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Riverside Partners with Flavor and Specialty Ingredients Companies

Riverside is attracted to the global market for specialty ingredients

  • Positive growth trends in the overall flavor industry, particularly among mid-sized and smaller companies

  • Consumer trends shifting towards clean label ingredients and healthier products which has created additional growth opportunities

  • Increased focus and regulatory scrutiny on food safety, enabling companies to differentiate themselves

  • Large, fragmented small-end of the market, which presents a meaningful opportunity for consolidation

Riverside is a value-added partner in the flavor and specialty ingredients industries

  • Conducted extensive research and has ongoing dialogue with industry experts, strategic players, and flavor & ingredients companies

  • Formed an exclusive advisory board consisting of individuals with extensive industry expertise and talent

  • Established value-added relationships with food & beverage supply chain companies, end-market food & beverage brands, and food safety service providers

  • Built a dedicated team that evaluates and sources potential add-on targets

  • Executed award-winning investments with partnerships like Tate’s and MEC3
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Riverside’s operating-intensive approach can help accelerate growth

Riverside seeks flavor & specialty ingredients partners with:

Market Leadership
Outstanding Reputation
Strong Value Proposition
Multiple Growth Opportunities

Riverside Adds Value for Our Partners

  • Synergistic cross-selling with existing Riverside investments in the food and specialty ingredients market
  • Riverside Toolkit which includes over 40 vetted experts who consult on specific functional areas such as pricing, strategic planning, executive recruitment, and global sourcing and procurement
  • Origination team of over 20 individuals who are dedicated to sourcing proprietary domestic and international add-on acquisitions
  • Strategic sourcing between our portfolio companies

 

Riverside Flavor & Specialty Ingredients Expert

Richard Lan*
Richard Lan* Senior Advisor New York * independent contractor and not an employee of the Riverside Company
We look to leverage our global footprint, extensive operating know-how, and broad network to assist management teams in driving above-market growth and operational savings.

Riverside has extensive experience partnering with companies in the food and beverage industry.

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The Riverside Company - Flavor Advisory Board Overview

 

The Riverside Company’s Flavor & Specialty Ingredients focused team has assembled a knowledge base in the industry over the last several years. However, we would not mistakenly consider ourselves to be ‘experts’ by any means. To assist the Riverside team in further enhancing our intelligence profile and to effectively evaluate potential opportunities and develop strategies, we have assembled a targeted group of specialized consultants as the ‘Flavor Advisory Board.’

The advisory board is a mix of ‘real’ industry experts who have multiple decades of personal flavor & specialty ingredients experience and possess unique/differentiated skill sets (from R&D and flavor chemists, to sales & marketing, global business development, leadership, strategic initiative execution, acquisition integration, long range planning, etc.) and armed with a global perspective. These individuals can add significant value and provide actionable solutions and guidance to any company in the food & beverage supply chain.

 

Flavor & Specialty Ingredients Advisory Board Members

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Gary Dempsey

Former VP of Global Account Development at Dohler Group, Symrise (Global Account Director), Givaudan (Director, International Business Development)

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Brendan Naulty

Current President Sweeteners & Natural Ingredients at Manus Bio. Former Senior Vice President at Ajinomoto North America, Inc. and Director Food Ingredients at Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

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Brian Vogt

Current CEO at the Brisan Group (flavor & specialty ingredients industry consulting firm)

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Brandon Brown

Former CFO at Foodarom, and senior financial roles at ConAgra, Kerry Group, Butterball

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Touran Cheraghi

Former VP Global Flavour Strategy & Innovation at Firmenich and senior leadership roles at IFF and Tastemaker

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Chris Thoen

Former Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Givaudan, Procter & Gamble (Managing Director of Global Open Innovation)