Herbafood Ingredients GmbH
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Werder (Havel), Germany
- Industries
- Food ingredients & products, Food reformulation, Alternative proteins, Food safety & quality, Waste efficiency, Plant-based
- Domains
- Ingredients, Fibres, Functional ingredients, Plant based primary products, Pome fruits (apple- pear & others), Citrus fruits (orange- lemon & others), Processed food products, Bakery
- Technologies
- Extraction, Processing
About Herbafood Ingredients GmbH
Herbafood Ingredients GmbH develops and produces plant-based food ingredients for the food industry, with a focus on functional fibers, fruit-derived fibers, apple extracts, low-viscosity pectins, and apple pectin extracts. The company positions itself as a specialist in multifunctional ingredients for modern clean-label concepts, helping manufacturers improve texture, stability, mouthfeel, and ingredient declarations.
Its ingredients are used across a broad range of applications, including dairy products, milk alternatives, delicatessen items, beverages, meat and meat alternatives, ice cream and sorbets, fruit preparations, baked goods, and instant/lifestyle products. Herbafood emphasizes application support, product development, and stable production capacity as part of its customer offering.
Core Values
- Clean label and simplicity: Herbafood focuses on declaration-friendly ingredients that help manufacturers reduce formulations to the essentials while keeping products functional and appealing.
- Natural plant-based sourcing: The company highlights ingredients of plant origin, especially apple-derived and citrus-derived materials, as well as the use of fruit pomace from the juice industry.
- Quality and food safety: Herbafood emphasizes certified quality management and food safety, including FSSC 22000, Halal, Kosher, and ISO 50001-related energy management.
- Innovation and application support: The company stresses ongoing product development, an experienced R&D team, and application technology consulting for customer-specific solutions.
Unique Aspects
- Upcycling approach: Herbafood describes itself as a pioneer in the holistic utilization of raw materials, processing fruit pomace and pectin-production by-products into multifunctional fibers and coloring extracts.
- Strong apple expertise: Apple is a central raw material for the company, used both for functional fibers and for naturally coloring and flavoring apple extracts.
- Broad application support: The company offers application technology consulting and supports customers with formulation work for products such as vegan emulsions, cream-cheese alternatives, and other clean-label concepts.
- Part of the H&F Group: Herbafood Ingredients GmbH is a subsidiary of Herbstreith & Fox GmbH & Co. KG and part of the H&F Group, which provides group backing and continuity.
- International reach: Herbafood states that it is represented worldwide and can route inquiries through sales partners in more than 30 countries.