Kruse joined ADM in 1993. He has held a variety of leadership positions in the company’s sweeteners and food oils businesses before assuming the role of CEO of Stratas Foods — a 50/50 joint venture between ADM and ACH Food Companies — in 2011.

The combination of brekki’s superior product and the Cedar’s leadership team’s 155+ years of food industry experience means brekki is now positioned to lead this growing market.

This important milestone for The Annex comes shortly after the acquisition of an organic grain elevator in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the Colorado Quinoa™ exclusivity partnership, as well as the Denver RiNo investment to clean and pack specialty grains.

The new line features a high-speed filling process that improves the density and deaeration of the flour to give a more compact, “brick shaped” appearance when the valve bags are full.

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.

Furmano’s, a leading family-owned producer of superior quality beans, tomatoes and vegetables, is adding a new product category to its roster: Fully Cooked Ancient Grains in shelf-stable foodservice pouches.

This is the fifth expansion at the Riviana complex which began in 2006 with the purchase of approximately 310 acres of land on South Lauderdale and the company being granted a 12-year PILOT incentive for its investment to acquire the property and construct and equip the facility.

At MPC’s Dayton, OH manufacturing facility, the Lochner lab masher is paired with a custom-built lab scale system for a microcosm match of large-volume mash filtration. For the company’s food and beverage industry customers, this opens up a world of potential for product innovation, allowing them to try new recipes and ingredients expediently and inexpensively. 

Archer Daniels Midland Company joined local officials to celebrate the opening of its new, state-of-the-art flour mill in Mendota, Ill. It is the largest flour mill ever built from the ground up in North America, according to the company.