Each of the companies represented here highlight some of the ways food industry suppliers continue to invest in the essential resources necessary to build their offerings and, more importantly, continue to improve the foods that consumers need to live healthy, active lives. We anticipate that these profiles might give you a moment to pause and reflect on the state of research and development at your own company, and make your own plans for future development.
Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, announces the expansion of its Bunge Ingredient Innovation Center (BIIC) for Edible Oils & Carbohydrates in Bradley, Ill., to include a state-of-the-art Culinary Center that opened this July 2012.
Known as one of the industry’s leading texture experts, Ingredion underscores this position with its Texture Center for Excellence located in Bridgewater, N.J. The Texture Center of Excellence is built on a strong foundation of expertise, with four main pillars supporting its work.
Roquette America held the grand opening of its Customer Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art facility in Geneva, Illinois, last September. With a culinary demonstration kitchen, application and analytical laboratories, and an auditorium for Roquette® University courses, the building was designed and built for customers, but Roquette’s other great investment—its employees—truly bring it to life.
Novel technologies thrive in an open environment and Tate & Lyle has created the perfect setting for success to flourish in its new Commercial and Food Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art 110,000-square-foot facility that celebrated its grand opening in June.
From harvest to plate, Bay State Milling differentiates itself as a world-class leader by both investigating new methods of developing and consistently delivering the highest-quality grain-based ingredients for the food processing industry.
The magic of food science takes an essential energy source like ribose and transforms it into a delicacy like Dark Chocolate Trim Truffles or Cinnamon Power Bread. While it might seem like wizardry, the secret is hard work and dedication by a company like Bioenergy Life Science, Inc. that for decades has studied to understand and harness one of the basic building blocks of life for the benefit of human health.
Roquette America, Inc. in 2011 unveiled its multimillion-dollar world-class Customer Innovation Center, located in Geneva, Illinois. This 30,000 square-foot facility offers the ideal environment to encourage open learning and facilitate collaborative efforts to enhance existing products and design new prototype products or line extensions.
Cooperation, not competition, drives Viterra’s approach to research, development and discovery; leveraging partnerships along the entire length of the supply chain for synergistic efficiencies that yield practical results.
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