Addition of leading natural health care and probiotic business positions ADM to provide fully integrated probiotics and nutraceuticals for consumer and commercial markets.

August 15, 2018

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ADM completes Probiotics International acquisition
ADM

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) announced Aug. 15 that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Probiotics International Ltd. — known under its umbrella brand as Protexin — a U.K.-based manufacturer of innovative, research-based, natural health care and probiotic supplements for human, pet and production-animal use.

The £185 million deal is the latest in a series of investments as ADM continues to expand its wide portfolio of health and wellness offerings for both human and animal nutrition customers, the company said.

ADM Protexin Ltd. — as the company will now be known — will produce research-based probiotics, including the popular Bio-Kult and Lepicol brands. Protexin also offers a variety of natural products and probiotic supplements for the veterinary, agricultural and equine health care markets, ADM said.

“With its leading human and animal nutrition brands sold in markets around the world, Protexin is an ideal addition to ADM’s established Health & Wellness business, which already includes a comprehensive range of ingredients such as bioactives, botanical extracts and specialty nutritional oils,” ADM Health & Wellness president Vikram Luthar said. “We are excited to combine Protexin’s portfolio of high-quality probiotic products, along with its international commercial network and marketing and regulatory expertise, with ADM’s world-class research and development capabilities to help offer customers a full range of health and wellness products and solutions.”

Last year, ADM acquired Biopolis — a leading provider of microbial technologies — and it has since announced a number of other research and development partnerships in the prebiotic and probiotic, personalized nutrition and animal health enzyme spaces, the company said.

“We are building our capabilities to help our customers address fast-growing demands across the food and beverage, infant nutrition, personal care, animal nutrition and pharmaceutical segments,” Luthar added.

“We are delighted to join ADM’s Health & Wellness business. With numerous areas of expertise between Protexin, ADM and Biopolis, we will develop a wide range of fully integrated market-leading probiotics and nutraceuticals products promoting health and wellness in both humans and animals,” Protexin commercial director Jonathan Sowler said.

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