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Cascadia Capital, an investment bank serving middle-market clients globally, is pleased to announce that Blue Pacific Flavors, a pioneer in natural and organic flavor systems, is entering a new era of global flavor innovation through its acquisition by Capol, a company of the Freudenberg Group. This strategic acquisition combines leading expertise in beverages, confectionery, and coatings to create a global food ingredient leader with complementary strengths — accelerating innovation in flavors, coatings, and product development across the food and beverage industry.
By uniting deep category expertise across beverage, confectionery, and coatings, the transaction positions the Capol group to serve global food manufacturers with an unmatched spectrum of flavor innovation and surface treatments while expanding its high-quality service and supply throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in California, USA, Blue Pacific Flavors has built a reputation for agility, customer-centricity, and clean-label innovation, particularly in the beverage segment and emerging wellness categories. Customers of Blue Pacific Flavors will continue working with their trusted teams, now supported by expanded global resources.
Capol, headquartered in Elmshorn, Germany, is a premier manufacturer of added-value food ingredient solutions and global leader in confectionery coatings. As part of the Freudenberg Group, Capol has been expanding its capabilities in natural food colors and flavor innovation, most recently through the acquisition of Curt Georgi in July 2025, a 150-year-old tradition-rich German flavor house, renowned for technical mastery across confectionery, dairy, and baked goods.
The combined strengths of these highly successful flavor companies together with Capol creates a food ingredients powerhouse that spans three continents, offering customers expanded product development capabilities and faster speed to market. Donald Wilkes will continue as CEO of Blue Pacific Flavors, and the company’s management team and employees remain unchanged.
“This is an exciting new chapter for Blue Pacific. Our Farm to Flavor story will now be amplified through world-class infrastructure and global reach. Together with Capol, we can deliver greater innovation, faster speed to market, and enhanced value for our customers — while staying true to our roots in clean-label, natural flavor development,” said Donald Wilkes, CEO, Blue Pacific Flavors. “Cascadia was instrumental in guiding us through this process with thoughtful advice and steadfast support.”
“Blue Pacific has established itself as a recognized leader in natural and clean-label flavor systems, particularly in the beverage and wellness categories. The company’s partnership with Capol represents a powerful combination that will expand global reach, enhance supply capabilities, and accelerate product innovation,” added George Sent, Cascadia Managing Director. “It was an honor to advise the Blue Pacific team on a transaction that positions the company for its next phase of growth.”
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