Ardent Mills, the premier flour-milling and ingredient company, today announced that food industry leader Angie Goldberg has joined Ardent Mills as Chief Growth Officer.

As the industry's premier flour supplier and innovator, Ardent Mills has largest portfolio of traditional, specialty and whole grain flours and ingredients. The company makes more than 1,200 different flours and estimates that each day, Ardent Mills' products and ingredients are consumed by more than 100 million North Americans.

Located at the company headquarters at 1875 Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colo., the AMIC features lab-sized flour mills, a wheat quality and bake lab, culinary test kitchen and chef's demonstration area. It is believed to be the only one of its kind in North America.

Ardent Mills, a flour-milling and ingredient company, announced that Kent Juliot will join the Ardent Mills team as Vice President of the Research, Quality and Technical Solutions and member of the senior leadership team.

Leading the way to meet growing customer and consumer demand, Ardent Mills, the premier flour-milling and ingredient company, is announcing a new organic initiative committed to helping US wheat growers double organic wheat acres by 2019.

The details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in the next few weeks.

Just over a year ago, Ardent Mills, the premier flour-milling and ingredient company opened for business with IBR as part of its North American network. Now known as Innovative Bakery Resources, this unique Tualatin, Ore., bakery celebrates with its Oregon team members, families and invited food industry guests, showcasing its unique capabilities in support of a “Who’s Who” of food customers.

Flour-milling and ingredient company Ardent Mills used this year’s IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo to showcase a Mobile Innovation Center (MIC) and launch two new product lines: Ardent Mills Organic Flours and Grains and Ardent Mills Sprouted Flours and Grains.