January 24, 2025
Translink CF acted as the advisor to the majority shareholder of ProtéinesXTC on the sale to Nutrikéo
Translink Corporate Finance in France advised the majority shareholder of ProtéinesXTC on the sale to Nutrikéo, a nutrition strategy consultancy specialising in food, health and nutraceutical marketing and communication.
Based in Paris, ProtéinesXTC is a consultancy specialising in the food, agriculture, and health sectors. The merger with Nutrikéo, a recognised leader in marketing, communication, and nutritional strategies, significantly strengthens the new entity’s ability to address complementary and converging sectors within the nutrition industry.
ProtéinesXTC and Nutrikéo unite to lead European food and nutrition-health consultanting
With over 30 years of expertise in agro-food and health consultancy and communication, ProtéinesXTC is renowned for its in-depth understanding of the challenges and issues within the agro-food and health industries, as well as its strong integration into the ecosystem (associations, professional unions, top institutions, etc.). Now united, Nutrikéo and ProtéinesXTC join forces to become the leading independent European consulting group for food and nutrition-health strategies.
The merger of these two consultancies, means the new entity will have an enhanced to address sectors within the nutrition industry, namely: Agro-food (manufacturers, catering, retail, etc.) Agriculture, Nutraceuticals (dietary supplements and ingredients), Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and investors engaged in these various sectors. Through this alliance, the new group offers unique expertise to innovate, inspire, and positively impact these rapidly evolving ecosystems.
Comment from Nutrikéo
Grégory DUBOURG, President of Nutrikéo, said, “Nutrikéo and ProtéinesXTC have been operating in the same ecosystems for many years, so it’s a natural step to bring them together to better address the key issues of innovation, marketing, science and communication for players in the nutrition sector.
I’m very enthusiastic about the idea of bringing together the complementary expertise of our two talented teams, who share the same passion for nutrition.”
Comment from ProtéinesXTC
Antoine Mercier , Executive Director of ProtéinesXTC, added “With Nutrikéo, we share the same vision of structural changes in the food sector. Combining our skills reflects our desiré to provide our industrial, retail and inter-professional customers with the advice and services essential to their development in a fast-changing environment and in response to new consumer expectations.”
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