a range of organic and standard biofertilizers for fruit, olive and specialist garden growers, and has had a strong corporate focus for many years on developing sustainable solutions to important nutrition, health, biowaste and agricultural challenges.