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AAK ­ Responsible Growth 2012-2013 - UK

Rapeseed Palm Olive Soya beans Sunflower Shea kernels Corn Coconut AAK Responsible Growth | 15 Raw materials AAK’s core business is speciality vegetable oils that meet the needs of the food, confectionery and cosmetics industries. Sourcing renewable raw materials from around the globe, we manufacture our broad product portfolio at 12 production plants in Europe and the Americas. Our products are of both nutritional and functional value, outstanding for their structure, melting and crystallisation, rheological properties, flavour release and skin penetration. Product development is often carried out in close cooperation with customers, suppliers, research organisations or other external partners to ensure a strong fit with market and customer demands and to take advantage of the latest technologies. Supporting our strong focus on customisation, we operate a highly flexible production process. This enables us to respond to specific customer needs for functionality, health profile, taste, processing, logistics, labelling and legal requirements. In each case, our technical and commercial experts identify the optimum solution to a specific need. Natural raw materials Our raw materials are obtained from rapeseed, palm oil, soya beans, shea kernels, sunflower seed, olives and many other sources. Drawing on our extensive knowledge and more than a century of experience, we exploit the properties of vegetable oils to add value to the products of customers within our target industries. Our raw materials are sourced from all over the world. Rapeseed from Northern and Central Europe Palm oil from Asia and Latin America Palm kernel oil from Asia Olive oil from Southern Europe Soya bean oil from the US and South America Sunflower oil from Eastern Europe and Mexico Shea kernels from West Africa Corn oil primarily from America and Eastern and Southern Europe Coconut oil from Malaysia and the Philippines


AAK ­ Responsible Growth 2012-2013 - UK
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