Innophos Holdings Inc (IPHS_old)

Innophos Holdings, Inc. manufactures essential ingredients, chelated minerals, and specialty phosphates products for the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial market segments. The company provides blending and formulating phosphate, mineral, enzyme, and botanical-based ingredients. It operates through three segments: food, health, and nutrition; industrial specialties; and others. Its specialty ingredients include specialty phosphate products, specialty phosphoric acids, as well as other mineral, enzyme, and botanical-based specialty ingredients used as flavor enhancers in beverages; electrolytes in sports drinks; texture modifiers in cheeses; leavening agents in baked goods; calcium and phosphorus fortification in food and beverages; moisture and color retention in seafood, poultry, and meat; excipients in vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceuticals; and abrasives in toothpaste. It also provides food and technical grade purified phosphoric acid (PPA) used in the production of phosphate salts, as well as in food and beverage and water treatment applications; technical grade sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) used as an ingredient in cleaning products, such as industrial and institutional cleaners, automatic dishwashing detergents, and consumer laundry detergents; as well as in water treatment, clay processing, and copper ore processing activities; and detergent grade PPA used in the production of STPP. In addition, the company offers granular triple superphosphate (GTSP), a fertilizer product line used for enhancing crop yields in various agricultural sectors, and merchant green phosphoric acid. It serves food and beverage, health and nutrition, and industrial specialties. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Cranbury, New Jersey with additional offices in São Paulo, Brazil; Taicang, China; and Mexico. It has manufacturing operations across USA. As of February 7, 2020, Innophos Holdings, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Iris Parent LLC.