Food & Beverages

Two of ICI’s businesses - National Starch and ICI Paints - serve the food and beverage market. 

National Starch is a leader in the development of new functional ingredients in the global food industry. It produces a broad range of specialty starches which function as food thickeners and texturisers, coatings and binders and are incorporated in everyday processed foods. National manufactures waterborne and hot melt adhesives used to label and package beverages, and adhesives used in the construction of pressure sensitive labels for food and drink packaging. 

ICI Paints Packaging Coatings Division is a leader in internal and external coatings for food and beverage cans.