CP Kelco
Cumberland Center II
3100 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30339
United States
1 (678) 247-7300
CP Kelco is a nature-based ingredient solutions provider with over 85 years of experience working with food, beverage and consumer product manufacturers worldwide. We unlock nature-powered success by applying ingredient innovation and problem solving that leverages our regional insights and addresses consumer trends. Our key product lines are gellan gum, pectin, xanthan gum, carrageenan, refined locust bean gum, microparticulated whey protein concentrate and our newest ingredient, citrus fiber.
Why CP Kelco
- Unique Portfolio. Produces extensive range of high-quality, plant-based and fermentation-derived ingredients to formulate tailored solutions.
- Technical Excellence. Offers strong collaboration with a global team of scientists and applications experts, leveraging our regional state-of-the art R&D facilities.
- Sustainability. Committed to providing responsibly sourced and produced ingredients.
- Market Insights. Understand market and consumer trends to help customers create relevant and innovative products.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CP Kelco serves more than 100 countries with manufacturing facilities in the US, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany and China, and commercial offices around the globe. Learn more about CP Kelco’s innovative solutions at www.cpkelco.com.
Products / Markets
CP Kelco’s extensive portfolio of products includes brands that offer consistently high performance in food and beverage applications. These products are most often used for viscosity modification, thickening, suspension, stabilization and gelation.
GENU® Pectin – Polysaccharide derived from naturally occurring structural components in fruits and vegetables. CP Kelco pectin is made primarily from citrus peels and sugar beets.
NUTRAVA® Citrus Fiber – NUTRAVA® Citrus Fiber is a next-generation fiber ingredient made from sustainably sourced citrus peels, an abundant byproduct of the juice industry. It supports dietary fiber intake and can help meet your clean label goals of a simpler, shorter ingredient list, or developing reduced-sugar or reduced-fat products. It also supports stability, suspension, body, and texture in a variety of applications including condiments, dressings, soups, baked goods, fruit flavored drinks, dairy yogurts & plant-based yogurt alternatives, and meat & meat alternative products.
KELTROL® Xanthan Gum – Produced by commercial fermentation of the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris. Widely used for thickening and stabilizing.
KELCOGEL® Gellan Gum – Polysaccharide that creates an innovative, highly pseudoplastic “fluid gel” suspension system which functions with minimal viscosity.
GENU® Carrageenan – Sulphated polysaccharides extracted from certain species of red seaweed. Carrageenan allows formulators to create textures ranging from free-flowing liquids to solid gels.
SIMPLESSE® Microparticulated Whey Protein Concentrate – Whey protein processed to decrease tendency to aggregate and gel upon heating. Provides emulsion and foam stabilization, heat and pH stability, texture, creaminess and smoothness in a wide range of full-fat and low-fat applications.
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
27 Mar 2024 --- Hydrocolloids are crucial to food and beverage formulation, but manufacturers must align these ingredients with the demands of the increasingly health-focused and... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
24 Nov 2022 --- Swiss industrial mineral specialist Omya has released a new series of powdered fiber supplements, which it hopes will help close the fiber gap as most consumers are not getting... Read More
FOOD INGREDIENTS NEWS
01 Aug 2022 --- Azelis has extended its distribution agreement with KMC, a potato-based ingredients provider. With the addition of KMC’s portfolio of potato starches and proteins, Azelis... Read More
BUSINESS NEWS
26 Jul 2021 --- Azelis is entering into a new distribution agreement with SPI Pharma, a pharmaceutical solutions supplier for formulation marketers. Azelis will distribute SPI Pharma’s... Read More
NUTRITION & HEALTH NEWS
22 Jul 2021 --- Specialty chemicals and food ingredients provider Azelis is opening a new personal care application laboratory in Cairo, Egypt, to offer new formulations and stability studies to... Read More
22 Apr 2020 --- According to a recent Innova Market Insights survey*, nearly nine in ten consumers around the world expect companies to invest in sustainability. CP Kelco has implemented a Triple Bottom Line sustainability strategy to align its values with its customers, suppliers, employees and stakeholders. In this session, we show you how all parts of the business can work together to drive sustainable value creation through water and waste reduction, upcycling, employee safety, community service and more.*Innova Trends Survey 2019 of 1,000 consumers interviewed in each of the following countries: Brazil, China, France, Germany, UK, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Spain and the United States
09 Oct 2019 --- Plant-based proteins have the market buzzing, with food and beverage innovations arriving frequently on store shelves. But formulating beverages with alternative protein sources—whether soy, almond, oat, pea or rice – can present challenges, especially in meeting consumers’ expectations for taste, texture and visual appeal. In this timely webinar, Innova Market Insights and CP Kelco share useful insights about the global dairy alternatives market, the key challenges when formulating these products, and how KELCOGEL® Gellan Gum – a nature-based, fermentation-derived ingredient – serves as a unique, multifunctional solution in the product developer’s toolkit.