Nutrition
The Nutrition cluster comprises DSM Nutritional Products and DSM Food Specialties. These businesses serve the global industries for animal feed, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, infant nutrition, dietary supplements and personal care. DSM is uniquely positioned in all steps of the feed and food value chains: the production of pure active ingredients, their incorporation into sophisticated forms, and the provision of tailored premixes and forward solutions. With a global and highly diversified portfolio of products, services and end-markets, DSM provides innovative solutions to the benefit of customers and other stakeholders worldwide. For more information on DSM's Nutrition cluster and its portfolio of businesses and products as well as their value chains, please refer to DSM’s Factbook on the company website.
Nutrition performed well in 2016, with good growth in our Animal Nutrition & Health business, improved growth in Human Nutrition & Health, and strong demand for DSM Food Specialties’ innovative enzymes portfolio.
Stephan Tanda, DSM Managing Board
Key figures
DSM's Nutrition cluster had a strong year in 2016. Total sales amounted to €5,169 million in 2016, up 4% from €4,963 million in the previous year. Organic sales growth was 5%, driven by higher volumes and price/mix. Animal Nutrition & Health had a strong year with 8% organic sales growth, driven by strong volume growth in all regions with the exception of Latin America, due to the weak economic conditions in that region. Human Nutrition & Health delivered a significant step-up in organic growth (4%) in 2016 versus recent years. This highlights the successful implementation of the strategy to drive above-market growth through new market initiatives and innovation.
Adjusted EBITDA was up 13% versus 2015 to €931 million (2015: €822 million), with all businesses contributing well to this growth. Adjusted EBITDA also benefited from the efficiency and cost-saving programs.
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Organization

This business addresses the global feed ingredients markets for poultry, swine, aquaculture, ruminants and pets. For all these segments, DSM is a full value chain player, providing active ingredients, delivery systems, and nutritional and premix solutions both globally and at a local level. We focus on the nutritional ingredients and additives segments of these markets.
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This business provides nutritional solutions for the food and beverage, dietary supplements and early-life and clinical nutrition markets, with a parallel focus on solutions for the pharmaceutical industry for the use of vitamins, nutritional lipids (ARA/EPA/DHA) and carotenoids as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Its fundamental driver is the link between nutrition and health, supported by a number of global megatrends.
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Personal Care provides ingredients and innovative solutions for some of the world’s
best-selling beauty products. Our extensive portfolio of key ingredients includes
peptides, natural bio-actives, UV filters, hair polymers and vitamins; this is
complemented by a range of additional services. We also supply aroma ingredients to the
flavor and fragrance industries which are used in many of the world’s best-known
consumer brands. The business is driven by global megatrends, local consumer beauty
regime insights, and growth opportunities presented by emerging economies.
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DSM Food Specialties is a leading global supplier of food enzymes, cultures, bio-preservation, hydrocolloids, taste and health ingredients. With over a century of experience in fermentation for the food industry, the business group helps make existing diets healthier and more sustainable, giving increasing numbers of people around the world access to affordable, quality food. Customer proximity and the ability to deliver products highly tailored to local requirements are the basis for our continually expanding portfolio of innovative fermentation-based product solutions. This was underlined by the 2016 launch of the business group’s new vision: Enabling Better Food for Everyone.
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