SunOpta rebrands as Fresh Pressed Industries™

SunOpta Inc., a leading global company focused on organic, non-genetically modified and specialty foods, announced today that the extraction and ingredient processing component of its San Bernardino, Calif. integrated juice processing operation has been officially rebranded and will operate as Fresh Pressed Industries™. Fresh Pressed Industries will provide freshly squeezed citrus based ingredients for the growing premium healthy beverages and foods segments.

Fresh Pressed Industries will operate from SunOpta's recently retrofitted and commissioned juice facility in San Bernardino, which specializes in the extraction, processing and packaging of high-quality citrus-based ingredients for both industrial and consumer packaged product applications, including the rapidly growing ultra-premium juice segment. With the completion of the retrofit, both the fruit extraction and bottling operations within the facility are operational. SunOpta is in the process of transitioning outsourced bottling volumes back to the facility and has commenced extracting primarily organic citrus products, including citrus based oils.

In March 2015, SunOpta added to its healthy beverage platform with the acquisition of Citrusource LLC, a leading supplier of premium not-from-concentrate private label organic and conventional orange juice and citrus products in the United States, with revenues of approximately $30 million. Citrusource operates a national sourcing and supply platform utilizing a number of processing and packaging partners to serve a variety of well-known retailer customers. With the completion of the San Bernardino retrofit, certain of these volumes are now being consolidated at the facility, leveraging its integrated processing and packaging capabilities.

For more information:
Rob Litt
SunOpta Inc.
Tel: +1 952-893-7863
Email: Rob.litt@sunopta.com