
The Animal Nutrition 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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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:
- Food Innovation Centers
- Cargill Innovation Center - Kansas, United States
- North American Food Innovation Center - Minnesota, United States
- Latin American Food Innovation Center - Sao Paulo, Brazil
- European Food Innovation Center - Vilvoorde, Belgium
- Asian Food Innovation Center - Shanghai, China
- Animal Nutrition Innovation Campus - Minnesota, United States
- Biotechnology Innovation Centers - Iowa and Minnesota, United States and Vilvoorde, Belgium
- Specialty Canola Innovation Center - Colorado, United States


