Brookside Flavors & Ingredients Acquires Sterling Food Flavorings, LLC

Brookside Flavors & Ingredients Acquires Flavor Advantage

August 1, 2022

Food & Beverage

Brookside Flavors & Ingredients LLC (BFI) has acquired the assets of Flavor Advantage, LLC, a Naples, Florida-based flavor house. Founder Tom Motz will remain with the business, and BFI said the acquisition will expand its sweet-flavor capabilities and customer relationships to accelerate growth using BFI's resources.

The Riverside Company Invests in National Flavors, LLC

March 11, 2020

Food & Beverage

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has invested in National Flavors, LLC (NF), a Michigan-based flavor manufacturer founded in 1941 that supplies flavors for beverages, frozen desserts, baked goods, confections and processed fruits. Riverside said it will strengthen NF’s research, development and application capabilities through organic and inorganic initiatives and is actively pursuing add-ons to build out its flavor and specialty ingredients platform.

Exponent Acquires IFF's Flavour Specialty Ingredients (FSI) Business

August 2, 2023

Food & Beverage

Exponent Private Equity agreed to acquire the Flavour Specialty Ingredients division (FSI) from International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), a UK‑headquartered supplier of natural and aroma chemical base aromas. The carve‑out includes four manufacturing and distribution facilities across the UK, US and China, serves ~970+ clients and generates over $100 million in revenue; Exponent will back FSI to grow organically and via acquisitions.

Valesco Industries Leads Majority Buyout of Adams Flavors, Foods & Ingredients

March 9, 2022

Food & Beverage

On March 3, 2022 Valesco Industries (via Valesco Fund II) closed a majority buyout and control recapitalization of Central Texas Ingredients I, LLC (dba Adams Flavors, Foods & Ingredients) in Gonzales, Texas. The transaction included co-investors Brookside Capital Partners, Deason Capital, Midwest Growth Partners and CEO Daniel (Dan) Shannon; proceeds will support new private label programs and nationwide expansion of the Adams brand.

FlavorSum (Riverside) Acquires Meridian Flavors

August 25, 2022

Food & Beverage

FlavorSum, a Flavor & Ingredients platform owned by The Riverside Company, has acquired Meridian Flavors, a Fenton, Missouri-based manufacturer of natural, non-GMO and organic flavor systems. The transaction is an add-on to the FlavorSum platform and expands its clean-label and sweet/dairy flavor capabilities to better serve small and mid-sized food & beverage customers.

The Riverside Company / National Flavors Acquires Bonnie & Don Flavours (B&D)

December 15, 2020

Food & Beverage

The Riverside Company, through its flavor platform with portfolio company National Flavors (NF), completed an add-on acquisition of Bonnie & Don Flavours (B&D), a Canadian manufacturer of natural and organic flavors and extracts. The deal is the second add-on to Riverside's flavor platform and is intended to expand the platform's geographic presence by adding a manufacturing facility in Canada.