- Business
- Butterfield FB Berhad is a Malaysia-based investment holding company primarily engaged in the manufacturing, formulation, blending, and trading of coffee and tea extract powder blends and related food ingredients. Operating principally under the Butterfield brand name, the company provides customized beverage solutions to business-to-business clients, including instant beverage and ready-to-drink manufacturers, functional food and beverage producers, confectionery manufacturers, foodservice operators, restaurants, and automated vending machine operators. The company's product and service offerings comprise coffee extract powder blends, including spray-dried, freeze-dried, and micro-ground coffee formulations; tea extract powder blends, encompassing matcha, green tea, oolong tea, and black tea variants; instant beverage premixes; food ingredients and additives, including dairy powders, non-dairy creamers, cocoa powders, and specialty flavoring bases; and customized recipe development, blending, and contract packaging services. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Bukit Minyak, Penang, Malaysia, the company serves domestic markets and exports to international destinations across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, including Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, and China. In recent developments, Butterfield FB Berhad completed its initial public offering and listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia in September 2026, raising RM72 million to support operational growth. The company is actively executing an expansion of its Bukit Minyak production facility, adding new manufacturing and storage space alongside a fourth production line with an annual capacity of 4,095 tonnes, while allocating capital toward strategic mergers and acquisitions targeting brand owners in the instant coffee and tea premix sectors.