PII Distributes BGG Licorice in Europe

LONDONBeijing Gingko Group (BGG) appointed Premium Ingredients International Europe (PII) exclusive distributor of its range of licorice extracts and derivatives for the food, beverage and cosmetic industries across Europe. Products within the agreement include: licorice powders & block, monoammonium glycyrrhizinate, glycyrrhizic acid and 18-beta-glycyrrhetinic acid.

Joseph Chiang, vice president of business development at BGG said, We are delighted to be able to work with PII who have such a strong reputation in the supply of ingredients into the food and beverage market. When you form such a strategic partnership, it is vital that you trust the reputation of the company and the sales team to represent your products in a first-class fashion, and in PII, we have found such a partner. We look forward to growing our business and increasing our market penetration with this cooperation".

Nic Dam, General Manager at PII, commented: As a trusted distributo,r it is vital we represent companies who place a strong emphasis on the quality of both finished product and production. With BGG, we were delighted to find that its quality, performance, technical development skill and product know-how matches its commercial expertise. We are very excited about extending our product portfolio with their licorice range."

PII offers a portfolio of quality-assured ingredients to the food, feed and wellness, including ascorbic acid and derivatives in addition to vitamins, nutritional supplements, amino acids and aroma chemicals.

BGG is a Chinese botanical extract manufacturer specializing in the production of pure, high value extracts and derivatives for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food and beverage, nutrition and cosmetic industries. BGGs offers the Ginnovay brand, and its main products are licorice extracts and derivatives, European berry extracts, ginkgo biloba, quercetin, stevia and silymarin.