Cargill Texturizing Solutions: Our business - Production

Production

Cargill Texturizing Solutions is one of the leading producers of hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, lecithins, cultures, starches, soy flour and functional systems worldwide.

With plants located all over the world, Cargill Texturizing Solutions is a recognized, long-time partner of the food industry.

Our state-of-the-art production facilities guarantee exact reproducibility of products and their components, thanks to precise monitoring of conditions and procedures with the help of sophisticated and strict formula controls. With regular training on updated processes, our employees work together in dynamic, efficient and innovative teams.

Today, Cargill Texturizing Solutions manufactures:

Starch and starch derivatives

Cargill Texturizing Solutions is tapping into the wider network of starch and starch derivatives production facilities of Cargill. Sites with a strong focus on food starches are:

Krefeld (Germany), Haubourdin (France), Hammond (USA), Cedar Rapids (USA), Sas Van Gent (The Netherlands), Wädenswil (Switzerland)..

These sites produce a wide portfolio of starches obtained mostly from corn, but also wheat, potato and tapioca.

Cultures/Enzymes

Bönen (Germany), La Ferté-sous-Jouarre (France), Waukesha (USA), Germantown (USA).

Cultures: Appropriate strain selection, cultivation and combination; Enzymes: microbial and animal origin.

Lecithins

Hamburg (Germany), Vigonza (Italy), Zaandam (The Netherlands), Decatur/Illinois (USA), Stuttgart (USA).

ISO certified; AIB certified. European sites are also certified by GMP+.
Special Lecithins/Phospholipids (fluid, de-oiled, fractionated) from vegetable origin (oilseeds) or animal origin (egg yolk).

Soy proteins

Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Ghent (Belgium), Cedar Rapids (USA), Sidney, Ohio (USA).

Functional systems

Shanghai (China), Baupte (France), Vigonza (Italy), Mexico City (Mexico), Kalisz (Poland), Rubi (Spain), Atlanta/Georgia (USA).

Most are ISO / AIB certified.

Hydrocolloids
Alginates	Lannilis (France). ISO 9001/2000 certified. Wide range of gelling and thickening brown seaweed extracts.
Biopolymers	Baupte (France) and Zibo (China). Both plants ISO 9001/2000 certified. Xanthan Gum and Scleroglucan obtained by fermentation.
Carrageenans	Baupte (France) and Canlubang (Philippines). Both ISO 9001/2000 certified. Wide range of gelling or thickening red seaweed extracts (alcohol and KCl processed) and P.E.S. (Processed Eucheuma Seaweed).
Galactomannans	Fez (Morocco) two plants, ISO 22000 certified, and Baupte (France), ISO 9001/2000 certified. Locust Bean Gum and Guar Gum flour and Locust Bean Gum refined extracts.
Pectins	Redon (France) and Malchin (Germany). French plant ISO 9001/2000 certified. High methoxyl apple or citrus Pectins and low methoxyl apple or citrus Pectins (amidated or non-amidated).