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爱普香料拟以最高6600万美元收购NovoSana的中国资产，以推进健康补充剂业务 2026-05-20
Apple Flavor & Fragrance Group will spend a maximum of CNY450 million (USD66 million) to acquire all the China assets of the Netherlands’ NovoSana (Europe) to enable the Chinese food ingredients supplier to expand into the nutritional and health supplement raw materials sector.
Apple Flavor will close the deal in two stages, the Shanghai-based company said on May 19. It will first pay CNY360 million (USD53 million) for an 80 percent stake in NovoSana (Taicang) Biotechnology. Then, three years later, it will purchase the remaining equity at a price linked to the Taicang-based unit’s actual performance from 2026 to 2028. The second payment could range from a minimum of CNY10.8 million (USD1.5 million) to as much as CNY90 million.
NovoSana (Taicang), which was set up by Weesp-based NovoSana (Europe) in 2007, specializes in the research, production and sales of Omega-3 ingredients including fish oil and algae oil. Its main products include refined fish oil and concentrated fish oil. Customers include global suppliers of health supplements, functional food and beverages, infant nutrition products and pet food.
The deal will help Apple Flavor transform from a traditional food ingredients supplier into a globally competitive provider of integrated flavor and nutrition solutions, the company said. It will also support expansion into higher value-added markets such as functional foods, nutritional supplements, maternal and infant nutrition and pet nutrition, while improving the firm’s ability to withstand risks.
Thanks to NovoSana (Taicang)’s stable profitability, the acquisition is expected to improve its earnings structure, increase overall profitability, optimize resource allocation and lower operating costs through business synergies, Apple Flavor added.
NovoSana (Europe) had previously agreed to sell a 75 percent stake in NovoSana (Taicang) to Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical, which owns a health supplements business, in December 2024. However, the planned acquisition plan fell through in February this year after the two sides failed to agree on the transaction price.
Apple Flavor’s share price was not affected by news of the deal. Its shares closed down 1 percent at CNY10.61 (USD1.50) apiece on May 20. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended the day down 0.2 percent.
Source: Yicai Global
