HFT News
Cargill introduces Health and Food Technologies Unit
Name represents the expanded capabilities of new business units
Minneapolis, MN - Cargill announced today that its business unit Cargill Nutraceuticals now will be known as Cargill Health and Food Technologies. The decision comes after the joining and expansion of the nutraceuticals and the specialty food ingredients business units.
"The synergy of these two units increases Cargill's capabilities in serving the functional food, traditional food and dietary supplement industries globally," said Ted Ziemann, president of the Health and Food Technologies Unit. "The formation of Cargill Health and Food Technologies represents our commitment to what we foresee as an aggressive growth category."
The Health and Food Technologies team combines a broad range of experienced market and technology professionals in the areas of sales, marketing, business development, consumer research, regulatory and clinical expertise, applications development, and process engineering from the consumer food, nutrition and food ingredients industry. This high-performance team has been created to bring value to the customer by delivering innovative solutions to maximize consumer's health and well being.
Cargill Health and Food Technologies, established under its former name in June of 1997, is a leading developer, processor and marketer of science-based, health-promoting ingredients for food and dietary supplements industries worldwide. Its commercial product categories include the AdvantaSoy™TM line of soy isoflavones, the CS/90+™ brand of chondroitin sulfate, plant sterol esters, vitamin E, and trehalose.
Cargill, a privately held company based in Minneapolis, is an international marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services with 85,000 employees in 60 countries. The company provides distinctive customer solutions in supply chain management, food applications and health and nutrition.
For further information contact Cargill Health & Food Technologies at 866-45NUTRA or 866-734-2111, visit us at www.cargillhft.com or email us at chn_customerservice@cargill.com