ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC

Company Overview

Associated British Foods plc (ABF) is a diversified international food, ingredients, and retail group operating across five main segments: Grocery, Sugar, Agriculture, Ingredients, and Retail (Primark). Within the fermentation-derived ingredients market, ABF operates primarily through its Ingredients division (AB Mauri), which focuses on yeast, yeast extracts, enzymes, and fermentation-based bakery and industrial solutions. It leverages fermentation technologies to produce functional ingredients used in food processing, animal nutrition, and industrial applications globally.

Financial Highlights (FY 2025)

Company's Business Segments

• Retail : Buying and merchandising value clothing and accessories through the Primark and Penneys retail chains.
• Grocery : Hot Beverages, Sugar, Vegetable Oils, Balsamic Vinegars, Bread and Baked Goods, Cereals, Ethnic foods, Meat Products
• Ingredients : The manufacture of yeast and bakery ingredients as well as speciality ingredients focused on enzymes, procession extracts, health and nutrition and pharmaceutical delivery systems
• Sugar : The growing and processing of sugar beet and sugar cane for production of a range of sugar and other products
• Agriculture : The manufacture of speciality feed ingredients, premix and compound animal feed, as well as the provision of other products and services