At Directus we have an expert, global knowledge when it comes to the food and beverage industry, and over 40 years of experience backing us. With offices around the Asia-Pacific Rim in Hong Kong, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, we supply ingredients and finished products to numerous great companies around the world. We also have the ability to provide process and pack technologies, along with product innovation and development.
The key areas we operate in are:
Food Ingredients
Finished Products
Machinery
Market Knowledge & Innovation

Supplier of novel ingreients for food, beverage and dietary supplements.
Fibafit (NZ apple fibre)
Amino acids for sports nutrition
A comprehesive range of vitamins and vitamin premixes
Minerals and mineral premixes
Mineral yeasts
Botanical extracts
– Plant antioxidants
– Astaxanthin
– Lutein
– Carotenoids
– Mushroom powders
Organic plant and fruit powders
Enzynmes
Probiotics
Micro-Algae
Marine products
Natural Sweeteners

We have a New Product Development lab for rapid prototyping and formulation development.

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of natural extracts, natural flavours, natural colours and other specialty ingredients. Sensient uses advanced technologies and robust global supply chain capabilities to develop specialized solutions for food and beverages, as well as products that serve the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, and personal care industries. Sensient’s customers range in size from small entrepreneurial businesses to major international manufacturers representing some of the world’s best-known brands.

Our Auckland development team and manufacturing site take international trends and technologies from our global resources and transforms them into local products, concepts, and innovations for our New Zealand customers. We continue to support our customers with formulation development, short lead times, and small MOQs with a focus on speed and flexibility.

Tate & Lyle have been making extraordinary food ingredients for over 150 years. Our portfolio includes Modified & Clean Label Starches, Soluble fibres, Nutritive and Non-nutritive sweeteners, Maltodextrins and Corn Syrup Solids, Crystalline Fructose, Locust bean gum, Customised functional ingredient blends. Our brands – CLARIA® Clean label starches, TASTEVA® Stevia Sweetener, SPLENDA® Sucralose, PUREFRUIT™ Monk Fruit Extract, PROMITOR® Soluble Corn Fibre, STA-LITE® Polydextrose, KRYSTAR® Fructose, HAMULSION® and HAMULTOP® Stabiliser Systems. Exclusive distributors for Sweet Green Fields Stevia extracts, JRS® Dietary Fibres, Sunett® Acesulfame K & Nutrinova Sorbates. SPLENDA® is a trademark – Heartland Consumer Products LLC. Sunett® is a trademark – Celanese Corporation. “Tate & Lyle – Making Food Extraordinary” www.tateandlyle.com

Additive Solutions Ltd is a specialty ingredients supplier of natural and nutritional quality ingredients solutions for food, dairy, infant formula, confectionery, nutraceutical, sports nutrition and pet food industries in Australia and New Zealand, representing reputable principals and brands that support our customers.
Partnered with Barentz International, with over 60 offices around the world, Additive Solutions is the leading supplier of Antioxidants, Cereal and Bar Ingredients, Specialised Confectionary Inclusions, Health and Nutrition Premixes and Ingredients, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Pectins and Gums, Antioxidants, Lecithin, Dairy Starter Cultures and Enzymes, Sweet and Savoury SD Powders, Yeast Extracts . Using our collective expertise in the global ingredients industry and our technical know how we bring our customers improved application capability, technical support, local market knowledge and global sourcing capabilities.

Prolux is proudly New Zealand based, managed, and is a 100% fully owned subsidiary of Australia’s leading food ingredient company – Oppenheimer Pty Ltd.

Prolux is one of New Zealand’s leading suppliers of functional ingredients into food manufacturing businesses. Under the guidance of Jignesh Shah, it is a thriving and technologically advanced company priding itself on the ability to respond to its client’s businesses by providing innovative and adaptive solutions that exceed their expectations backed by an unbeaten commitment to service.

The day-to-day management in New Zealand is overseen by John Tiongco. His background ensures a thorough understanding of the demands of business management and service expectations in the ingredient sector, enabling Prolux to offer unparalleled service, customised technical expertise and superior product range to our valued customers.

Zymus are product formulators providing innovative solutions for the Food and Beverage Industry.
Zymus provides a comprehensive service, from finding winning solutions to delivering technical services and developing individual programs for customers.
Our history of achievement includes new product development, particularly with flavours and enzyme systems, for both the New Zealand and Australasian markets.

IMCD New Zealand are a part the multinational IMCD Group which provides strength, stability and innovation through their global network. IMCD has supported the NZ food industry for decades, providing a comprehensive and innovative range for all sectors of food and beverage manufacturing. Our relationships with leading global ingredient manufacturers coupled with outstanding customer service and technical expertise create endless possibilities. In response to the world’s demand for healthier products, IMCD and our ingredient supply partners offer key ingredients integral to such developments. Creativity, respect, commitment and teamwork are a few of our core values.