“For decades, J&K has worked side by side with customers to solve real formulation and shelf-life challenges,” said Maria Halford, CEO of J&K Ingredients. “This partnership allows us to move faster from development to application, maintain best-in-class technical support and customer service, and support customers reliably across markets worldwide. We are excited to deepen our collaboration with the Pallas team and build on an already strong working relationship.”

Through collaborative R&D, the integration will enhance J&K’s innovation potential, building on its recent acquisition of intellectual property from NuTek Natural Ingredients.

Pallas Biotech will advance its goal of creating a more sustainable food and beverage landscape by providing technical, practical clean-label solutions for the baking industry and beyond.

“The strategic partnership between Pallas Biotech and J&K Ingredients — a renowned US natural food ingredients company with a 125-year legacy — represents an in-depth collaboration grounded in complementary strengths and a shared mission,” said John Lai, CEO of Pallas Biotech. “Both parties firmly believe that the integration of cutting-edge biotechnology with a century of industry and technical application expertise will deliver superior natural food and clean-label solutions to global customers, jointly opening a new chapter in building a green, low-carbon and sustainable future.”