Cargill Invests EUR35m to Increase Sweetener Options across Europe

Cargill has announced a EUR35m investment in its existing European manufacturing channels in Manchester (UK), Bergen op Zoom (The Netherlands) and Wroclaw (Poland).

This allows additional glucose-fructose syrups production, offering food and beverage customers access to a balanced and more flexible sweetener portfolio based on corn and wheat. The investment is set in the context of the end of the European sugar regime as of October 2017.

Cargill owns in EMEA region 12 starches and sweeteners facilities in 10 countries. As the leading market player, Cargill already offers a full range of sweetening solutions and ingredient expertise but is now expanding the finishing lines for glucose-fructose syrups production. Effective October 2017, coinciding with the end of the European sugar regime, the three Cargill locations – Manchester, Bergen op Zoom and Wroclaw – will offer customers a broader range of glucose-fructose syrups, transforming current raw materials in a more versatile portfolio.
“Our broad product portfolio and technical capabilities coupled with our extended network of facilities across Europe and our expertise in supply chain risk management will help customers to keep on innovating, expand their sweetness options, mitigate business risk and create value”, says Alain Dufait, business director at Cargill Starches & Sweeteners.