Food ingredients and packaging

We source and deliver raw and food-grade products around the world, providing superior quality, speed and flexibility.

Key achievements

By sourcing locally and supplying globally, CZ delivers strategic and commercial advantages. We move million of tonnes of product globally, including:

7.7mt

of product moved in 2022

120+

countries served

16

new products added in 2022

How we work

We create value at every stage of the supply chain by providing a range of value-add services including:

Farmers

Source & price
Price risk management
Physical trading & procurement
Move & deliver
Logistics, freight & last mile
Warehousing, stock management & VMI
Finance & de-risk
Trade and structured finance solutions
Price risk management
Advise & consult
Market and Business Intelligence
Corporate finance
Consultancy

Primary Processors

Source & price
Price risk management
Physical trading & procurement
Move & deliver
Logistics, freight & last mile
Warehousing, stock management & VMI
Finance & de-risk
Trade and structured finance solutions
Price risk management
Advise & consult
Market and Business Intelligence
Corporate finance
Consultancy

Secondary processors

Source & price
Price risk management
Physical trading & procurement
Move & deliver
Logistics, freight & last mile
Warehousing, stock management & VMI
Finance & de-risk
Trade and structured finance solutions
Price risk management
Advise & consult
Market and Business Intelligence
Corporate finance
Consultancy

Industrial consumers

Source & price
Price risk management
Physical trading & procurement
Move & deliver
Logistics, freight & last mile
Warehousing, stock management & VMI
Finance & de-risk
Trade and structured finance solutions
Price risk management
Advise & consult
Market and Business Intelligence
Corporate finance
Consultancy

A rich network of suppliers and buyers

We have many strong, longstanding relationships with large multinationals, local food producers and producers of food ingredients and packaging.

950+

Clients

100+

Countries

100+

Products

London

Miami

Mexico City

Nairobi

Dubai

São Paulo

Bangkok

Singapore

Tel Aviv

Guangzhou

Ho Chi Minh City

The Philippines

Medellín

Minas Gerais, Uberlândia

Minas Gerais, Uberaba

Trinidad & Tobago

Hyderabad

Dar es Salaam

Bahrain

Italy

Guatemala

New Zealand

Mato Grosso

CZ is holistic, agile and visionary.

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Christian Gaxiola

Commercial Procurement Director, Perfetti Van Melle

Quality assurance

CZ has real-time controls in place to support an effective, rigorous quality management system, including how we risk assess product quality, packaging suppliers, geography and legal requirements. We also provide additional verification and validation services.

We are a BRC company, scoring AA+. We are also a SEDEX member.

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