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43亿美元!IFF为什么要出售食品配料业务?

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本文核心信息是全球香精香料巨头IFF于2026年5月以43亿美元将旗下规模最大的食品配料业务出售给私募机构CVC,交易后IFF保留10%少数股权,这一动作反映了当前全球食品行业的战略调整趋势。

1. 本次出售的核心原因是,该业务虽然2025年净销售额达32.78亿美元,为IFF五大部门最高,但增长乏力,同比下滑3%,且调整后EBITDA利润率仅12.9%,为所有部门最低,远低于IFF计划聚焦的风味、香氛、健康生物技术三大板块,这三大板块利润率分别达到19.3%、20.8%、26%。

2. 目前全球多家食品饮料巨头都在推进类似的“瘦身”动作,帝斯曼·芬美意出售非核心业务,雀巢出售低利润率的瓶装水业务,家乐氏通过分拆聚焦核心,本质都是集中资源到高增长高利润的核心业务,放弃规模大但增长差、利润低的非核心板块。

本次全球食品巨头的业务调整,给食品饮料品牌的业务布局、产品研发提供了多方面的参考干货。

1. 消费趋势层面,CVC判断食品配料赛道本身抗风险能力强,叠加全球食品消费增长、清洁标签产品需求上升的长期趋势,行业发展潜力充足,品牌做产品布局可以参考这一趋势,布局符合清洁标签方向的产品。

2. 产品研发层面,食品配料中的基础配料仅承担配方基础功能,资产重、利润低,而风味、香气感官这类业务更依赖创意研发,能形成高附加值壁垒,利润空间更大,品牌研发可以侧重打造风味感官的差异化优势,提升产品利润率。

3. 业务布局层面,当前行业已经进入精细化竞争阶段,头部品牌都在聚焦核心高利润业务,品牌可以参考这一思路,梳理自身业务矩阵,剥离低增长非核心业务,将资源倾斜到核心优势板块。

本次全球食品行业的业务调整,给食品行业卖家带来了明确的机会提示和风险预警,可作为业务布局的参考。

1. 机会层面,当前全球多家食品巨头都在剥离非核心的成熟业务,这类业务大多具备成熟的技术积累、稳定的客户群体和可观的规模,给卖家提供了切入成熟赛道的机会,不少私募机构已经通过这类收购布局食品行业,卖家也可以对接合适的资产实现扩张。

2. 风险提示,收购成熟资产并不一定能保证盈利,比如CVC收购联合利华的立顿茶业务后,立顿年收入从20亿欧元跌到15.7亿欧元,还持续下滑,CVC不得不注入2.1亿欧元救场,卖家收购整合前一定要做好运营规划,警惕业绩下滑风险。

3. 赛道机会,当前市场中风味、香氛、健康生物技术、咖啡、宠物食品、营养健康等赛道利润率更高、增长性更好,卖家可以优先布局这些赛道,避开重资产、低增长的领域。

本次IFF出售食品配料业务的行业事件,给食品生产工厂的产品布局、业务调整提供了不少干货启示。

1. 产品生产和设计需求层面,当前市场对风味、健康这类高差异化产品的需求更高,这类业务的利润率也远高于基础配料业务,工厂在研发设计产品时,可以侧重围绕自身核心优势,打造风味、健康方向的高附加值产品,基础功能型配料业务属于重资产、低利润领域,竞争压力更大,布局需要谨慎。

2. 商业机会层面,头部食品巨头纷纷剥离成熟的非核心食品配料业务,这类业务有现成的技术、产能和客户资源,有扩张需求的工厂可以抓住机会对接收购或者合作,依托原有基础快速切入成熟赛道,降低拓展成本。

3. 战略启示,工厂不要盲目追求全品类、大规模布局,要聚焦自身核心优势业务,主动剥离低增长、低利润的非核心业务,把资源集中到核心优势板块,才能提升整体的盈利水平和抗风险能力。

