DKSH Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Limagrain Ingredients in Southeast Asia

DKSH has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Limagrain Ingredients, part of the French agricultural co-operative group Limagrain, the European leader of functional flours and a food ingredient specialist serving the food, pet food, and animal nutrition industries, with natural cereal-based ingredients and solutions. Through this partnership, DKSH will support Limagrain Ingredients' market entry and growth in the Southeast Asia region by providing end-to-end market expansion services.

Zurich, Switzerland, March 31, 2026 - DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, will distribute Limagrain Ingredients' portfolio for applications in bakery and pastry, including flours, functional flours, and improvers, as well as breakfast cereals and savory snacks. DKSH will provide marketing and sales, distribution and logistics, regulatory support, and technical application services across Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

With six factories across Europe, Limagrain Ingredients offers a broad portfolio including functional flours, masa flours for tortilla chips, snack pellets for expansion and bread improvers. Committed to the clean label approach for nearly 30 years, Limagrain Ingredients produce from grains and cereals natural ingredients to meet specific nutritional, functional, and technical requirements with high performance and unique functionalities.

Their range of functional flours named Innosense, offers wide solutions, to help manufacturers enhance texture and mouthfeel of sauces, ready meal and snacks, replace starches for clean labelling, and improve process-ability of doughs whether it's sheeting, extruding or baking, and improve nutritional value with naturally occurring fibers and proteins.

Limagrain Ingredients has entrusted DKSH to grow its food ingredients business in Southeast Asia, marking its first collaboration with DKSH. By leveraging DKSH's extensive regional coverage, capillary distribution network, proven sales and marketing execution, and integrated service offering, the partnership is designed to accelerate market access, reduce time-to-scale and complexity compared to market-by-market expansion, and enhance credibility and reliability across the region.

The partnership also strengthens DKSH's Food & Beverage Ingredients portfolio by expanding its offering in functional flours and plant-based ingredient solutions. It creates cross-selling pathways across bakery, instant noodles, and emerging plant-based meat analog applications, reinforcing DKSH's position as the strategic partner of choice for scaling European food innovation in Southeast Asia.

Andrea Gobbi, Commercial Director, Limagrain Ingredients, commented: "I am truly delighted to join forces with DKSH. Their strong market presence and operational excellence make them the ideal partner to deliver meaningful value to customers and accelerate our growth in Southeast Asia."

Cesar Saez, Vice President, Global Food & Beverage Ingredients, Performance Materials, DKSH, commented: "Limagrain Ingredients brings strong expertise in grain-based ingredient solutions, and we are pleased to support their expansion into Southeast Asia. By combining their product strength with DKSH's market access and technical capabilities, we aim to create long-term value for customers across the region."

About Limagrain Ingredients
Limagrain Ingredients is a subsidiary of LIMAGRAIN, a 60 years-old French agricultural cooperative group, creator and producer of plant varieties, and one of the worldwide leaders in the seed breeding activities. From its grains and cereals, Limagrain Ingredients creates ingredients with unique functionalities that support manufacturers in improving the texture, mouthfeel and nutrition of their products. Limagrain has been committed to the clean Label approach for nearly 30 years. Limagrain Ingredients develops and offers a wide range of ingredients: wheat and maize flour and grits, functional flours, masa flours, snack pellets, bread improvers as well as puffed and toasted grains. Their ingredients are used across the food and feed industry; in industrial bakeries, breakfast cereal, snack manufacturers, convenience food and in pet food and animal feed (young animals, horses). Limagrain Ingredients generate more than 200 million Euros sales and processes over 350.000 tons of cereals each year. The company employs more than 395 employees across 6 ISO 22000 certified production sites in Europe. www.limagrain.com/en

About DKSH
For more than 160 years, DKSH has been delivering growth for companies in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America across its Business Units Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Performance Materials, and Technology. As a leading Market Expansion Services provider, DKSH offers sourcing, market insights, marketing and sales, e-commerce, distribution and logistics as well as after-sales services, following its purpose of enriching people's lives. DKSH is a participant of the United Nations Global Compact and adheres to its principles-based approach to responsible business. Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, DKSH operates in 35 markets with 26,840 specialists, generating net sales of CHF 11.1 billion in 2025. DKSH Business Unit Performance Materials distributes specialty chemicals and ingredients for food, pharmaceutical, personal care, and various industrial applications. With 55 innovation centers and regulatory support worldwide, DKSH creates cutting-edge formulations that comply with local regulations. With around 1,830 specialists, the Business Unit generated net sales of CHF 1.4 billion in 2025. www.dksh.com/pm