About Galam
What is Galam Group?
Galam is a global company focused on developing, producing, and marketing raw materials, flavors, and food additives. With over 80 years of industry experience, we serve the food and beverages, nutraceuticals, pet food, animal feed, and industrial sectors across more than 60 countries.
How long has Galam been in business?
Galam has over 80 years of industry experience, having been established in the 1940s. We've been refining nature's raw materials and producing high-quality ingredients since then.
Where is Galam located?
Our headquarters, R&D laboratories, and main production plants are located in central Israel. We also have application and development laboratories, production facilities, and distribution centers in Germany and Spain.
What is Galam's annual revenue?
Galam generates approximately $150 million in annual sales.
How many employees does Galam have?
Galam employs over 250 people across our various locations and production sites.
How many production sites does Galam operate?
Galam operates more than 3 production sites across Israel, Germany, and Spain.
Who owns Galam Group?
Galam is held by Fimi (2017), a limited partnership, which is the controlling owner of the company.
How many customers does Galam serve?
Galam serves over 600 active clients worldwide through our sales network.
In how many countries does Galam operate?
Galam operates in over 60 countries worldwide through our global distribution network and partnerships.
What is Galam's vision?
Galam strives to maintain its position as a leading global company in the field of specialty ingredients for the food & beverage, nutraceutical, pet food, animal feed, and non-food industries.
What are Galam's core values?
Integrity, Partnership, Continuous Improvement, and Proactiveness are Galam's core values, guiding our activities and every decision we make.
Products and Solutions
What are Galam's main product categories?
Galam produces sweetening solutions, starches, pre-gels, nutritional ingredients, specialty ingredients, prebiotic fibers (GOFOS™), crystalline fructose (Fruitose®), and various industrial starches.
What is GOFOS™?
GOFOS™ is a soluble prebiotic fiber consisting of about 95% short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (sc-FOS). It's produced from non-GMO beet sugar through a proprietary enzymatic process and supports digestive health, immune function, and enables sugar reduction in food products.
What is Fruitose®?
Fruitose® is Galam's non-GMO, beet sugar-based crystalline fructose. It's a nutritive sweetener with low glycemic index, high natural sweetness potency (1.4 times sweeter than sucrose), and is ideal for sugar and calorie reduction while maintaining natural sweet taste.
Are Galam's products GMO-free?
Most of Galam's products are produced from non-GMO raw materials, including our flagship products GOFOS™ and Fruitose®.
What forms does GOFOS™ come in?
GOFOS™ is available in both powder form (P95 with 95% fiber content) and liquid form (L95 with 95% sc-FOS and L85 with 85% sc-FOS), offering flexibility for different applications.
What is the composition of GOFOS™ sc-FOS?
GOFOS™ contains approximately 37% GF2, 53% GF3, and 10% GF4 fructo-oligosaccharides with guaranteed ratios.
What are the health benefits of GOFOS™?
GOFOS™ provides prebiotic effects, supports gut health, helps with blood sugar management, strengthens bones, enhances immunity, and improves nutrient absorption.
How much prebiotic fiber should people consume daily?
Worldwide health organizations recommend around 20 to 30 grams of prebiotic fiber per day (approximately 0.3g per 1kg of body weight). GOFOS™ offers an excellent solution for meeting this daily intake requirement.
Industries Served
Which industries does Galam serve?
Galam serves food and beverages, nutraceuticals, pet food, animal nutrition, paper and tissue, corrugated board, construction, and textile industries.
What is Galam's FoodTech division?
Our FoodTech division uses innovative technologies to produce healthy raw materials and food additives with added value, specializing in sugar and calorie reduction, taste improvement, fiber enrichment, and prebiotic fibers.
What does Galam's Industry division produce?
Our Industry division produces natural and processed starches, fructose, and glucose syrup for food, beverages, cardboard, paper, textiles, and other industries. We also supply nutritional ingredients like protein, sprouts, oils, and fibers to feed companies.
What is Dagal Trade & Marketing Ltd.?
