Kaden Biochemicals Becomes Symrise Bioactives

HOLZMINDEN, GermanySymrise AG announced that effective Sept. 3 Kaden Biochemicals changed its name to Symrise BioActives to strengthen ties with its parent company.  As a unit with business independence, Symrise BioActives can react in a targeted manner to the particularities of the food supplements market, and is sharpening its profile as a provider of diverse products that strategically complement the Symrise portfolio.

Symrise BioActives has grouped its plant extracts under the umbrella brand Actiplants®. Its specialties business is comprised of highly purified natural substances for food supplements and special applications for the fields of cosmetics and diagnostics. Symrise BioActives also offers a range of rare sugars for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. Symrise BioActives also launched a new website.

Symrise BioActives, founded in 1982 as Kaden Biochemicals, has 30 years of experience in food supplements, natural and natural active ingredients industries. It has been a member of the Symrise group since 2006. Symrise supplies fragrances and flavorings, cosmetic active ingredients, raw materials and functional ingredients to a global market.

We changed our name from Kaden to Symrise BioActives in order to make the added value generated for our customers by this merger more visible," said Stephan Hillers, managing director of Symrise BioActives GmbH, adding the company is currently expanding its expertise in botanical extracts from red fruits and developing new product concepts to further consolidate its position as an experienced partner for highly enhanced active ingredients with benefits for health and well-being.