Döhler
Profile
Döhler is one of the world’s leading producers, marketers and suppliers of natural ingredients, ingredient systems and integrated solutions for the food and beverage industry.
Using nature and innovative technologies as our starting point, we always go one step further to create real added value for customers and consumers.
From a unique range of raw materials, we extract ingredients that bring the very best of nature into your products.
Competences & Capabilities
We offer a broad range of natural and plant based food & beverage ingredients:
- natural flavours, extracts and colours
- health & nutrition ingredients
- cereal & malt ingredients
- plant based dairy ingredients
- fermented ingredients
- fruit & vegetable ingredients
- ingredient systems
We offer a broad range of natural and plant based food & beverage ingredients:
- access to the most innovative and sustainable food processing technologies
- development of innovative products and product applications including advice on food safety and microbiology, food law as well as Sensory & Consumer Science
- comprehensive market intelligence & trend monitoring.
Expertise related to the EIT Food Strategic Pillars
“WE BRING IDEAS TO LIFE.” briefly describes Doehler’s holistic, strategic and entrepreneurial approach to innovation.
With our integration throughout the whole value system – from raw materials via technologies to products and applications and finally to customers with the respective consumer insights – and our access to state-ofthe- art technologies we are able to generate innovations on each step of the value system and are thus capable to offer tailor-made innovative product solutions.
With our Multi-Sensory Excellence approach, we offer the food and beverage industry a unique integrated research approach for long-term product success.
We have more than 200 sensory science experts, including a large number of applications developers, sensory profiles of more than 600 products from 20 product categories & our own consumer panel with more than 2,500 participants in Germany. This allows us to interact with consumers and benefit from their feedback, needs and preferences. We have experience from sensory studies with more than 20,000 consumers and results from more than 1,300 products.
Promoting and accelerating innovation & entrepreneurship is one of our main strategic company goals. We created different approaches in order to support Start Ups and entrepreneurs. To speed up go-to-market of innovations and ideas we have designed the „Doehler Seed Program“. We collaborate & venture with innovators and entrepreneurs to fund food & beverage ideas.
Especially designed for entrepreneurs that do not seek a dedicated venture investment, we have created various models that take into account specific business needs. Our support isn’t limited to the financial aspect, we can also help start-ups to scale-up their product and facilitate a global roll-out with our Idea Lab and through our partner network.
People and institutions with experience in the food and beverage industry have the chance to become part of the global Doehler Innovation Network, which consists of leading universities, research institutes, suppliers and independent F&B experts.
Being recognised as a qualified trainer at many of our locations, Doehler takes responsibility for the future. Through cooperation and partnerships with leading universities and academic institutes, B.A. & trainee programmes and programmes designed for master & PhD students we offer outstanding career opportunities for young graduates in both, our R&D / R&I and commercial functions.