本次全球食品行业的业务调整浪潮,反映了行业新的发展趋势,也给食品行业服务商指明了新的服务方向和机会。

1. 行业发展趋势,当前全球食品产业已经从增量扩张进入存量竞争阶段,头部企业都从追求全品类大规模布局,转向精简聚焦,纷纷剥离非核心低利润业务,集中资源打造高附加值核心业务,这会成为未来一段时间行业的主流趋势。

2. 客户痛点,当前多数头部企业都面临非核心业务增长乏力、拉低整体利润率的痛点,有强烈的业务调整需求,同时下游市场对清洁标签食品配料的需求持续上升,也催生了新的需求痛点。

3. 服务机会,服务商可以围绕企业剥离非核心资产的需求,开发资产交易对接、剥离后整合运营等相关服务,也可以针对清洁标签配料的需求增长,开发对应的技术解决方案,抓住新的市场增长机会。

本次全球食品巨头的业务调整浪潮,给食品行业平台商的运营布局、风险规避带来了不少启示。

1. 市场需求层面,当前大量头部食品企业有剥离非核心成熟资产、对接接盘方的需求,平台可以依托自身的资源优势,搭建成熟食品资产交易对接的服务板块,满足企业的业务调整需求,拓展自身的业务边界,挖掘新的增长点。

2. 招商布局层面,当前风味、香氛、健康生物技术、咖啡、宠物食品、营养健康等赛道属于高增长高利润领域,平台招商可以重点倾斜这些赛道,吸引优质企业入驻,提升平台整体的盈利水平和吸引力。

3. 风险规避,平台自身布局业务时,要参考头部企业的战略,不要盲目扩张非核心低利润业务,要聚焦自身核心优势,同时在引入收购成熟资产的企业入驻时,要做好风险提示和管控,避免后续出现业绩崩盘等问题。

本次IFF出售食品配料业务,加上多家全球食品巨头的集体“瘦身”动作,反映了全球食品饮料产业的新动向,具备较高的研究价值。

1. 产业新动向,当前全球食品饮料产业已经完成了早期的规模扩张,进入存量精细化竞争阶段,产业发展逻辑从“做大”转向“做精”,头部企业纷纷通过剥离非核心业务,将资源集中到自身最擅长的高增长高利润细分板块,这是产业发展进入新阶段的标志性动向。

2. 产业新问题,本次案例也暴露了新的产业问题,头部企业剥离的成熟资产虽然有规模和技术优势,但接盘方收购后往往面临业绩下滑的问题,比如CVC收购的立顿业务业绩持续缩水,如何提升剥离后成熟资产的运营效率,是产业发展需要解决的新问题。

3. 商业模式启示,研究发现,依托核心能力的聚焦型商业模式,盈利性显著高于全品类大规模布局模式,同时私募股权机构参与巨头剥离资产收购整合的模式越来越成熟,成为产业资本参与食品行业的新商业模式。

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Quick Summary

This article covers a core industry development: global flavors and fragrances giant International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) will sell its largest food ingredients division to private equity firm CVC for $4.3 billion by May 2026, while retaining a 10% minority stake after the transaction. This move reflects a broader strategic adjustment trend across the global food industry.

1. The core rationale for the divestment is that despite generating $3.278 billion in net sales in 2025—the highest among IFF’s five divisions—the segment saw lackluster growth with a 3% year-over-year decline. Its adjusted EBITDA margin came in at just 12.9%, the lowest across all IFF divisions, far below the margins of IFF’s three priority focus areas: flavor (19.3%), fragrance (20.8%), and health biotechnology (26%).

2. This "right-sizing" move is part of a broader trend among global food and beverage giants. DSM-Firmenich has sold non-core assets, Nestlé has divested its low-margin bottled water business, and Kellogg’s has spun off non-core units to focus on its core operations. All these moves essentially aim to reallocate resources to high-growth, high-margin core businesses, while shedding large but low-growth, low-profit non-core segments.

This wave of business adjustments among global food giants offers valuable insights for food and beverage brands on business portfolio planning and product R&D.

