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Our Customers covers all areas in which AAK interacts with customers. It includes
products, product development, food safety, product information and market
communication. Interaction with customers is based on sound business ethics and
a deep understanding of the company’s responsibility for safeguarding customer
brands. As a supplier of ingredients for some of the world’s best-known brands,
AAK recognizes its role and its customers’ expectations and see these as key
elements in the way the AAK company program is executed.
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