Adams Food Ingredients acquires FoodTec UK

Adams Food Ingredients (AFI), a subsidiary of the Irish Dairy Board, has acquired the business and assets of FoodTec UK, a specialist ingredients business, from Dairy Crest for £1.2 million (€1.5m).

AFI, located in Leek, is a food ingredient powder blending business that specialises in sourcing, formulating, blending and packing food ingredients for UK food manufacturers and nutrition brands.

“We are very pleased to be acquiring the FoodTec business, which will play an integral role in the future growth plans for AFI. This acquisition presents opportunities to grow both the AFI and FoodTec businesses in collaboration with both existing and new customers across new products, technologies and processes, AFI managing director, Gary Wells says.