Food & Beverage

Alcohol

Making quality alcohol naturally since 1899, our grain and potable alcohol features pure quality and is consequently an essential and added-value for the food sector. Having organoleptic panels at our different production facilities gives us the opportunity to adapt to local sensoric wishes and standards. By partnering with our customers we provide them the best ethanol meeting their requirements, enhancing their products and ensuring the most stable quality. 

Cocoa & Chocolate

We connect our deep cocoa knowledge with our broad food ingredient expertise and manage our supply chain from sourcing the beans at origin up to delivering our cocoa and chocolate products on your doorstep.

• Gerkens® cocoa powder
• Cocoa liquor
• Cocoa butter
• Chocolate
• Coatings
• Fillings

Oils & Fats

Our broad portfolio of oils combined with extensive refining, blending and modification capabilities help you to create nutritious and high quality foods. Our packaging facilities deliver packaging formats supporting health, safety and sustainability requirements.

• Sunflower oils
• Rapeseed oils
• Soy oils
• Corn oils
• Tropical oils
• Olive oils
• Functional blends
   

Functional Systems

Cargill’s product ranges provide a wide variety of options for functional systems, combining at least two ingredients that will deliver performance, distinct from that achievable from their use separately. Our products offer solutions for a well-suited final texture and stability, as well as taste and mouthfeel.

• Standard systems
• Integrated systems
• Lecithin-on-carrier systems

Hydrocolloids

We offer a broad range of hydrocolloids including products such as biopolymers, carrageenans, galactomannans and pectins. These are used as gelling and thickening agents in all areas of the food industry and in a growing number of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and technical applications.

• Carrageenans
• Galactomannans
• Pectins
• Xanthan gum

Lecithins

With more than 70 years of lecithin experience, we are offering the broadest portfolio of lecithin-based solutions available today to empower our customer developing innovative new products: NGM and non-allergen products, clean label alternatives to artificial emulsifiers, sustainably-sourced and supplied, we are committed to turn development briefs into commercial successes. We are offering the full range of lecithin products from a broad variety of natural sources such as soy, sunflower, canola/rape and egg.

• Fluid, compounds, de-oiled and fractionated lecithins
• Modified (enzymatic hydrolysis) as well as unmodified
   

Proteins

Cargill offers cost-effective and sustainable sources of proteins based on wheat and corn. Our vegetable proteins help our customers to meet consumer demands in products with added health benefits while optimizing their process cost efficiently. Featuring a neutral taste our ProwLiz™ wheat proteins range bring many benefits in a large panel of food applications, with some unique benefits in beverages formulations.

• ProwLiz™ Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
• Corn gluten meal

Starches & Derivatives

Starch is the most common carbohydrate in the human diet. Starch products are used to thicken, stabilize, emulsify and enhance the texture of everyday foods. Sourced from a variety of raw plant ingredients, including Maize, Waxy Maize, Potato, Tapioca & Wheat, our starch-based solutions contribute to the quality of your foods and beverages worldwide.

• Native and functional clean label starches
• Functional starches (cook up and instant)
• Maltodextrins (liquid/spray dried)
• Spray dried glucose

Sweeteners 

We offer a wide range of sweeteners across all three principal ingredients categories: Foundation sweeteners, polyols like Zerose™ erythritol and specialty sweeteners. Our sweetness offering enables you to replace traditional sucrose in food and beverage applications, while providing you nutritional and health benefits.

• Dextrose
• Glucose
• Glucose fructose syrups
• Hydrolysates
• Polyols
• Specialty sweeteners
• Stevia

Glycerin

Glycerin is a versatile raw material used in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and industrial sectors. As an approved food additive, it serves as a humectant, solvent, and sweetening agent, helping to improve the texture, stability, and shelf life of a wide range of food products. In pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, glycerin is widely used for its moisturizing properties and is commonly found in creams, lotions, oral care products, and other personal care formulations. In addition, glycerin is used in various industrial applications, including as a component in resins, lubricants, and other specialty formulations.

Cargill offers a broad portfolio of high-quality glycerin grades with purities ranging from 86.5% to 99.7%, complemented by tailored sustainability solutions. Our products meet the highest quality and safety standards and help customers develop high-performing, sustainable products.