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Ingredion Incorporated
American ingredients company (NYSE: INGR, HQ Westchester IL; formerly Corn Products International); wet milling and specialty ingredients producer with significant pharmaceutical-grade dextrose output. Ingredion operates corn wet mills in Argo IL (one of the largest corn wet mills in the US), Darien WI, and other locations producing pharmaceutical-grade glucose/dextrose (anhydrous and monohydrate) under its Pharma Solutions brand. Ingredion historically served the confectionery (glucose syrups), brewing (glucose syrups), and food industries before expanding into pharma-grade. Argo IL wet mill has been operating since 1906 — one of the longest continuously operating corn processing facilities in the US.
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Starches & Sweeteners (Core)
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Did you know2023
Ingredion's pharmaceutical-grade dextrose simultaneously supplies IV glucose solution manufacturers (for hospitalized patients and surgery), fermentation substrates for antibiotic production (dextrose feeds the bacteria/fungi that produce penicillin, cephalosporins), food sweetener applications (HFCS for beverages), and industrial fermentation for fuel ethanol and bioplastics. The same corn wet milling operation that produces USP dextrose for Baxter IV bags also produces the dextrose that ferments into fuel ethanol that blends into gasoline, the high-purity glucose for Pfizer's fermentation-based antibiotic manufacturing, and the HFCS in Coca-Cola. A corn starch company from 1906 Argo, Illinois controls the glucose supply chain for emergency healthcare, antibiotic production, beverage sweetening, and renewable energy simultaneously.
Ingredion Incorporated ↗Origin2023
Ingredion traces its corporate lineage to Corn Products Refining Company, established in 1906 in Argo, Illinois through the merger of several early corn wet millers. The company grew by developing the industrial processes for large-scale corn wet milling -- separating corn kernels into starch, germ, gluten, and fiber at massive industrial scale using wet separation and centrifugation. The company was renamed Corn Products International in 2001 and Ingredion in 2012, reflecting its evolution from commodity corn starch toward specialty food ingredients. The Argo, Illinois plant (on the outskirts of Chicago) that started in 1906 is still operating -- over 115 years of continuous wet milling at the same site, making it one of the longest continuously running food processing facilities in the United States. The same facility that made corn starch for laundry collars in 1906 now makes pharmaceutical-grade dextrose for IV solutions and specialty food texturizers for processed food manufacturers globally.
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