Continuing to expand its starch portfolio, Archer Daniels Midland Company has introduced ADM Confectionery Moulding Starch, a new line of starches that will offer high food-grade quality moulding capabilities to confectionary and gummy customers.

Owners Olivia Kelvin and Robert Stanton will receive $50,000 in seed funding from Archer Daniels Midland Company and $50,000 in services from National Foodworks Services (NFS), along with other prizes, all designed to help advance their food innovation.

Archer Daniels Midland Company and GLG Life Tech Corporation announced a new partnership to manufacture, market, sell and distribute low-calorie stevia and monk fruit sweeteners to customers around the globe.

Archer Daniels Midland Company celebrated the official grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art flavor creation, application and customer service facility in Cranbury, New Jersey.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) has named Erik Heggen president, North American Refined Oils. Heggen joined ADM in 2001 and has held key roles in the North American Refined Oils group since 2008.

Newly published research supports the significant role of soluble dietary fiber to delay hunger and enhance satiety. Nutrition Research, an international publication, published “Soluble Dietary Fiber Decreased Hunger and Increased Satiety Hormones in Humans When Ingested With a Meal.”

Harvest Innovations uses expeller pressing to turn grains, legumes and oilseeds into minimally-processed, non-GMO, organic, gluten-free ingredients.

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced an agreement to purchase Eatem Foods Company, a developer and producer of premium traditional, natural and organic savory flavor systems.

About 70 employees and contractors are currently based in the center. The staff will eventually expand to approximately 200 ADM colleagues.

The 15,700-square-foot site will include lab, office and meeting space—including dedicated lab space for mint and oral care products—and will house a staff of flavorists and applications technologists.