Berkshire Partners Recapitalizes FoodChain ID (from Paine Schwartz Partners)

Paine Schwartz Invests in Chex Finer Foods

June 16, 2025

Food & Beverage

Paine Schwartz Partners has made a strategic growth investment from its Food Chain Fund VI into Chex Finer Foods, a third-generation, family-owned specialty and natural foods distributor headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The firm will partner with Chex’s management to accelerate organic growth, invest in technology and operations, and pursue M&A in the fragmented specialty food distribution market.

FoodChain ID Acquires BCGlobal from Bryant Christie

February 3, 2022

Food & Beverage

FoodChain ID, a provider of food safety, testing and compliance solutions, has acquired BCGlobal, the regulatory intelligence and database subscription business formerly part of Bryant Christie Inc. The acquisition adds BCGlobal's proprietary regulatory data and subscription platform to FoodChain ID's technology suite to expand its regulatory compliance, data and technology capabilities for food, beverage and agricultural customers.

FoodChain ID Acquires Verdant

December 7, 2021

Software

FoodChain ID, a Berkshire Partners–backed provider of food safety, quality and sustainability solutions, has acquired Verdant, a consulting and SaaS provider that automates compliance, PLM integration and product development workflows for CPG, food & beverage and specialty chemical companies. The add-on expands FoodChain ID's technology-enabled services and accelerates its ability to deliver PLM integrations, compliance automation and product formulation tooling to enterprise customers.

FoodChain ID Acquires Nutraveris

July 30, 2020

Food & Beverage

FoodChain ID, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, has acquired Nutraveris, a France-based scientific and regulatory affairs consultancy and AI-driven software provider for the health, nutrition and supplements markets. The acquisition expands FoodChain ID's technology-enabled compliance, claim verification and regulatory capabilities across Europe and strengthens its global food safety, quality and sustainability platform.

FoodChain ID Acquires Diversified Laboratories

November 18, 2019

Food & Beverage

FoodChain ID, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, has acquired Diversified Laboratories, an analytical testing lab based in Chantilly, Virginia. The deal expands FoodChain ID’s contaminants testing capabilities — adding Diversified’s USDA-accredited and ISO 17025-certified pesticide, PCB, antibiotic and mycotoxin testing to its food safety, quality and sustainability platform.

FoodChain ID (Paine Schwartz Portfolio Company) Acquires Decernis

June 19, 2019

Food & Beverage

FoodChain ID, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, has acquired Decernis, a provider of regulatory intelligence, compliance and risk-management technology for food, consumer and chemical sectors. The deal expands FoodChain ID’s technology-enabled compliance, supply-chain and claim-verification capabilities and adds scale to its U.S. business while broadening its global regulatory content and analytics offerings.