Founded in ’12, Hi-Food is an Italian developer and producer of innovative plant-based and clean label value added ingredients of natural origin for conventional and disruptive food industry (conventional bakery, gluten free, gastronomy, sauces, fillings, dessert, ice cream, beverage, new plant-based foods). Grown inside the University of Parma, Hi-Food has been implementing a strong R&D approach to create value added ingredients of natural origin always without allergens, chemicals and totally animal-free, with outstanding functionalities and the best possible ration dosage/cost in use/benefits. Well positioned to play a key role in the growing plant-based alternative market, the company provides dairy and gastronomy alternative manufacturers with building blocks of natural origin to improve their products and their labels and a wide range of innovative clean label food ingredients. Hi-Food is part of CSM Ingredients headquartered in Luxembourg and with operations worldwide. CSM Ingredients is a leading global ingredient-tech company that is collaboratively enabling the evolvement of taste and nutrition in the food ecosystem.