Chile consolidates its position as a food innovation leader, launching the 5th edition of the Food Innovation Catalog. This year, it features 50 products and services shaping the industry’s future. 

Topics: Food Industry- Innovation- Foodtech

The company’s President for Latin America and Caribbean noted that they have experienced «stable and positive» growth in the country and want to «continue boosting business.» 

Topics: Food Industry

According to Rodrigo Camacho, Chief Executive Officer at Nestlé Chile, the capital will be used for automation, innovation, enhanced safety and food safety in all the country’s production lines.

Topics: Food Industry

The plant currently has 200 employees, of which 70% are women. The expansion of its facilities, which will enable the production of corn-based biscuits and tortillas for the Sanissimio brand in Talagante, will add 100 new employees.

Topics: Food Industry- Women- Mexican investment

La planta es la segunda de este tipo que tiene la empresa italiana en el país e implicó una inversión de US$ 75 millones. Cuenta con 7.000 metros cuadrados y 40.000 toneladas de capacidad inicial, duplicando con creces la capacidad de procesamiento actual.

Topics: Food Industry

The implementation of this groundbreaking project will initially account for 25% of the total production of Cooke Chile, a Canadian-owned company.

Topics: Food Industry- Salmon- Canadian investment

The world is demanding better quality food every year, both fresh and frozen. This represents a business opportunity for refrigeration companies in a country with a leading and sophisticated food industry like Chile.

Topics: Food Industry- Cold chain infrastructure

The company was valued at US$680 million, including debt. The process still has to go through the regulatory phases. “We look forward to the next stage of our successful journey,” said Romano Vercellino, founder of Verfrut, in reference to the firm’s future.

Topics: Food Industry

Nutella and Ferrero Rocher’s parent highlights its long-term commitment to Chile, which is experiencing a boom in hazelnut planting.

Topics: Food Industry- Italian investment

At an event to celebrate its 80th anniversary in Chile, the company announced a US$30 million investment in a pioneering recycling plant.

Topics: Food Industry- Startup

Matías Rosenthal, CEO of Grupo Premier Chile, the firm responsible for the US brand touching down in Chile, tells us that new stores are on the way.

Topics: Food Industry

The company purchased a cold storage plant in Buin as part of its plan to invest US$750 million in Latin America by 2027. One third of this will be in Chile. 

Topics: Food Industry

The project will double current production capacity at the Purina brand facility in located in Teno, in Chile’s Maule Region.

Topics: Foreign Investment- Food Industry- Foreign companies

This French company has implemented its "Supply Chain Inclusion Program" in Chile, which benefited more than 2,300 local SMEs during 2021.

Topics: Food Industry- Global services- French investment- Best practices

The Belgian company has pledged to become carbon neutral throughout its value chain by 2040 and is taking concrete steps toward that target in our country.

Topics: Food Industry- Belgian investment- Best practices

Chile is the southern hemisphere’s foremost producer and exporter of cherries, accounting for over 95% of counter-seasonal supply, whose main destination in China.

Topics: International trade- Environment- Food Industry

Global food giant Cargill has agreed to purchase 24.5% of the Chilean salmon company Multi X. This is the same stake that Japan’s Mitsui will hold; the company already has a stake in the firm. Multiexport Foods will retain control, with 51%.  

Topics: Food Industry

The Italian company’s goal is to double the surface area currently planted with European hazelnuts in the country, making Chile the leading supplier of its plants in both North and South America. 

Topics: Food Industry

The Live Green Co, NotCo, Protera, and Done Properly are Chilean companies with foreign capital that are giving new meaning to plant-based and fermented foods.

Topics: Food Industry

The Agritech company monitors more than 100,000 hectares belonging to 90 farms and is present in six countries.

Topics: Food Industry