1. From a consumer trend perspective, CVC views the food ingredients sector as inherently resilient, with strong long-term growth potential driven by expanding global food consumption and rising demand for clean-label products. Brands can align their product portfolios with this trend by developing offerings that meet clean-label requirements.

2. For product R&D, basic food ingredients only fulfill fundamental formulation functions, require heavy capital investment and deliver thin margins. By contrast, flavor and fragrance sensory solutions rely more on creative R&D, build high-value moats and offer far larger profit margins. Brands can prioritize R&D to build differentiated advantages in flavor and sensory experiences to boost product profitability.

3. For business portfolio strategy, the industry has entered an era of refined competition, with leading brands all focusing on core high-margin businesses. Brands can adopt this framework to audit their own business portfolios, divest low-growth non-core assets, and reallocate resources to their core competitive segments.

The ongoing business adjustments in the global food industry deliver clear opportunity signals and risk warnings for food industry sellers, serving as a useful reference for portfolio planning.

1. On the opportunity side, multiple global food giants are now divesting non-core mature businesses. Most of these divested assets come with established technical expertise, stable customer bases and considerable scale, creating opportunities for sellers to enter mature market segments. Many private equity firms have already entered the food industry via this type of acquisition, and sellers can also pursue suitable assets to fuel their expansion.

2. For risk warnings, acquiring mature assets does not guarantee profitability. For example, after CVC acquired Unilever’s Lipton tea business, Lipton’s annual revenue fell from €2 billion to €1.57 billion and continues to decline, forcing CVC to inject an additional €210 million to stabilize the business. Sellers must complete solid operational planning before acquiring and integrating assets, and remain alert to the risk of post-acquisition performance declines.

3. For segment opportunities, high-margin, higher-growth segments including flavor, fragrance, health biotechnology, coffee, pet food and nutrition and wellness currently offer better returns. Sellers should prioritize these segments and avoid capital-heavy, low-growth areas.

IFF’s divestment of its food ingredients business offers actionable insights for food manufacturing factories on product positioning and business adjustment.

1. In terms of product development and design demand, the market now has far stronger demand for highly differentiated offerings such as customized flavor and health-focused products, which deliver substantially higher margins than basic ingredient businesses. When developing new products, factories should prioritize building high-value offerings aligned with their core strengths in flavor and health. Basic functional ingredients are capital-heavy, low-margin and face far more intense competition, so factories should approach new布局 in this area with caution.

2. For business opportunities, leading food giants are divesting a large volume of mature non-core food ingredient assets that come with existing technology, production capacity and customer resources. Factories seeking expansion can seize the opportunity to pursue acquisitions or partnerships, allowing them to enter mature segments quickly based on existing foundations and reduce market entry costs.

3. For strategic takeaways, factories should not blindly pursue full-category, large-scale布局. Instead, they should focus on their core competitive businesses, proactively divest low-growth, low-margin non-core assets, and concentrate resources on core competitive segments to improve overall profitability and resilience.

The current wave of business adjustments in the global food industry reflects new industry development trends, and points to new service directions and opportunities for food industry service providers.

1. The overarching industry trend is that the global food industry has shifted from incremental expansion to stock competition. Leading companies are moving away from full-category, large-scale布局 in favor of streamlined, focused strategies: they are divesting non-core low-margin assets and concentrating resources on building high-value core businesses, and this will remain the dominant industry trend for the foreseeable future.

2. For customer pain points, most leading companies currently struggle with non-core businesses that drag down overall growth and profitability, creating strong demand for business restructuring. At the same time, rising downstream demand for clean-label food ingredients has generated new unmet market needs.

3. For service opportunities, service providers can develop new offerings to meet enterprise demand for non-core asset divestment, including asset transaction matching and post-divestment integration operations. They can also develop targeted technical solutions to meet growing demand for clean-label ingredients, capturing new market growth opportunities.

The current wave of business adjustments among global food giants offers important insights for food industry marketplace platforms on operational布局 and risk mitigation.

