Naturally good food & beverage ingredients and solutions

We believe in raw potential -

of nature, ingredients, people, technology, ideas.

We don’t just accept what’s put in front of us.

We ask, what else could this be?

At every level we use our imagination and expertise to find more creative, productive and sustainable ways of doing things.

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August 24, 2022 (12 – 1 pm CST)

Plant-Based Beverages: Innovations & Solutions

Plant-Based Beverages: Innovations & Solutions webinar on August 24th

It's who we are.

olam food ingredients is now known as ofi. Focused on the raw materials and ingredient platforms that we're known for globally - cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts, and spices. We still offer everything we did before. What’s new is that we’re adding capabilities - especially in product development - working closely with our customers, sharing our fresh ideas to inspire new concepts. Making it real at every step, from plant to palate.

Traceable, delicious & nutritious?

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17 new spice blends

Read more about how our new spice blends give manufacturers flavor for sensory experiences.

New sensory experiences

Delight the senses with flavors from our natural ingredients.

Health & wellbeing

Celebrate nutrients in nuts, harness spices' health halo, use natural flavors of cocoa, tap into dairy goodness, take advantage of wellness benefits of coffee.

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Natural, clean label & plant-based alternatives

Solve plant-based formulation challenges. Innovate with organic and non-GMO ingredients and remove artificial flavors and preservatives with our natural ingredients.

Consumers want traceability & sustainability

So we’re constantly increasing volumes of traceable ingredients, working closely with farmers to improve supply chain data.

Read about ofi innovation

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Cocoa

We supply cocoa ingredients to customers all over the world, working with partners across the supply chain to create indulgent treats for consumers and a positive future for cocoa.

Coffee

We source and supply high-quality green and soluble coffee globally while building partnerships to secure the future of coffee for farmers and coffee lovers everywhere.

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Dairy

Our dairy ingredients satisfy your business needs while helping you create tasty, nutritious and convenient products across many categories.

Nuts

From the orchard to the store, we’re at the forefront of global nut production – serving the needs of customers and farmers, and working to reduce our environmental impact.

Spices

Spices are the foundation of flavors that delight consumers. When you buy from us, we can offer you a reliable, high quality, sustainable supply.

It’s a partnership.

We deliver value, support growth and create impact for our customers with our fresh ideas, ingredients and solutions that are:

Natural, Nutritious & Delicious

Enable health, well-being and nutritional benefits.
Offer new and indulgent sensory experiences.
Create a wide range of plant-based alternatives.
Provide natural and clean-label properties.

Reliable, Traceable & Tailored

Leverage our global network and on the ground intel.
Manage quality, food safety, traceability, and security of supply across the integrated value chain.
Focus on continuous innovation and customization from plant to palate.

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Sustainable, Collaborative & Transparent

Constantly improve data and insight to offer transparency across the supply chain.
Build collaborative partnerships to deliver sustainability impact at scale.
Define metrics, set targets, track and report on continuous progress.

It's not a new idea.
It's a chance for infinite possibilities.

It’s easy to make something taste amazing. It’s much harder to fill it with nutritional benefits too. And what about making sure it’s ethically sourced and right for the planet? Whatever category you’re serving, let’s supersede the benchmark with our portfolio of highly complementary natural and delicious ingredients. Co-creation is easy!

Bakery

Your next cookie filling, cake topping, pie crust, biscuit crumb or bread mix starts with our playground of ingredients. Let’s get busy combining tastes, textures and colors that not only delight consumers, but also the people and planet around them. Give sweet treats a natural twist by combining our cocoa powder and nut pastes to create indulgent center-filled cookies with a premium texture.

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Beverages

From cold brewed spiced coffee to golden milk made with dairy powder or nuts to suit modern consumer preferences. Even the most basic ingredient can make a real difference. With us, you can customize and co-create from plant to palate to find taste, texture and nutritional profiles that make your hot, cold, or plant-based beverages unique.

Chocolate & Confectionery

The world loves cocoa, in chocolate, confectionery, ice cream, bars and desserts. The need to make these better for our bodies and planet has never been greater. We’re bringing lots of fresh thinking to the table – like reducing sugar and sodium in recipes with clever cocoa creations and vegan, organic and traceable solutions. How about creating delicious vegan ‘milk’ chocolate bars with our gluten-free and grain-free cashew flour?

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Dairy & Desserts

Emerging flavor trends in milks, yogurts and ice-creams are a real opportunity to create healthy, tasty, formulations that consumers can indulge in. Why not try new twists on familiar pairings, such as chocolate doughnut and coffee flavored ice cream? In cocoa alone, our R&D specialists can help tackle challenges in both dairy and plant-based desserts: from a unique methodology to pair cocoa powders with pea, nut, or oat bases to address taste, to reducing bitterness of FMP formats with our Fresco Cacao.

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Savory & Culinary

It’s great when you can respond to trends. It’s even better when you spark them yourself. Together, we can create sauces, nut-based cheeses, and spice blends that fulfil existing desires or even feed new ones. How about putting a new spin on traditional dishes with trend-led ingredients like our choco mole sauce inspired by the Oaxaca region of Mexico? Using authentic spices and premium cocoa, this sauce is rich in antioxidants with a deep color and enticing aroma that will delight the senses.

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Snacking

Join our search for the next trail mix, cereal, or snack bar hit. Together, we can find new ingredient combinations that fulfil consumer desire for taste, texture, nutrition, and traceability. One idea? Take consumers on a journey through the world’s most vibrant cuisines with seasoned nut recipes drawing on our Blends of the Americas spice range, including Blanched Almonds with Spicy Citrus Coast and Candied Cashews with Warm Sedona Sunset.

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Read ofi news

Blog Jul 27, 2022

Five Trends We Noticed at IFT FIRST 2022

After a two-year in-person hiatus, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) FIRST Event and Expo was back at Chicago’s McCormick Place. FIRST stands for Food Improved by Research, Science, and Technology. In other words, the expo is a place to see the latest global food and beverage trends on display and to show off what ofi can offer our customers across our ingredients and in application.

In case you missed our booth, we worked hard to showcase all of ofi’s capabilities. We shared how our nuts, cocoa, coffee, dairy, and spices product portfolio works together to create great concepts like walnut chorizo tacos and a cocoa golden milk. Plant-based and better-for-you were just two of the trends our concepts were rooted in. Not only did we share our interpretations of on-going trends, but we also announced the launch of deZaan organic cocoa. If you’re interested in learning more about ofi and partnering to make it real, email us.

So, what trends did we see?

News May 13, 2022

ofi outlines sustainability focus at new Tokoroa plant

Plant construction on track as new senior team member joins in key sustainability role.

ofi (olam food ingredients) today announced a range of actions to support its sustainability goals across its New Zealand operations, including building its sustainability team and enhancing a sustainably minded approach at its plant.

Plant construction is progressing well, and the plant remains on track for opening at the start of the 2023 season.

Press Release Jul 25, 2022

olam food ingredients (“ofi”) completes acquisition of Club Coffee L.P.

ofi, a global leader in naturally good food & beverage ingredients, is pleased to announce that the acquisition of Club Coffee L.P. (“Club Coffee"), previously announced on 26 April 2022, was successfully completed.

Club Coffee is one of Canada’s largest coffee roasters and packaging solutions providers to the ‘At Home’ segment, serving private label customers and retail brands from its facilities in Toronto. The acquisition of Club Coffee is aligned with ofi’s growth strategy to deliver sustainable, natural, value-added food and beverage ingredients and solutions through a diverse channel mix, to customers across the globe. The private label and co-manufactured channel is an attractive, high value and growing part of ofi’s portfolio.

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