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The Co-Development Company

In close collaboration with customers, we have been focused on making our Co-Development approach even better. This work has been inspired by the launch of AAK’s new purpose: Making Better Happen™. The result is an evolution not a revolution—as you would expect from a company with a passion for continuous improvement. We believe that better solutions are created through better collaboration. Our unique approach to Co-Development is combined with our breadth of capabilities—including recipe creation, pilot testing and sustainable sourcing—to help optimize your product and strengthen your business. All of this is delivered in the strictest confidentiality.

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INNOVATION CENTER

With cutting-edge technology and our specialty vegetable fats and oils expertise, our new state-of-the-art Innovation Centers offer our customer partners substantial benefits. We work together with you, on the same types of equipment you use daily, to co-develop innovative solutions that meet and exceed your desired product attributes. We can help expedite your product development and get you to market faster, with collaborative, highly experienced technical teams (yours and ours) working together to solve your newest challenges. The labs also house our AAK Academies, with practical courses and new product innovation in baking, confectionery, plant-based and special nutrition.

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SUSTAINABILITY

DEDICATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH

Our planet is facing many challenges—the changing climate, the increasing demand for food and the depletion of natural resources are just a few of today’s growing concerns.

To remain sustainable, we have to optimize our resources and acknowledge socially responsible behavior as an obligation across our organization. To achieve sustainability and responsible growth, we need to take all of our stakeholders into consideration. We have developed a model, based on the UN Global Compact principles, to drive progress within our CSR activities, and we focus our efforts within five specific areas: Marketplace, Supply chain, Environment, Workplace and Community. We continuously set and achieve ambitious objectives within each of these areas, thanks to various internal and external performance benchmarks, our sharing of best practice principles and our highly engaged global organization.

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About AAK

Everything AAK does is about Making Better Happen™. We specialize in plant-based oils that are the value-adding ingredients in many of the products people love to consume. We make these products better tasting, healthier, and more sustainable. At the heart of AAK’s offer is Customer Co-Development, combining our desire to understand what better means for each customer, with the unique flexibility of our production assets, and a deep knowledge of many products and industries, including Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Plant-based Foods, Special Nutrition, Foodservice and Personal Care. Our 3,900 employees support our close collaboration with customers through 25 regional sales offices, 15 dedicated Customer Innovation Centers, and with the support of more than 20 production facilities. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has been Making Better Happen for 150 years.

The Co-Development Company

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SUSTAINABILITY

DEDICATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBLE GROWTH

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