1. From a market demand perspective, a large number of leading food enterprises now need to divest non-core mature assets and match with potential buyers. Platforms can leverage their existing resource advantages to build a dedicated service segment for mature food asset transaction matching, meet enterprises’ restructuring needs, expand their own business scope, and unlock new growth points.

2. For merchant recruitment strategy, high-growth, high-margin segments including flavor, fragrance, health biotechnology, coffee, pet food and nutrition and wellness currently outperform other areas. Platforms can prioritize recruitment in these segments to attract high-quality enterprises, boost the platform’s overall profitability and market appeal.

3. For risk mitigation, when platforms develop their own business布局, they can follow the strategic lead of industry leaders: avoid blindly expanding into non-core low-margin businesses, and stay focused on their own core strengths. When onboarding enterprises that have acquired mature divested assets, platforms should also implement clear risk warnings and oversight to prevent subsequent performance collapses and other issues.

IFF’s divestment of its food ingredients business, combined with the collective right-sizing of multiple global food giants, reflects new dynamics in the global food and beverage industry and carries high research value.

1. As for new industry dynamics, the global food and beverage industry has completed its early phase of scale expansion and entered an era of stock-based refined competition. The core development logic of the industry has shifted from "growing bigger" to "getting better." Leading players are increasingly divesting non-core assets to concentrate resources on their highest-competence, high-growth, high-margin niche segments, which is a landmark shift indicating the industry has entered a new development stage.

2. As for emerging industry challenges, this case also exposes a new industry problem: although divested mature assets come with scale and technical advantages, acquirers often face post-acquisition performance declines. For example, CVC’s acquired Lipton business has seen sustained value erosion. How to improve the operating efficiency of mature divested assets after acquisition is a new problem the industry must solve.

3. As for business model implications, research shows that focused business models built around core competencies deliver significantly higher profitability than full-category, large-scale models. At the same time, the model of private equity firms acquiring and integrating divested assets from industry giants is growing increasingly mature, becoming a new business model for industrial capital to participate in the food sector.

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全 球香精香料巨头 IFF ,把规模最大的食品配料业务卖掉了。

IFF把食品配料业务卖掉了

2026 年 5 月 29 日,全球香精香料巨头 IFF 宣布达成协议,将食品配料业务以约 43 亿美元出售给私募市场管理公司 CVC Capital Partners (下文简称 CVC )。据 IFF 透露,作为交易的一部分, IFF 将保留约 10% 的少数股权。

2026 年 2 月,行业媒体 Food Navigator 就曾报道, IFF 希望出售其食品配料部门。当时 IFF 的首席执行官 Erik Fyrwald 表示,公司达成了 2025 年全年的财务目标,并正采取行动将资源投向其 “ 最高价值的业务 ” 。 [1]

近日交易达成后, Erik Fyrwald 也再次强调,这笔交易使 IFF 能够进一步集中资源于高增长,高利润的细分市场。 [2]

言外之意,食品配料业务对当前的 IFF 而言,利润和增长势头都不够。

这一点从 IFF 2025 年财报可以 看出。 2025 年, IFF 食品配料业务净销售额达到 32.78 亿美元,是 IFF 五大部门中最高 的部门。

然而庞大规模背后是增长乏力。 2025 年在其它各大部门销售额均同比增长的情况下, IFF 的食品配料业务却同比下滑 3% 。不仅如此,食品配料业务的分部调整后经营 EBITDA 利润率只有 12.9% ,为各大部门中最低。 [3]

IFF为什么主动“瘦身”?

