Idilia Foods (formerly Nutrexpa) is a

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food business group. The company is headquartered in

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and was established in 1940. It produces food items such as fish

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caramel Caramel ( or ) is an orange-brown confectionery product made by heating a range of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard. The process of caramelizatio ...

honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

. Some major brands of the company are: *

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honey (since the beginning). *

Cola Cao Cola Cao is a sugary chocolate drink with vitamins and minerals that originated in Spain and is now produced and marketed in several countries. The brand is owned by the Barcelona-based company Idilia Foods (formerly Nutrexpa). History In 1945, ...

, soluble chocolate. *

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range of products (since 1988, when this company was taken over). *

Nocilla Nocilla is a Spanish brand of hazelnut and chocolate spread similar to Nutella. It is sold in Spain and Portugal, was first launched in the late 1960s, and after its acquisition from Unilever in 2002 has been manufactured by Nutrexpa. Slogan ...

chocolate and hazelnut spread (since 2002). In the context of an internationalization policy after consolidation on the internal Spanish market, Nutrexpa expanded to

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where it sells the same products as in Spain in view of the proximity and affinity between the two markets. Later it has expanded business operations to other countries, as

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and

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. In 2014, the Ferrero and Ventura families decided to divide the company into two groups. The segregation came into force on January 1, 2015. The cocoa division, baptized Idilia Foods and which belongs to the Ferrero family, owns the chocolate brands Cola Cao, Nocilla, Paladín, the dairy beverage brand Okey and the sweetener Mesura, with two factories in Spain and one in China (which it sold in December 2015). By Adam Foods, specialized in biscuits and food under the control of the Ventura family, manages the Artiach and Cuétara cookie brands; the Phoskitos buns; La Piara pâté; Bocadelia sandwich mix; the San Francisco Honey Farm; the concession of Pez sweets and Aneto bottled broths, with six factories in Spain and one in Portugal. In 2017, Idilia Foods announced the transfer of its headquarters to the city of Valencia due to the political situation in Catalonia, although the operational headquarters has remained in Barcelona. In January 2019, Xavier Pons joined as CEO, coming from Mars, replacing Ricardo Anmella.

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