The result is an expansion into innovation across beverage, confectionery, and coatings. 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, effective September 1, 2025. 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. Donald Wilkes will continue as CEO of Blue Pacific Flavors, and the company’s management team and employees remain unchanged, ensuring seamless continuity for customers while adding the scale and resources of a global group. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction. 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.