Newlat will supply baking mixes to Unilever under the Carte d’or Italy’s Newlat has entered a co-packing agreement with Unilever after buying a baking products business in France from Dr Newlat has purchased France-based EM Foods from privately-owned Dr Oetker in a deal that includes a manufacturing plant in Ludres in the north-east of the country The Germany-based company originally acquired the facility Oetker confirmed the German firm will retain the Alsa brand with production switching to another facility in Strasbourg on the French border with Germany Newlat said in a statement the transaction price for the EM Foods business and assets amounts to EUR20m (US$21.5m) including an investment to build a new warehouse EM Foods is expected to generate revenue of EUR50m in the 2024 fiscal year and EBITDA of EUR5m A spokesperson for Newlat told Just Food the agreement with Unilever will amount to “50% of the plant’s production capacity” in terms of finished baking and dessert mixes under the FMCG giant’s Carte d’or The remainder of the manufacturing at the Ludres factory will be centered on Newlat in the form of private label and its own brands of dessert mixes will also be produced at the site with a “different aesthetic than the original line” directed at retail customers in European countries Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis Unilever “chose EM Foods because they know the plant well and trust the service levels and quality of the production assets as well as the important R&D centre that plays a fundamental role in recipe reformulation and new product launches” Just Food has approached Unilever for comment on the co-manufacturing agreement The transaction for EM Foods and the Ludres factory closed on 2 January following a pre-announcement in October The deal for EM Foods marks Newlat’s entry to the baking mixes category. Other areas of the business include pasta, baby foods, milk, yogurt and cheese. 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