Cargill has advocated for open, fair trade for decades. To continue engaging Cargill employees and communities around this important topic, the company today launched FedByTrade, a resource designed to explain, through relatable stories, the pivotal role trade plays in feeding the world.

In response to growing consumer demand for simple, familiar ingredients, Cargill is launching a portfolio of functional native starches under the new SimPure brand. 

Cargill has sketched out five sustainability objectives it will pursue over the next 13 years through the Cargill Cocoa Promise, the company’s five-year-old cocoa sustainability program.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) Letter of No Objection for Cargill’s canola lecithin for use as a multipurpose ingredient in a variety of foods.

Cargill Salt is opening a new potassium chloride production facility in Watkin’s Glen, N.Y. in late 2017.

Food formulators can now label TREHA trehalose as “natural flavor” in most flavor system applications, including beverages and gelato.

Cargill has established a licensed buying company in Ghana, allowing the ingredient supplier to directly source cocoa from certified farmers and maintain a traceable purchasing model.