
The Cargill Innovation Center, Elk River, Minnesota, is the hub of the Cargill Animal Science Technology Development Center and serves a key role within the emerging Cargill Center of Nutritional Sciences.
R&D facilities
Cargill’s global network of innovation centers provides R&D, applications and technical service support to customers around the world. These centers are closely linked with numerous regional applications and technical service centers, which place us in close contact with evolving trends in local markets — and with your need to tailor products to local market tastes.
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| North American Beverage Application Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
Each location is your portal to Cargill-wide expertise
Featuring advanced technologies and leading-edge equipment, our innovation centers provide a venue for on-site collaboration — collaboration to help accelerate ideation and new product development. In addition, the centers facilitate the close interdisciplinary interaction that is a hallmark of Cargill’s approach to developing the best solutions for you.
Our principal innovation centers include:
- North American Food Innovation Center, Minneapolis
- European Food Innovation Center, Vilvoorde, Belgium
- Latin American Food Innovation Center, Sao Paulo
- Asian Food Innovation Center, Shanghai
- Specialty Canola Innovation Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Cargill Meat Solutions Technical Center
- Biotechnology Innovation Centers, Minneapolis and Vilvoorde
- Cargill Innovation Campus


