Cargill: strengthens North American non-GMO offering

Minneapolis / MN. (cg) Furthering its commitment to help food and beverage customers address growing consumer demand for non-GMO product offerings, Cargill Company has announced an identity preservation process and several additional Non-GMO Project Verified food ingredients. Cargill’s «KnownOrigins» identity preservation process delivers transparency so food and beverage manufacturers can efficiently source the ingredients they need to deliver non-GMO products to consumers.

«Cargill is uniquely positioned to help our customers translate growing consumer demand for non-GMO products into profitable growth», said Lea Buerman, Cargill Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Manager. «Cargill’s combination of the industry’s broadest portfolio of non-GMO ingredients, well-established crop sourcing programs and our «KnownOrigins» identity preservation process enables our customers to scale production with confidence and get to market quickly with new non-GMO products».

Cargill’s «KnownOrigins» process features robust testing, approval and evaluation protocols that enable food and beverage manufacturers to make non-GMO claims with the confidence of knowing that Cargill’s non-GMO ingredients meet the agreed-to non-GMO standard. Key features of «KnownOrigins»include:

  • Traceability back to producers – Each farmer in Cargill’s non-GMO producer program is identifiable so that non-GMO soybeans, corn and high oleic canola can be traced back to producers(1).
  • Testing to verify non-GMO status – Testing is performed on either harvest bin composites, incoming truck deliveries, or the finished ingredient to ensure that Cargill’s non-GMO ingredient products comply with the agreed-to non-GMO standard (for example Non-GMO Project Verification, European Union).
  • Stringent raw material evaluation and approval protocols are used for all raw materials and processing aids so that Cargill customers can make a non-GMO claim with the confidence of knowing that Cargill’s non-GMO ingredients meet the agreed-to non-GMO standard.
  • Cargill’s specific segregation, cleaning and flushing procedures protect against cross-contact with GMO ingredients and ensure that co-mingling levels are within the agreed-to non-GMO standard.
  • Cargill’s non-GMO production facilities operate under food Good Manufacturing Practices that have been verified by industry-leading Global Food Safety Initiative certification agencies.
  • Internal review by Cargill’s legal, regulatory and food safety experts means that Cargill customers can make a non-GMO claim with the confidence of knowing that Cargill’s non-GMO ingredients meet the agreed-to non-GMO standard.

«Non-GMO Project Verification remains the most trusted emblem for consumers seeking non-GMO food options», Buerman said. «We continue to work closely with the Non-GMO Project and hope to have even more Cargill ingredients verified in the near future».

NSF International is the Technical Administrator for Cargill’s Non-GMO Project Verified ingredients. NSF International is a global independent organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the food, water, health sciences, and consumer goods industries.

  1. Cargill’s corn and soybean non-GMO producer programs are based in North America; the high oleic canola producer program is based in Australia.
  2. Cargill is the exclusive North American distributor of chicory inulin manufactured by Cosucra.
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