Industry Group: Consumer Area of Focus: Food & Beverage
Harris Williams advised J&K Ingredients, a portfolio company of CORE Industrial Partners, on their sale to SK Capital.
J&K Ingredients is a market leading manufacturer and supplier of food and beverage ingredients with an emphasis on natural, organic, and clean label products. Founded in 1899 and based in Paterson, New Jersey, J&K Ingredients pioneered the bakery industry’s first natural mold inhibitor and remains at the forefront of clean label ingredients innovation, custom formulation, and manufacturing across multiple food and beverage end markets.
Beyond their broadly recognized natural mold inhibitor product lines, the company’s comprehensive specialty ingredient offerings span more than 400 items across 13 categories, including bread and roll bases, dough conditioners, egg and milk replacers, flavors, emulsions, and stabilizers, among other categories.
CORE invested in J&K with the vision of scaling the business by expanding their natural preservative product category into adjacent food and beverage end markets. SK Capital seeks to build on this momentum in the company’s next phase of growth.
Investors recognize the differentiated and defensible position of ingredients companies with a clear value-added proposition. J&K’s reputation as the leader in clean label solutions has fortified the company’s position as the partner of choice for food and beverage companies across categories and created significant runway for continued growth.
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