Cargill Opens New Facility

MINNEAPOLIS—Cargill (Cargill.com) has opened a new Snacks and CerealProductInnovationCenter in Minneapolis, Minn.

“The new facility unites Cargill’s product formulation and pilot plant scale-up capabilities under one roof, enabling the company to help customers accelerate new product development and testing and increase speed to market,” said Luis Rayas, the center’s technical director. According to Rayas, Cargill also will add new, specialized technical personnel at the facility.

Opened in June, the new center allows snacks and cereal customers to leverage Cargill’s culinary experts, food scientists and engineers on a wide range of new product initiatives.