根据 IFF 的官网显示 , IFF 的食品配料业务包含乳化剂、甜味剂、蛋白质解决方案等 9 个板块,提供的服务侧重于食品饮料配方的底层技术支持,帮助品牌改善产品的质构、稳定性等。

以乳化剂为例, IFF 在其官网介绍, IFF 的乳化剂应用于烘焙食品时,可以控制面糊的黏度, 使面糊流动更顺畅等。

IFF 在食品配料领域的能力,很大程度上来自 2021 年与杜邦营养与生物科学业务合并后获得的资产与技术积累。

当时, IFF 显然是希望通过合并,成为一个配料行业的综合性巨头。 IFF 的时任 CEO Andreas Fibig 就表示, IFF 与杜邦营养与生物科学的合并,将 “ 为各行各业终端市场的客户打造顶尖的配料与解决方案 ” ,并表示双方的互补组合将使公司在口味、质地、香气、营养、酶、培养物等成分类别中占据领先地位。 [4]

然而回顾 IFF 的历史,对香味和风味的研究才是这家公司的起点。

IFF 的前 身之一的 Pollak&Schwartz ,便是一家主营水果香精与精油的企业。 1958 年 Pollak&Schwartz 与美国企业 van Ameringen-Haebler 合并成立 IFF 。此后, IFF 围绕香气、风味和感官体验展开的研究,长期构成了其 最 核心的能力。

这些能力也不断影响食品饮料行业的产品开发。比如 1968 年 IFF 参与建立莫奈尔化学感官中心,专门研究味觉与嗅觉。 1995 年 IFF 推出 Living Flavor 技术,该技术用于帮助企业捕捉水果、蔬菜和香料的香气和风味。

对于香气和风味的长期研究,以及其为食品饮料企业提供的风味解决方案,让 IFF 形成了高附加值壁垒。

然而相比之下,配料业务的商业逻辑有所不同。 质构剂 、乳化剂、蛋白解决方案等更多承担食品饮料配方中的基础功能,与风味等更依赖创意和研发的业务相比,它的资产更重、运营更复杂,利润弹性有限。

其实在本次出售食品配料业务之前, IFF 已经在 5 年左右的时间内剥离了 13 项非核心业务。此前剥离的业务,包括特殊风味配料业务、大豆压榨、浓缩物及卵磷脂业务等。

因此出售食品配料业务,是 IFF 要将更多的资源,聚焦于风味、香 氛 、健康与 生物技术三大高利润率板块。 2025 年,这三大板块的 EBITDA 利润率分别为 19.3% 、 20.8% 和 26% 。

CVC不是第一次投资食品配料

为什么是 CVC 接手?

双方达成协议后, CVC 合伙人 James Christopoulos 就特别点名 IFF 食品原料业务在规模和技术上的优势: “ 食品配料业务管理团队表现卓越,打造出具备可观规模与深厚技术实力的业务板块。 ”

CVC 北美私 募股权 管理合伙人兼联合负责人 Lorne Somerville 则是对食品原料业务的市场需求非常乐观,他表示,该业务所处赛道前景向好、抗风险能 力强,叠加全球食品消费增长、清洁标签产品需求上升等长期趋势,行业发展潜力十足。

由此看来,食品配料业务对 IFF 而言是 “ 拖累利润率 ” 的资产,但对 CVC 来说,这是一个规模庞大且有着稳定需求量的平台型业务。

这不是 CVC 第一次表现出对食品配料业务的兴趣。

2022 年, CVC 就信贷支持私 募股权投资 机构 Advent International ,收购了意大利手工糕点、蛋糕和冰淇淋特色原料供应商 IRCA 。而就在今年 5 月底, IRCA 就旗下资产出售提交初步投标,据路透社报道, CVC 正是 IRCA 的初步竞标者之一。 [5]

而回顾 CVC 过往的食品饮料投资项目,也可以看出 CVC 在收购企业剥离的成熟资产上颇有经验。

最具代表性的一场收购,或许就是 2021 年 CVC 以 45 亿欧元的价格,收购联合利华的全球 茶业务 Ekaterra 。交易宣布时, Ekaterra 旗下拥有 34 个子品牌,其中知名度最高的就是英国茶叶品牌立顿。

除了 Ekaterra 外, CVC在 食品饮料赛道收购成熟资产的案例还包括 2013 年收购金宝汤欧洲业务 Continental Foods ,后者业务覆盖汤料、酱料等; 2021 年, CVC 还曾收购中东酒饮集团 Stock Spirits ,收购时后者旗下拥有 70 多个品牌。

