Chr. Hansen is a biosciences group based in Denmark. Co. develops and supplies natural ingredient solutions for the food, pharmaceutical, nutritional, and agricultural industries worldwide. Co. operates in three divisions: Cultures and Enzymes (develops, produces, and sells cultures, enzymes, and probiotics for the food and dairy industries); Health and Nutrition (develops products for the dietary supplement, over-the-counter pharmaceutical, infant formula, and animal feed industries); and Natural Colors (develops natural color solutions to the food industry, primarily for the beverage, dairy, confectionery, fruit preparation and ice cream, as well as functional blends for processed meats).

Marine Harvest is a seafood company engaged in the production of farmed salmon. Co. offers fresh and processed salmon and other processed seafood to customers in 70 countries worldwide. Co. focuses on three principal types of production activities: salmon feed production in Norway, fish farming and primary processing of fish in Norway, Scotland, Canada, Chile, Ireland, and the Faroe Islands, and secondary processing of seafood in Norway, Chile, Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, and South Korea.