Symrise has installed a state-of-the-art cooking line and spray-drying tower for chicken ingredients and taste solutions at its Food & Beverage site in Berric, France. The new facilities significantly expand production capacity and strengthen Symrise’s global chicken platform, enabling the company to support customer growth with enhanced flexibility and supply resilience across regions. Symrise scientists and engineers have designed and executed the project, representing an investment of €27.5 million. Also, it received funding support from the Brittany region and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
Expanding chicken ingredients and taste solutions
With its new cooking line and spray-drying tower now operational, the Berric site opens a new chapter in chicken ingredient and taste solution production. Developed by Symrise scientists and engineers, the facilities combine advanced process control with the flexibility to manufacture a broad spectrum of products, from pure, high-quality chicken ingredients to integrated solutions with natural flavors. The additional capacity brings production closer to customers across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. It also provides customers in Asia Pacific and Latin America with additional sourcing options, while global accounts benefit from greater flexibility, stronger supply resilience and more consistent access to Symrise chicken solutions.
The expanded capabilities strengthen Symrise’s ability to develop and manufacture chicken ingredients and taste solutions for savory and nutritional applications. Customers can draw on powders, broths, fats, pieces, flavors and integrated solutions to address diverse product, taste and nutrition needs. By combining natural chicken ingredients with flavor creation, process technology, application expertise and consumer insights, Symrise can support customers from concept development through to market-ready solutions.
“Starting the new facilities marks a major step for our global chicken business and our strategy of championing chicken across Food & Beverage and Pet Food,” says Antoine Coursault, Global Strategic Growth Competence Chicken Director Symrise F&B. “They combine state-of-the-art technology with our deep ingredient, flavor and application expertise, expanding our capacity and flexibility. Customers gain reliable access to a broad portfolio of chicken taste and nutritional solutions. By connecting local expertise with global capabilities, we create added value for customers across regions”.
Connecting regional strength with global growth
The expanded Berric site connects more than 45 years of local chicken expertise with Symrise’s global technologies, application knowledge and market access. Together with the company’s established leading position in North America, the expanded European footprint advances Symrise’s global position in chicken taste and nutrition solutions. The new operational capabilities support the ONE Symrise strategy and the Food & Beverage division’s ambition to accelerate customer advantage and long-term growth. By combining regional manufacturing strength with global chicken expertise, Symrise has created a scalable platform that reinforces supply resilience and supports continued portfolio development.
