Solina Acquires Sokol Custom Food Ingredients

Solina Acquires Sokol Custom Food Ingredients

February 7, 2025

Food & Beverage

Solina, the France-based global food ingredients partner, has acquired Sokol Custom Food Ingredients from private equity firm Burlington Capital Partners. Sokol, headquartered in Countryside, Illinois, is a formulator and manufacturer of wet-fill and liquid food ingredient products and will continue to be led by its existing management team under Solina's ownership.

Solina Acquires Saratoga Food Specialties

October 4, 2022

Food & Beverage

Solina, a France-based producer of savoury ingredient solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Saratoga Food Specialties to accelerate its North American expansion. The deal (subject to regulatory approval) will add Saratoga's liquid-sauce capabilities, three U.S. manufacturing sites and approximately 500 employees to Solina's North American footprint.

Solina Acquires Food Compounds B.V.

October 6, 2021

Food & Beverage

French savoury-ingredients group Solina (majority-owned by PE firm Astorg) has completed the acquisition of Food Compounds B.V., a Netherlands-based specialist in powder-based premixes and coating systems for potato processors. The deal strengthens Solina's coating expertise and R&D capabilities as part of its ongoing expansion strategy; financial terms were not disclosed.

Saco Foods Acquires Solo Foods from Sokol & Company

January 24, 2024

Food & Beverage

Saco Foods Holdings, a branded food company and platform backed by private equity, has acquired Solo Foods LLC from Chicago-based Sokol & Company. The tuck-in add-on expands Saco's center-store baking portfolio (cake and pastry fillings, marzipan and almond paste) and will leverage Saco's shared services, retail placement and e-commerce channels to grow the Solo brand.

Solina Acquires Zafron Foods

June 7, 2022

Food & Beverage

Solina has acquired Zafron Foods from the Kenny family, integrating the London-based sauces and condiments manufacturer into its sauce platform. The deal adds Zafron’s two UK manufacturing sites, recognized brands (Kenny's, Zafron, Kromberg), and a 65-employee operation with ~£23m in sales to Solina’s global portfolio to accelerate capability and product offering in custom sauces and liquid solutions.

Solina Acquires Sauces et Créations and Atelier D2i

April 4, 2022

Food & Beverage

Solina Group has acquired French sauce specialists Sauces et Créations (Cambrai) and Atelier D2i (Laon). The two makers of tailor-made savoury and sweet sauces — which together generated around €28 million in 2021 and employ ~110 people — will strengthen Solina's made-to-measure sauces capability for the restaurant and food industry.