DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences acquired by International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) acquired DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, a US specialty food and bioscience ingredients brand.
Preliminary: The announcement date and value notes are not yet independently verified. Sources conflict on the value basis.
Transaction summary
- Target
- DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences
- Seller
- DuPont de Nemours
- Announced
- 2005-07-01(unverified)
- Geography
- United States
- Tags
- biosciencesfood ingredientsIndustrialprobiotic ingredientsspecialty food and bioscience ingredientsspecialty ingredients
- Type
- Acquisition
- Deal type
- Control
- Stake acquired
- -
- First added
- 2026-07-25
- Latest update
- 2026-10-29
Value and multiples
100% enterprise value
USD 26B
100% enterprise value | USD
Basis: Public source
Reported price is assumed to be 100% EV unless stated otherwise. Partial-stake estimates are qualified in the basis notes.
EV / revenue
-
Period not stated
Basis: FundComb estimate
EV / EBITDA
-
EBITDA basis not stated
Basis: FundComb estimate
Amounts paid and other reported values
Original reported amounts and bases; a stake payment is distinct from the estimated whole-company valuation.
Consideration: USD 26B
The fetched Delaware Wiki article describes the IFF combination with DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences as an approximately $26.2 billion transaction. The amount is secondary-source evidence and is not confirmed in the supplied excerpt from IFF.
Basis
- Reported consideration: USD 26bn.
Source summary
IFF to Complete Merger with DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences
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