From Gluten-Free Excellence to Global Food Innovation

HIFOOD’s early research efforts centered on creating gluten-free solutions that didn’t compromise on sensory quality.

By exploring the power of ingredients and solutions of natural origin, we created highly concentrated nucleuses that helped manufacturers craft gluten-free products that were formulated not only with cleaner labels in mind, but also to achieve new quality standards in terms of texture, taste and overall eating experiences.

Over time, our curiosity and commitment to progress led us beyond gluten-free. Thus, HIFOOD quickly evolved into a broader journey toward natural origin, plant-based, and cleaner label ingredient innovation.

Today, HIFOOD is part of CSM Ingredients group and belongs to the global ingredients platform Nexture. It is the innovation engine of the group when it comes to developing advanced, value added solutions to address some of the most pressing challenges in modern food production.

• Reducing food waste with solutions to maintain shelf life and freshness over time.
• Delivering better-for-you products through fiber and protein enrichment, and by lowering sugar, salt, and fat content.
• Advancing plant-based alternatives, with systems designed to mimic the taste, texture, and functionality of animal-based products, or to create entirely new plant-based concepts.
• Elevating overall eating experiences, with fibers and plant-based systems designed to achieve creamier consistencies, more satisfactory textures and bolder flavors.  
• Enabling cleaner and simpler labels, by continually evolving its portfolio of ingredients of natural origin.
• Providing free-from goods, thanks to the development of innovative gluten-free, egg-free, lactose-free and GMO-free solutions and systems to cater to modern consumers’ demands.

Since our foundation, we have harnessed the power of nature to enhance food performance, exploring and transforming diverse raw ingredients to achieve measurable improvements in texture, freshness, nutritional profiles, and taste.

Today, as part of CSM Ingredients group, we still believe deeply that each and every one of us plays a role in supporting the evolution of the food ecosystem for positive impact.

CSM Ingredients’ "Thrive for Impact" plan, aligned with three UN Sustainable Development Goals, provides us with a clear roadmap to respond to some of the world’s most pressing issues. Through the three pillars of People, Planet and Product, we aim to address the dimensions of planet health, humanity well-being and ingredient wealth.