SPICES

Olam's entry into the spices business has been the result of growth through 'adjacencies'. Since beginning in 2002, Olam has emerged as a dominant global player in pepper, cloves, ginger, cassia, nutmegs and mace and also deals in a host of other spices and dehydrates. The key to achievement of this unique position in the industry has been the company's ability to leverage 3 key strengths to its advantage. Olam uses a combination of physical presence in multiple origins (Vietnam, Indonesia, India, China, Brazil, Nigeria and Madagascar), enhanced origin product processing e.g. EtO and Steam sterilization of pepper, Aflatoxin screening of ginger, Reconditioning of Nutmegs, Cracking and cleaning of Cassia, and Destination delivery and VMI solutions though its global marketing and distribution network to provide a compelling value proposition to downstream participants in the Spices business. Physical origin presence and farm gate buying enables us to select the right quality at the right price and eliminate middlemen from the procurement supply chain. Origin processing enables us to ?

Olam's entry into the spices business has been the result of growth through 'adjacencies'. Since beginning in 200