Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) will showcase its ingredients
for foods and beverages, including two new offerings – VegeFull™ bean
ingredients and NutriSoy™ high-protein crisps – at the Institute of Food
Technologists (IFT) Food Expo. The IFT Food Expo will be held at the
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans from June 29 to July
1, 2008. ADM will be located at booth number 3415.
VegeFull
VegeFull puts all of ADM’s bean ingredients – including bean powders and
ground cooked beans – under one line of products. Made from black, red,
navy and pinto beans, VegeFull increases protein and fiber content while
providing up to a full serving of vegetables. It can be used in foods
such as bakery items, snacks, dips, salads, and dry soup mixes without
altering taste or texture.
“By using VegeFull in foods, manufacturers can offer consumers
interesting ways to incorporate more vegetables into their diets,” said
Gordon Gregory, vice president and general manager, Edible Bean
Specialties. “For example, with VegeFull, kids who don’t like to eat
their vegetables can get up to a full serving of vegetables in
unexpected ways, like in the bread on their sandwich.”
At IFT, ADM will feature VegeFull in a blueberry-almond cookie and a
sausage and cheese Panini served with red beans and rice.
NutriSoy High-Protein Crisps
ADM now offers food manufacturers three varieties of NutriSoy protein
crisps – 60 percent protein, 80 percent protein and 85 percent protein.
Made from soy and wheat, the 85 percent protein crisps have one of the
highest protein contents on the market. The 60 percent and 80 percent
versions are made from soy.
The selection of crisps provides customers several options for
incorporating a range of protein levels into products. The crisps can be
used in such applications as nutrition bars, granola bars, cereals,
confectionary items and as inclusions for baked goods and ice cream
toppings, depending on the desired protein content.
“ADM already offers the industry’s widest selection of soy proteins,”
said Mark Metivier, director of sales, Specialty Food Ingredients. “Our
new protein crisps further broaden that portfolio and provide customers
another option for incorporating even more protein into foods consumers
love.”
At IFT, ADM will feature the crisps in a cranberry-apple crisp bar.
Cocoa and Other Ingredients
ADM will also feature several of its cocoa and chocolate products at
IFT, including new De Zaan® Huysman™ bright cocoa powders in chocolate
milk. The line of vibrant, red and brown powders enables manufacturers
to visually distinguish products like ice creams and baked goods. An
extension of the existing line of De Zaan cocoa powders, the new line is
named after De Zaan founder Jan Huysman.
Additional chocolate products at IFT will include Ambrosia® chocolate
chips in a chocolate chip cookie and Merckens® Ivory White, Marquis Milk
and Yucatan Dark chocolates in a truffle.
Other ADM ingredients featured in food and beverage samples this year
include NovaLipid™ zero grams trans-fat oils and shortenings in
beignets; Fibersol®-2 dietary soluble fiber in a peaches-and-cream
women’s meal replacement beverage; and SmartBind™ natural wheat protein
isolate in a microwavable chocolate muffin.
About ADM
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is the world leader in BioEnergy
and has a premier position in the agricultural processing value chain.
ADM is one of the world’s largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat
and cocoa. ADM is a leading manufacturer of biodiesel, ethanol, soybean
oil and meal, corn sweeteners, flour and other value-added food and feed
ingredients. Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 27,000
employees, more than 240 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007 of $44 billion. Additional information can be
found on ADM’s Web site at www.adm.com/.
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