Nutri Ingredients Division
Functional, better-for-you ingredient solutions designed to bring nutrition, performance and indulgence together in your next product.
Respond to the growing demand for better-for-you products
Growing awareness of the role of nutrition in everyday wellbeing has transformed the food industry. Global food and beverage launches featuring at least one health claim increased from 8% in 1997 to over 42% in 2025*, while most consumers worldwide now aim to eat healthily all or most of the time.
IRCA Group can support your company meet these evolving market demands without compromising on taste, texture, visual appeal or industrial performance.
*Source: Mintel GNPD, January 1997-June 2025
Where wellness meets indulgence
Wellness has become a mainstream expectation. Today’s consumers look for food that supports a balanced lifestyle, but they still choose products for pleasure, taste and satisfaction.
With IRCA Group's Nutri Ingredients Division, you can respond to this shift through functional, nutritional and indulgent solutions for better-for-you applications.
Built on three strengths:
Authentic by nature.
Trusted for transparency.
Solutions based on real fruit, nuts and plant-based components, with options aligned to clean-label expectations and free-from trends.
Tailored by science.
Designed for performance.
Formulation know-how and technological precision to support protein enrichment, sugar reduction, fiber integration and specific nutritional targets.
Indulgent by design.
Crafted for wellbeing.
Ingredients crafted to deliver rich flavors, creamy, crunchy or crispy textures, and strong visual appeal while supporting better-for-you positioning.
Six ingredient platforms. Endless possibilities.
By combining our six complementary ingredient platforms, you can develop nutritional products that balance functionality, indulgence and industrial performance.
Chocolate
Chocolate, compounds and coatings designed to deliver taste, texture and visual appeal, with options supporting reduced- to no-sugar, plant-based and other better-for-you options.
Creams
Creams, fillings and sauces developed for indulgent sensory experiences, with customizable solutions tailored to specific nutritional, texture and processing requirements.
Inclusions
Cereals, crisps, clusters, biscuits and other inclusions engineered to add crunch, texture, structure and differentiation across nutritional applications.
Nuts
Premium nut and pistachio ingredients available in multiple formats, origins and textures, bringing natural richness, sensory appeal and nutritional value.
Fruit
Fruit preparations and stabilized fruit solutions designed to deliver authentic taste, texture and visual impact, with options aligned to clean-label and better-for-you positioning.
Decorations
Decorative ingredients that enhance product appearance and consumer appeal while complementing nutritional and indulgent product concepts.
Technology that helps nutrition perform
Nutritional innovation only works when it performs in production. Benefit from ingredient expertise, application know-how and dedicated technologies designed to support taste, stability, texture and efficiency.
IRCA Creamatrix™ technology
Bespoke fat-based cream formulations designed to create smooth or multi-texture sensory experiences with distinctive mouthfeel.
DualPhase technology
A combined dehydration process for advanced stabilized fruit, created to preserve fruit structure, consistency and taste while supporting long shelf-life applications.
Advanced sauce processing
Low-shear mixing and vacuum cooling help preserve texture, density and stability in water-based sauces, with customizable viscosity and application requirements.
Customizable formulation
Recipes can be tailored to your nutritional targets, regulatory requirements, sweetness profile, texture expectations and industrial processes.
A complete portfolio for functional and indulgent development
Access customizable formulations designed to support specific nutritional and product positioning goals, and build complete product systems with a single business partner.
Protein enrichment
Fiber integration
Sugar reduction
No sugar added
Plant-based solutions
Dairy-free options
Palm-free alternatives
Gluten-free options
No artificial flavors
No artificial colors
Fruit-based solutions
Industrial customization
Co-create the next generation of nutritional products
Whether you are developing a new nutrition bar, reformulating an indulgent product or expanding into better-for-you territories, work with a partner that combines ingredient expertise with application know-how.