Dagal Trade & Marketing Ltd. is Galam's local subsidiary dedicated to importing and marketing carefully selected raw materials and high-quality additives that meet the most stringent international standards, primarily for the Israeli market.
Food & Beverage Applications
What food and beverage applications can use GOFOS™?
GOFOS™ is used in dairy products, bakery items, confectionery, jams and fruit preparations, nutritional bars, cereals, Gummies and functional drinks for sugar reduction, fiber enrichment, and prebiotic benefits.
How does GOFOS™ help with sugar reduction?
GOFOS™ has approximately 30% sweetening power compared to sucrose, works synergistically with other sweeteners to mask aftertastes, and maintains clean organoleptic properties similar to sugar while providing only 2 kcal/g.
Can GOFOS™ be used in dairy products?
Yes, GOFOS™ is excellent for dairy products. It improves calcium and magnesium absorption, reduces sugar content, enriches fiber, and creates a synbiotic effect when combined with probiotics without compromising taste or texture.
Is GOFOS™ suitable for bakery products?
Absolutely. GOFOS™ is widely used in cereal bars, protein bars, cookies, sponge cakes, crackers, and tortillas. It provides fiber enrichment, sugar reduction, binding properties, improved crispiness, and remains stable during baking and extrusion.
How does Fruitose® benefit confectionery products?
Fruitose® helps mask off-notes when combined with high-intensity sweeteners, generates optimal texture and appearance, and tackles technological challenges like filling spread-out or sugar crystallization.
Can GOFOS™ be used in beverages?
Yes, GOFOS™ is ideal for functional drinks, enabling sugar reduction, fiber enrichment, and prebiotic benefits while achieving desired taste, optimal texture, and enhanced nutritional value.
Nutraceuticals & Pet Food
What nutraceutical applications does Galam serve?
Galam serves baby food, gummies, dietary supplements, and powdered supplements with GOFOS™ for fiber enrichment, prebiotic benefits, and improved nutritional value.
Is GOFOS™ safe for baby food?
Yes, Galam ensures that all products fully comply with the strictest infant nutrition legislation, guaranteeing the highest industry standards for safety and quality in baby food applications.
How does GOFOS™ benefit pet food?
GOFOS™ supports digestive health, stimulates beneficial gut bacteria, reduces stool odors, improves stool quality, reduces diarrhea, enhances the immune system, and helps with weight control in cats and dogs.
At what dosage is GOFOS™ effective in pet food?
GOFOS™ is highly effective at low doses, making it a cost-effective way to add consumer-friendly label claims on companion animal products while providing significant health benefits.
Can GOFOS™ be used in all types of pet food?
Yes, GOFOS™ is easy to incorporate in all types of pet foods. Its stability in high-shear extrusion, high-temperature pasteurization, and UHT processing enables application in both canned and dry food.
Animal Nutrition
Which animals benefit from GOFOS™ in their feed?
GOFOS™ is beneficial for poultry, swine, calves, fish, and crustaceans (aquaculture), improving digestion, enhancing immunity, increasing survival rates, and boosting productivity.
How does GOFOS™ help reduce antibiotic use in animal feed?
GOFOS™ improves gut microbiota, enhances immunity, and increases survival rates, significantly reducing or eliminating the need for antibiotics in poultry, swine, and other animal feed.
What are the benefits of GOFOS™ for aquaculture?
In aquaculture, GOFOS™ reduces feed conversion rate (FCR) by up to 18%, improves survival rates by 4%-16%, supports gut health, inhibits pathogens, and enhances mineral absorption.
Industrial Applications
What industrial starches does Galam produce?
Galam produces a wide range of modified starches including GalSize (paper surface sizing), GalTis (tissue), GalKar, CorruGal and GalBoard (corrugated board), GalSol (construction), GalCore (plasterboard), and GalTex (textiles).
How long has Galam been supplying industrial starches?
Since the 1950s, Galam has been manufacturing starches for non-food industries worldwide, acting as a trusted global exporter for over half a century.
Which industries use Galam's industrial starches?
Our industrial starches are used in construction, paper and tissue, textiles, corrugated board, adhesives, and binders industries.