Degussa Texturant Systems

Prepared Foods, March, 2002

Degussa Texturant Systems is the direct successor to SKW BIOSYSTEMS and a major member of the Health and Nutrition Division of the new Degussa Group. For more than 50 years, we have been developing, producing, and marketing texturizing agents such as alginates, blends, carrageenans, galactomannans, lecithins, pectins, xanthan gum and liquid vitamins, on a worldwide all areas of the food industry, as well as in a growing number of cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and technical applications.

Degussa Texturant Systems operates globally, from raw material purchasing to after-sales service. Our technologies are supported through an international network of five application service centers (USA, France, Spain, Argentina, Singapore), as well as two research centers (France, Germany), dedicated to long-term hydrocolloid research for the development of value-added food ingredients.

Through 20 sales locations, together with numerous local agents and distributors, we make sure that we always are very close to our customers.

Innovation and cost reductions are the two main criteria our research scientists and marketing experts use to develop today the products that will guarantee our customers' success tomorrow. Our 1300 employees spread over 18 different time zones share one common quest: to provide our customers with optimum service at all times.

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