At CSM Ingredients, we are proud of our centuries of expertise in the food industry, our dedicated vision of nutrition and the development opportunities offered by our group's Ingredients-Tech Solutions platform. Whether you are an artisan baker, restaurant owner, caterer, retailer or manufacturer, CSM Ingredients is ready to support you in selecting and putting together ingredients that make your products successful.

HISTORY

1919

Establishment of CSM (Centrale Suiker Maatschappij), focused on the sugar beet industry and based in the Netherlands. CSM soon becomes one of the most important players in the bakery and confectionery sector.

 

 

 

1919
2007

CSM sells its sugar division and focuses on bakery and pastry ingredients to become one of the world's largest suppliers.

2007
2013

The Group, with all its local subsidiaries around the world, becomes a member of the Rhône Capital investment fund and is named CSM Bakery Solutions.

2013
2021

CSM Bakery Solutions once again focuses on its expertise in ingredients and renames itself CSM Ingredients. The company is now part of the investment fund Investindustrial.

2021
2022

After acquiring HIFOOD and entering into unique partnerships with other ingredient suppliers, CSM Ingredients innovates and creates the Ingredients-Tech Solutions platform.

2022
2024

CSM Ingredients now has more than 2,500 employees, 16 production locations, 5 innovation centres, 15 development centres and 4 open innovation centres. The company has a presence in more than 120 countries.

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A future-oriented company true to its heritage
A future-oriented company true to its heritage
A future-oriented company true to its heritage

At CSM Ingredients we are proud of our unique expertise, which is the result of more than a century of experience in food ingredients and is at the heart of the brands and products we have brought to market since 1919. Innovation and the pursuit of excellence have always been part of our DNA.

 

The craft of baking and pastry, in direct interaction with the consumer, has allowed us to closely monitor trends. Our close collaboration with manufacturers has opened up new possibilities and enabled us to offer innovative ideas and creative solutions that meet their needs.

 

Today we can provide everyone with the best possible advice, thanks to our unique expertise, the fruits of our heritage and our constant openness to market changes. Innovation, excellence and commitment are the core concepts that guide our growth to meet the current and future needs of our customers.

 

Looking to the future, we are aware of the sustainability and responsibility challenges that define our times. That's why we strive to develop environmentally friendly food solutions, promote sustainable ingredients and maintain responsible practices throughout our supply chain. Choosing CSM Ingredients is to opt for the ideal combination of tradition and innovation, quality and sustainability. 

 

 

 

Enabling taste and nutrition for a new world

Based on more than a century of industry experience and leveraging significant inter-company synergies, our Ingredients - Platform comprises several companies - CSM Ingredients, HIFOOD, Italcanditi, Comprital, Rubicone, Parker Products and Creative Food Ingredients, all of which ares united by one collective goal: to support the evolution of the food ecosystem to improve human wellbeing and the health of the planet.

 

Our dedication to researching, innovating and developing ingredient solutions, our obsession with quality and our ambition to become net positive are the pillars of our ability to develop products - including natural value-added ingredients, personalised solutions, as well as mixes and preparations - that meet the highest expectations of both industrial and traditional trade customers in more than 120 countries worldwide.