Diana Expands South American Capabilities at Chilean Plant

With this operation, Diana Food Division expands its product range and offers food manufacturers spray dried powders of fruit & vegetables enabling to bring them tailor-made solutions in terms of taste, colour and food protection.

12 April 2012 --- As part of its strategic growth and to meet strong demand from its customers on the American continent, the Food division of the Diana Group has announced the reinforcement of its capabilities in South America with a new spray drying unit on its Chilean plant, in Buin. With this investment and the development of local research teams, the Food Division extends its offer on the Americas strengthening its position as a leading player in solutions from natural ingredients.

With this operation, Diana Food Division expands its product range and offers food manufacturers spray dried powders of fruit & vegetables enabling to bring them tailor-made solutions in terms of taste, colour and food protection.

With its scientific and agronomic expertise, Diana Food Division claims to guarantee excellent raw material quality and ensures a full traceability. Local sourcing enables it to offer its customers a tailor-made solution from high-quality species. This upstream control is due to a dedicated agronomist team and a strict selection and monitoring of suppliers.

By setting up on the Chile plant different technologies for extraction, concentration, spray drying, Diana Food Division reinforces its position as leading player on natural organoleptic solutions. This large range of processes also enables Diana Food Division to offer its customers tailor-made solutions with an excellent quality and competitiveness control.     

Diana is a worldwide leader in natural functional solutions for Food, Pet Food, Nutraceutical and Cosmetics industries, and technological leader in plant cell culture dedicated to actives production for Food, Health and Cosmetics industries. Over its 1500 employees, nearly 15% are dedicated to R&D. Established in 22 countries, the Group develops R&D platforms on all continents in order to better meet its customers’ needs and the local specificities. In 2011, the Group achieved revenue of € 392 million of which three quarters are coming from international sales.