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AAK refines vegetable oils for specialised products which meet customers' high requirements. In partnership with its customers.
AAK are always on the look out for partners whose production relies on high value-added vegetable oils. The company says that this is what has made AAK the world's leading producer of speciality vegetable fats. The products are used as substitutes for dairy fat and cocoa butter, as transfree solutions for fillings for chocolate and confectionery products, as well as by the cosmetics industry.
The company’s raw materials are obtained from areas such as Asia and West Africa. AAK is committed to sustainable development and is one of the prime movers behind RSPO, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and GreenPalm Ltd. Through these initiatives, AAK has contributed to the natural extraction of palm oil through natural agricultral development.
AAK's products originate in the plant kingdom and are renewable. This means that they achieve a minimal impact on the environment. AAK's products are used, for example, as lubricants for forestry machinery. The waste products discharged by the machinery to the eco-system during the production process have no harmful impact on the environment.
AAK is organised into three business areas: Chocolate & Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients and Technical Products & Feed. The cosmetics unit, which is part of Chocolate & Confectionery Fats, is a rapidly-growing operation.
Production facilities are located in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Uruguay and the USA.
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
18 Mar 2019 --- AAK has developed a new flaked fats ingredient solution range to help manufacturers create better pizzas. The new range is claimed to enhance crust quality, taste and texture, as... Read More
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FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
12 Mar 2019 --- Eighteen months after inaugurating its production facility in Zhangjiagang, China, vegetable oils and fats supplier AAK has made “significant add-on investments.”... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
01 Mar 2019 --- This week in food industry news, Campbell Soup signed a definitive agreement for the sale of Garden Fresh Gourmet and Hain Celestial completed the first step in its divestiture of... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
25 Feb 2019 --- Vegetable oils and fats expert AAK has acquired Dutch company MaasRefinery B.V., which also specializes in toll refining of vegetable oils and fats for the food industry. With the... Read More
BUSINESS NEWS
01 Oct 2018 --- Leading provider of value-adding vegetable oils & fats, AAK has inaugurated its new Customer Innovation Center in Singapore to further strengthen its capabilities and customer... Read More
28 Dec 2017 --- One of the key themes at FiE 2017 was sustainability, and AAK is working to be a big part of it. “Sustainability is part of our DNA at AAK, we have been working with sustainability for many years. Now what we are looking into much more is the sustainability of the different oils that we source,” says Mads J Feer. In the past, AAK has focused on the sustainability of palm oil and shea oil, for example. Now, the company is looking to work toward the responsible sourcing of many oils. The company has also developed new movies of several supply chains it is working with.
07 Dec 2015 --- AAK’s TROPICAO has been developed to overcome heat-related bloom, the most frequent reason for chocolate quality complaints in hot climates. With AAK’s innovative solution, chocolate manufacturers in hot climate markets such as Latin America, Asia and the Middle East are able to produce bloom-stable chocolate and still maintain the chocolate’s sensorial properties. René Schou, Global Director CCF at AAK discusses the technology.
01 Jul 2014 --- Terry Thomas, President of AAK USA discusses the company's latest trans fat free oil solutions and product concepts.
