Agriculture, Food and Beverage

We provide specialized water and chemical treatment solutions for the sugar processing industry and bioethanol production, supporting efficient, reliable, and sustainable operations. Our portfolio is designed to address the specific water-related challenges of these processes, where water quality plays a critical role in product quality and plant performance. Our solutions effectively control scale, corrosion, fouling, and microbiological growth in boilers, cooling systems, process water, and wastewater treatment units.

We offer tailored treatment programs using carefully selected chemicals and technologies to optimize heat transfer, protect equipment, and ensure stable process conditions throughout production. With extensive expertise in both sugar processing and bioethanol plants, combined with continuous monitoring and technical support, we help producers improve operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and meet environmental and regulatory requirements while supporting sustainable production. In particular, our unique SugarMaxx® product line has been designed for the sugar processing to ensure color reduction of the sugar cane/beat thin juice by inhibiting the enzymatic process, allowing production efficiency increase and synergistically work as scale inhibitors.

Italmatch supports a wide range of agricultural and agrochemical industrial applications through a diversified portfolio of specialty chemicals and advanced intermediates. In agriculture, the company provides soil conditioning solutions (Sper Sal®) designed to improve soil structure, water retention and nutrient availability, contributing to healthier and more productive soils. These solutions help optimize physical and chemical soil properties, maximize the availability of soluble minerals in irrigation water and effectively reduce soil compaction. By improving aeration, permeability and moisture distribution, they support balanced root development, enhanced crop performance and long-term soil stability, while aligning with sustainable soil management practices.

Alongside this solution, Italmatch is also active in the production of key chemical phosphorus-based specialties including Phosphorus trichloride (PCl₃) and Phosphorus oxychloride (POCl₃), two important chemical intermediates used to manufacture organophosphorus compounds for a wide variety of agrochemicals applications, such as herbicides and insecticides.

Italmatch supports the food and beverage industry with high-quality, food-compliant solutions designed to ensure safety, performance and process reliability. Within this offering, Detrex hydrochloric acid is used in food and beverage applications where precise pH control is essential to ensure shelf stability and product consistency. Produced synthetically under current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), Detrex hydrochloric acid is manufactured with full traceability back to source raw materials. Production takes place in an FDA-registered and inspected food processing facility, operating under a Food Safety Program that meets FSMA standards.

Quality assurance is a central pillar of this approach. We boast a robust master validation plan of quality management system and SAP, a dedicated food safety plan, controlled documentation and validated processes. Comprehensive quality control procedures and laboratory documentation ensure batch and lot tracking, full traceability of all components and ingredients from raw materials through to finished product shipments, and systematic second-person inspection and verification of all documentation. This level of control is designed to protect customers’ processes and products, delivering reliability at every stage of the supply chain.

Alongside these solutions, Italmatch also offers a range of oleochemical-based products for food and feed applications. These food-compliant additives are manufactured using carefully selected premium-quality raw materials and are designed to enhance finished product characteristics while improving process efficiency. These oleochemical solutions are used across a variety of applications, including bakery, dairy and powder-based products, as well as feed-compliant additives suitable for animal and pet food production.