Emulsifiers

The Broadest Plant-Sourced Portfolio

With more than 400 products references presented under several finished formats and packaging, IFF is a global emulsifier leader with 5 production sites across 4 different continents.

Whether you’re looking to improve quality, enhance nutrition, cut costs, or get more from your product line, our emulsifiers can help in a wide range of applications from bakery, confectionery, dairy, to culinary solutions, snacks and margarines & spreads. Our broad portfolio also contains solutions for pet foods and polymers.

How IFF Emulsifiers can help

Increase Efficiency & Improve Effectiveness

IFF emulsifiers streamline production, minimizing downtime, enhancing flow properties and reducing production cycles. Across food categories, they help manufacturers achieve smoother, more stable processes.

As an example in bakery applications, IFF emulsifiers control viscosity for smoother batter flow, ensure uniform ingredient dispersion, and enhance whipping and aeration—reducing beating time and supporting high throughput.

Sustainability Performance

IFF has a tradition in sustainability: from sourcing to production to solutions, IFF Emulsifiers are traceable with documented sustainability performance.

IFF emulsifiers are sourced from vegetable oils, such as palm, soybean, rapeseed, sunflower, castor, and coconut oil. Non-GMO versions are also available
IFF is a member of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm (RSPO) and Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) for sustainable sourcing.
IFF emulsifiers are ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems certified.

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Delivering Consistent Quality

At IFF, quality and food safety are engineered into every batch of our emulsifiers. Our global network of manufacturing sites operates under a unified Quality Management System and Food Safety Plans to deliver consistent performance and regulatory compliance with certifications including ISO’s, FSSC 22000 and BRCGS.

Our emulsifiers comply with global additive regulations to ensure safe use in food and beverage applications. Each product is assessed against very comprehensive toxicological & safety data requirements and has been concluded to be safe for use by all major food regulatory authorities such as: US FDA, EFSA, CODEX, FSA of UK, China, FSANZ etc. Our portfolio meets specifications defined by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and international standards established by Codex Alimentarius/WHO, as well as regional/local authorities in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

Our continuous monitoring of contaminants, allergen controls, and compliance with Halal, Kosher, and RSPO requirements reinforce the commitment to product integrity.

Comprehensive documentation, including certificates, declarations, and regulatory interpretation letters, are available upon request.

Explore IFF’s Emulsifier Applications

IFF has over 90 years of experience producing industry-leading food-grade emulsifiers for a variety of applications.

Bakery & Bars

With IFF emulsifiers like DIMODAN® and PANODAN® DATEM, manufacturers can secure stable processes, achieve better texture and higher volume, keep products softer for longer, enhance quality and shelf life, and unlock potential cost savings through optimized production.

Imagine delicious breads, biscuits, cakes, and bars with appealing textures, even when calories are reduced. By reducing formulation complexity and tolerance to raw material quality variation, production efficiency can be heightened.

Nutritional Beverages

Discover a consistent quality over shelf-life with an unrivaled sensorial experience using emulsifiers in a high-dense and nutrient-rich beverage.

IFF emulsifiers help nutritional beverages maintain their stability and performance, even under challenging conditions like high protein content, added vitamins and minerals, or fat‑containing formulations.

By improving emulsion stability, they prevent ingredient separation, support uniform appearance, and protect the sensory profile throughout shelf life. This helps to delivers the intended smoothness, creaminess, and flavor experience.

Confectionary

Elevate your confectionary through premium texture. Improve chewing gum, softness and machinability or control viscosity and flow properties of chocolate or caramel treats. Do this all while maintaining product characteristics throughout the shelf life.

With IFF emulsifiers like GRINDSTED® ACETEM, GRINDSTED® PGPR 90 and PGPR Super, you can achieve a smooth texture and seamless processing, elevating your product to new heights.

Culinary

Unlock the overall quality of your margarines, sauces, dressings, and ready-to-eat meals. Increase machinability and process efficiency with stable emulsions. Even allow fat reduction and reduced spattering in margarines, fillings and spreads.

With IFF emulsifiers like DIMODAN® and GRINDSTED® CRYSTALLIZER, emulsion stability can be elevated, saturated fat reduced and trans fat removed without compromising taste and texture.

Dairy

In the world of dairy products, emulsifiers play a vital role in delivering quality across creams and creamers, as well as frozen desserts.

For creams and creamers, solutions like GRINDSTED® LACTEM and GRINDSTED® ACETEM help stabilize aerated structures.

In frozen desserts, GRINDSTED® MONO-DI and CREMODAN® stabilize emulsions and aerated structures, ensuring products maintain their integrity and provide the perfect mouthfeel.

Keep aerated and stable structures in your coffee creamers, creams, and frozen desserts light and fluffy for longer.

Pet Foods

IFF Pet Conditioners’ emulsifier range is a special ingredient designed for dog and cat foods. Achieve maximized extrusion capacity for enhanced texture and palatability in dry and semi-moist pet food, reducing breakage, dustiness, and waste during production.

Interested in potential cost savings without compromising quality, IFF Pet Conditioners can help you save up to 25% electric power consumption* and improve extruder throughput** by up to 40%.

Data collected using Wenger Extruder X85
*at constant process speed
**at constant process power load

Polymer

Food grade, highly efficient, and plant-sourced emulsifiers for polymers solutions. We leverage our food-grade expertise to deliver innovative food-packaging additives and bio-based plasticizers.

Emulsifiers for Polymers

Meet our Experts

IFF emulsifiers make a real difference in food innovation. Each type brings unique benefits—like improving starch interaction, reducing surface tension, or controlling fat crystallization. With the IFF Application Team by your side, you’ll find the perfect solution for your formulation challenges.

Si-Ying Xue,
Vice-President, Food Application Ingredients – GA
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Si-Ying Xue
Vice-President, Food Application Ingredients – GA
Si-Ying Xue is the Vice President of Applications for Food Ingredients at Greater Asia, which basically means she spends her days making food science sound delicious and strategic at the same time. She’s passionate about turning complex formulations into simple, tasty solutions—because who doesn’t love food that works? When she’s not driving innovation and sustainability, she’s probably explaining why “clean label” isn’t just about wiping jars. A true believer in science with a sprinkle of creativity, Si-Ying is on a mission to make the future of food smarter and appealing.

Transform Ideas into Market-Ready Innovations

Bring your vision to life with IFF’s expertise in food and beverage innovation. Together, we can turn bold ideas into groundbreaking emulsifier solutions.