AB Enzymes

AB Enzymes is an industrial biotechnology company specialised in the development, manufacture and supply of enzyme preparations for industrial applications. The company traces its enzyme business back to 1907 and today operates as a global player with headquarters in Germany, manufacturing in Finland, and regional offices and laboratories across North America, South America, Asia and Europe. It is affiliated with ABF Ingredients (ABFI), a division of the British diversified food group Associated British Foods, which gives it the backing of a large international parent while it operates as a focused enzyme specialist. The company's product portfolio spans food-grade enzymes and technical enzymes. In food, AB Enzymes serves baking, flour milling and pasta, fruit and vegetable processing, juices and wines, plant-based food specialties, and grain and oilseed processing. In animal nutrition it supplies enzymes for animal protein processing and animal feed. Its technical enzyme range addresses pulp and paper, textiles, and laundry detergents. Beyond catalogue products, AB Enzymes positions itself as a partner able to adapt or tailor enzyme solutions to specific customer functional and technical requirements, supported by its own R&D laboratories and manufacturing facilities. AB Enzymes describes itself as a leading biotech company with a global presence combined with local market expertise. It maintains regional offices and state-of-the-art labs from North America to Asia and states that its experts operate in over 60 countries. Its stated purpose is to be a global enzymes partner providing inspiration and trusted solutions, creating solutions together that contribute to sustainability challenges, and connecting sustainability with economic success. The company emphasises partnership, transparency, proven product performance and the risk-minimising strength of its affiliation with ABFI. In recent years AB Enzymes has invested in sustainability recognition and geographic expansion. It obtained an EcoVadis Platinum Medal for corporate responsibility performance and subsequently achieved the Platinum Medal again with a record sustainability score. It has expanded its presence in Latin America, including opening a new office and baking lab in Curitiba, Brazil, strengthening its footprint in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and relocating its Brazilian operation to Curitiba. It has also received industry recognition such as the kununu Top Company 2026 award and the IFU Innovation Award 2026 for enzyme-driven side-stream valorisation, and it launched a new corporate design reflecting its heritage and growth.

AB Enzymes traces its enzyme heritage to 1907, when the business that would become its enzyme operations began developing enzyme preparations. Over more than a century it evolved into a specialised industrial biotechnology company focused on enzymes and their applications in defined markets. The company states that since 1907 it has been developing, manufacturing and supplying enzyme preparations for industrial applications worldwide. Today AB Enzymes operates as part of ABF Ingredients (ABFI), a division of Associated British Foods, a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group. This affiliation is central to how the company presents itself: it describes the tradition and sustainable strength of the company and its affiliation to ABFI as making it a safe choice for partners and minimising their risk. The parent relationship provides financial stability and access to a broader ingredients community while AB Enzymes retains a focused enzyme identity. The company has built a global footprint. Its headquarters are in Germany and its manufacturing is in Finland, with regional offices and state-of-the-art laboratories from North America to Asia. AB Enzymes states that its experts operate in over 60 countries worldwide, combining global operations with local market expertise. Its product portfolio has expanded from food-grade enzymes for baking and fruit juice processing to enzymes for grains and vegetable oilseed processing, animal feed, and technical applications such as pulp and paper, textiles and laundry detergents. The company also offers customised and tailored enzyme solutions developed in its own R&D labs and manufacturing facilities. In the 2020s AB Enzymes has emphasised sustainability and international expansion. It obtained an EcoVadis Platinum Medal for corporate responsibility performance and later achieved the Platinum Medal again with a record sustainability score. It expanded in Latin America, opening a new office and baking lab in Curitiba, Brazil, strengthening its presence in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and relocating its Brazilian operation to Curitiba in March 2026. It received the kununu Top Company 2026 recognition and the IFU Innovation Award 2026 for enzyme-driven side-stream valorisation, and it launched a new corporate design reflecting its heritage, growth and vision for the future. The company also reported reaching four years without lost-time injuries, underscoring a focus on workplace safety.

• 2026

  AB Enzymes Brazil relocates to Curitiba in March 2026.

• 2026

  AB Enzymes wins IFU Innovation Award 2026 for enzyme-driven side-stream valorisation.

• 2026

  AB Enzymes recognised as kununu Top Company 2026.

• 2026

  AB Enzymes strengthens presence in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

• 2026

  AB Enzymes opens new office and baking lab in Curitiba, Brazil.

• 2026

  AB Enzymes achieves EcoVadis Platinum Medal again with record sustainability score.

• 2025

  AB Enzymes obtains EcoVadis Platinum Medal for corporate responsibility performance.

• 2025

  AB Enzymes launches a new corporate design reflecting heritage, growth and vision.

• 1907

  Enzyme business heritage begins; company states it has developed, manufactured and supplied enzyme preparations since 1907.

A leading industrial biotech company and global enzymes partner, combining global operations with local market expertise and offering food-grade to industrial enzyme solutions that make customer processes more sustainable, eco-friendly and efficient.

• Baking enzymes

  Food-grade enzymes for baking applications.

• Flour milling and pasta enzymes

  Enzymes for flour milling and pasta production.

• Fruit, vegetable, juice and wine enzymes

  Enzymes for fruit and vegetable processing, juices and wines.

• Animal protein processing enzymes

  Enzymes for animal protein processing.

• Plant-based food specialty enzymes

  Enzymes for plant-based food specialties.

• Grain and oilseed processing enzymes

  Enzymes for grain and vegetable oilseed processing.

• Pulp and paper enzymes

  Technical enzymes for pulp and paper applications.

• Detergent enzymes

  Enzymes for laundry detergents.

• Textile enzymes

  Technical enzymes for textile applications.

• Animal feed enzymes

  Enzymes for animal feed.

1. 1Industrial Enzyme Manufacturer & Supplierabenzymes.com
2. 2Food Grade Enzymes | Animal Feed Enzymes | Food Industry Enzymesabenzymes.com
3. 3Affiliationsabenzymes.com
4. 4What we stand for - our valuesabenzymes.com
5. 5ABEnzymes (Germany) - Wikidatawikidata.org