Nutrikraft, based in Bangalore, India, has annual gross sales of €19 million in complete feeds and protein concentrates.

“Business in India is developing well in the animal nutrition market which is growing more than 7 percent a year on average," said Juergen Steinemann, Nutreco's chief operating officer. "There is a strong demand for quality feed products, technical know-how and customer services. We have partnered with the right entrepreneurial player to further grow our joint business in India."

Over the past year Nutreco has acquired animal nutrition and fish feed companies in Mexico, Russia, Japan and China.