MONTREAL and PARIS — Lallemand Baking has successfully acquired AIT Ingredients, a French producer of bakery and flour milling ingredients, effective June 26.

“This acquisition is a perfect fit for both companies,” said Mario Pires, president and general manager of Lallemand Baking Solutions. “Together we represent a wealth of application knowledge across a wide spectrum of bakery applications that will allow us to better serve our customers with a broader and innovative portfolio of baking solutions.”

AIT Ingredients will be integrated into the Lallemand Baking Solutions business unit, which is known for its clean-label ingredients.

“We are excited to join the Lallemand family,” said Olivier Genie, general manager of AIT. “Together, we will continue to innovate and deliver high-quality solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers around the world.”

The deal comes a couple of months after an exclusive negotiation was announced between Lallemand and Moulins Soufflet, a subsidiary of InVivo Group, which mentioned AIT as one of the potential additions.