Who we are

Ve•rum:
noun: truth; adv: true, truly

Verum Ingredients, established in 2016, is dedicated to providing authentic, high-quality food ingredients to its clients. Furthermore, we conduct our operations from our headquarters in San Diego, CA, while maintaining an R&D business unit in the Botucatu Technology Park, situated in São Paulo, Brazil.

Embracing Sustainability

Humanity today faces countless challenges in every aspect. If we are to secure life, eradicate poverty, achieve ubiquitous human dignity, enhance social justice, guarantee full access to education and health, protect the environment, and tackle climate change, it has never been so urgent to give room to new forms of thinking, doing business, and making decisions. This awareness and these concerns are the foundation of our core values at Verum Ingredients. They permeate our business choices and practices. We run our operation guided by these principles, with confidence, joy, and gratitude. Moreover, in 2015, all the United Nations member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a call for immediate worldwide action to eradicate poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that the entire global population experiences peace and prosperity. We want to be part of the global movement to reach the 17 Sustainable Development Objectives of the 2030 Agenda.

Our core values as contributions to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Business Principles

Our business always operates in accordance with high ethical principles. Moreover, every strategic business decision we make considers the social and environmental impacts, in addition to the economic impacts.

Sustainable Sourcing

Our business choices consider the positive impact of responsible wild harvesting and regenerative agriculture practices. Additionally, by working with organically-grown crops and wildcrafted ingredients, we want to promote environmentally responsible practices. In particular, we are very interested in promoting added-value products derived from Brazilian megadiverse biomes. Consequently, this serves as a means to both support their conservation and generate income for local populations.

Innovation

We firmly believe that true innovation is the result of continuous, long-term commitments. Additionally, we strive to secure consistent funding for our R&D programs to develop sustainable, value-added ingredients. Our goal is to innovate with upcycled food ingredients, science-supported functional ingredients, and, consequently, the promotion of novel nutrient-rich ingredients.

Our Stakeholders

Our relationships with small farmers, cooperatives, and industrial partners follow the same principles. For instance, transparency, fair-sharing of the financial benefits, and mutually beneficial knowledge exchange are at the core. Additionally, our clients have our full commitment to high-quality products. Moreover, continuous innovation, enthusiastic collaboration, and excellent customer service are paramount to us.