ADM to Add New Line of Specialty Tapioca Starches

CHICAGO — Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today introduced a new line of specialty tapioca starches and tapioca maltodextrin ingredients in partnership with Vedan International.

ADM’s tapioca maltodextrin is non-GMO and is available in an organic version. ADM’s tapioca modified starches are also non-GMO.

“Over the past few years, ADM has been focused on expanding the range of our starch-based ingredient options – especially those that are plant-based –to provide cleaner label options and solutions for customers,” said Kris DiTommaso, vice president, ADM’s starch business. ”Tapioca’s neutral taste profile allows it to be used in a wide range of applications, and we are pleased to now add tapioca-based modified starches and maltodextrins to our growing starch ingredient portfolio.”

Starches help improve stability by binding water in food systems and can also enhance mouthfeel and control viscosity. They are ideal in applications such as dressings, sauces, bakery fillings, ice cream, yogurt, soups, bakery, beverages, meat and dry sausage applications.

For more information about ADM’s starch ingredient portfolio, please call 800-257-5743 or email starch@adm.com.

About Vedan International

Vedan International is a leading producer of fermentation-based amino acids, food additive products and cassava starch-based industrial products in Asia. Leveraging its production facilities in Vietnam and the PRC, its products are sold to food distributors, international trading companies and the food, paper, textile and chemical products producers in Vietnam, the other ASEAN countries, the PRC, Japan and Taiwan. Most of its products are marketed under the Vedan brand name. For details, please refer to www.vedaninternational.com.

About ADM

For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with approximately 31,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately 500 crop procurement locations, 270 ingredient manufacturing facilities, 44 innovation centers and the world’s premier crop transportation network, we connect the harvest to the home, making products for food, animal feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn more at www.adm.com.