不过即使是收购成熟资产,收购后的运营也未必顺利。比如金融时报 2026 年 4 月的报道称,立顿的年收入已从业务剥离前的 20 亿欧元跌至 2024 年的 15.7 亿欧元,而 2025 年上半年收入则再次同比下滑 13% 。而 CVC 也在今年向其茶业务注入 2.1 亿欧元的资金,避免因业绩不佳而导致债务重组。 [6]

全球多个食品饮料巨头“瘦身”

并不是只有 IFF 一家香精香料巨头在简化、聚焦。

2026 年 2 月 9 日,另一家香精香料巨头帝斯 曼 ? 芬美意,同样宣布与 CVC 达成协议,以 22 亿欧元 出售 其动 物营养与健康业务。而就在 2025 年,帝斯 曼 ? 芬美意还以 15 亿欧元将其饲料酶制剂业务出售给生物科技巨头 Novonesis 。

帝斯 曼 ? 芬美意的首席执行官 Dimitri de Vreeze 曾表示,帝斯曼 ? 芬美意的目标是 “ 打造具有独特能力的精细产品组合 ” ,而 2026 年 2 月的交易,是帝斯曼 ? 芬美意实现这一目标的最后一步。 [7]

不只是香精香料企业,全球多家食品饮料巨头,都在主动精简自身业务。

比如雀巢的瓶装水业务近些年的 “ 瘦身 ” 。

2021 年,雀巢以 43 亿美元将其在北美地区的 瓶装水品牌、纯净水业务、送水服务出售给了私 募股权 机构 One Rock Capital Partners 和 Metropoulos&Co. 。 2026 年初,雀巢又就出售其欧洲水业务发出首轮招标。根据雀巢的计划, 2027 年起巴黎水等品牌就将从雀巢的财务报表中剥离。[8]

雀巢剥离水业务,与如今 IFF 剥离其食品配料业务背后的逻辑类似,即将更多资源倾斜到有着更高增长效率的业务上。

雀巢财报显示 , 2025 年雀巢水业务的营业利润率为 5.6% ,低于集团平均水平。而 2025 年 9 月雀巢新任 CEO 则将集团的核心支柱确定为利润 率更高的咖啡、宠物食品、营养与健康科学、食品与零食。

也有巨头通过分拆来聚焦业务。比如 Kellogg 就在 2023 年完成分拆,分拆后的 Kellanova 承接全球零食、国际谷物、面条以及北美冷冻食品等业务,定位为 “ 以零食为核心 ” 的增长型公司; WK Kellogg Co 则聚焦北美谷物早餐业务,保留 Kellogg ’ s 、 Froot Loops 、 Frosted Flakes 等经典谷物品牌。

多家巨头纷纷 “ 瘦身 ” ,这或许并非偶然。他们共同反映出面对精细 化需求 的市场,聚焦可能才是更好的方式。

IFF与CVC的交易,不是近期 配料赛道 唯一的 大规模收购 。本文发布前的 6 月 8 日 , 美国 原料解决方案公司 宜瑞安 , 以 27 亿英镑收购英国 食品饮料配料及解决方案供应商 泰莱集团。

参考来源:

[1]IFF to sell off food ingredients- thesupplier's biggest earner , 2026.2 , FoodNavigatorUSA

[2]IFF Enters Into Agreement to Sell Its Food Ingredients Business to CVC , 2026.5 , IFF

[3]IFF Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results , 2026.2 , IFF

[4]IFF to Co mplete Merger With DuPont ’ s Nutrition&Biosciences Business , 2021.2 , IFF

[5]CVC, Cinven among bidders for Italian dessert ingredients maker IRCA,say sources , 2026.6 , Reuters

[6]CVC pumps cash into Lipton as€4.5bn tea deal comes off the boil , 2026.4 , Financial Times

[7] dsm-firmenich announces agreement to divest Animal Nutrition&Health to CVC Capital Partners , 2026.2 , dsm-firmenich

[8] 陶辉东 ,巴黎水要卖了,2026年4月, 投中网

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