Comax Flavors released insights into what consumers are looking for in nutrition and performance products, think taste and flavor. 

Ingredient companies are opening new plants to extract CBD, hiring new senior leaders and celebrating major milestones. For instance, the Martin Bauer Group is celebrating its 90th Anniversary and 90 years of passion for botanicals. 

Stauber Performance Ingredients Inc. and Hawkins Inc. launched its most recent ingredient collaboration: Pomma+ Nectar. 

Beverage ingredient suppliers are investing capital expenditures into expanding existing facilities or building new ones.

Avon, Ohio-based Maroon Group, a North American distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, expanded its distribution relationship with Murphy & Son, a global supplier to the brewing, wine and distilling markets. 

Sweetener Solutions, Pooler, Ga., announced an expansion to existing production capacity and warehousing space through the creation of a new, additional climate-controlled facility near its corporate headquarters in Pooler, Ga.

Flavorchem to present on fragrance and flavors trends, as several ingredient companies expand their teams, resources and product lines to meet demands on the cusp of such trends.

Ingredient suppliers have announced new partnerships and new hires.

Leadership shifts in leading ingredient companies while acquisitions signal big changes. 

Ahiflower oil has been approved for use in Canada. Ingredion has grown its team, and Elemend now has six products across three product lines.