Cargill Showcases full-chain solutions at the 8th CIIE

November 6th, 2025, Shanghai – The 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) officially commenced on November 5 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. As an eight-year participant, Cargill, a global leader in agriculture and food, once again showcased in the Food and Agricultural Products Exhibition Area under the theme “160 Years of Nourishing the World, Innovating for a Sustainable Future”. Within a 300-square-meter art gallery, Cargill comprehensively displayed over 100 innovative achievements in the fields of agricultural supply chain, animal nutrition and health, food and beverage consumption, and beyond. Cargill also announced strategic cooperation agreement with industry partners to jointly advance nutrition, health, and sustainability in China.

Lily Guan, President of Cargill China, stated: “This year marks Cargill’s eighth consecutive year participating in the CIIE. We feel more and more profoundly that CIIE is not only a stage for us to showcase our innovative capabilities, but also an important platform for mutual empowerment and shared growth between us and the local market. With over 50 years of deep engagement in China, Cargill has always used “global technology + local insight” as its engine, actively addressing the contemporary challenges of nutrition, health, and sustainability, and is dedicated in developing innovative solutions that better meet the needs of Chinese consumers and customers. Driven by our purpose of “nourishing the world”, Cargill will continue to connect with more partners, seize new industry opportunities together, and jointly build a more resilient, responsible, and sustainable future for agriculture and food."

From Fields to Future of Healthy Consumption: F&B Innovations

In the field of food and beverage consumption, Cargill has brought diverse exhibits covering edible oils, cocoa, syrups, chocolate, and food ingredients to continuously providing innovative inspiration and product support for clients in the food industry. Among these, a variety of key exhibits precisely aligned with the trend of healthier dining, aiming to meet the evolving health needs of Chinese consumers and thereby advancing the realization of the "Healthy China 2030" strategic goals. Including:

• SOCFAT Cooking Oil：Highlighted with "0% trans fatty acids and non-GMO", it utilizes a balanced blend of sunflower oil and high oleic canola oil, achieving an unsaturated fatty acid of 89%, combining stability, cost-effectiveness, and high efficiency.
• Puriclear low saturated fatty acid milk base oil：Developed specifically for modern tea beverages, it significantly reduces saturated fatty acid content compared with milk fat and achieves 0% trans fatty acids. Its balanced fatty acid ratio gives the drink a smooth taste, making it suitable for milk beverages that emphasize the original flavor of tea and align with health trends.
• SimPure® Functional Clean Label Starch：It features a neutral taste, excellent viscosity, and a smooth mouthfeel. Applied in dairy products, meat, desserts and ready-to-eat meals, it retains the functional benefits of modified starch while meeting the market’s expectations for clean label ingredients.
• UniPECTINE® Pectin：Derived from natural fruits such as citrus and apples, it excels in gel formation, texture enhancement, and stability improvement, widely used in jams, yogurt, acidic dairy beverages, and confectionery.

From Fields to the Future of Efficient Livestock Farming: Dual Engine with Digitalization and Nutrition Technology

In line with the trend of scaling up, intensifying, and smartening China's livestock industry, Cargill showcases over 50 animal nutrition and health solutions, which cover various livestock species, including pigs, ruminants, and aquaculture. By optimizing nutrition and empowering technology, Cargill comprehensively improves animal production performance and health levels. This, in turn, helps industry clients enhance farming efficiency and achieve sustainable farm profits.

Three debut products further demonstrate Cargill’s breakthroughs in combining digital intelligence with nutritional innovation, advancing high-quality industry development while safeguarding food safety and consumer wellbeing. Including：

• Upgrade MaxiNIR real time solution for feed formulation：As the world’s first real-time feed testing and automated formulation adjustment system, it made its global debut at CIIE 2025. With online NIR technology analysis and cloud computing, it enables end-to-end intelligent management of feed formulations, effectively addressing issues of fluctuating traditional feed quality and helping feed production enterprises achieve precise feed formulations, improved efficiency, and reduced costs.
• Livelle™ StartRight Full Value Chain solution：In a core concept of “Unlock Genetic Potential and Maximize Full-Production Chain Value”, StartRight implements precise nutritional interventions during the sow's gestation and lactation, combined with digital solutions and consulting service, helping swine producers maximize the potential from sow to wean to finish production, and increase the production performance and profitability of swine farm.
• 75201T Egg quality pack：Based on the latest microbiological research achievements, integrating the triple advantages of probiotics, postbiotics, and plant polyphenol, improving the health of the three key physiological systems of laying hens, increasing egg-laying performance and egg quality, and contribute to the green, healthy and sustainable development of the laying hen’s industry.

Furthermore, leveraging its century-long experience in animal nutrition and health along with global innovation capabilities, Cargill's premium pet food brand, PetMaster, will launch its first-ever non-staple product, the “PetMaster 370 Gut Rescue”, at CIIE 2025. Uniquely enriched with Cargill's immune postbiotics, it targets loose stools with 3 days to improve, 7 days to join, 0 feeding burden, precisely safeguarding pets' intestinal health.

Breaking Through the Boundaries of Agri-Food Industries, from Fields to a Green Industrial Future

Relying on over 160 years of operational experience, Cargill's innovative practices have expanded beyond the traditional agri-food industry. Cargill is committed to building a resilient supply chain for the future and deeply integrating sustainability into more industries. At this year’s CIIE, Cargill presents a number of innovative solutions in the fields of beauty care, bioindustry, metals, and maritime, demonstrating its comprehensive capability to empower sustainable development across multiple industries. Including：

• Beauty: Cargill presents its star product, BotaniDesign™, a highly occlusive natural-origin emollient ester. This 100% derived natural and readily biodegradable emollient meets the care market's demand for alternatives to petro-based formulations.
• Bioindustry: Cargill presents a variety of innovative products, including Incroflo™ P50 and FR3™ Dielectric Fluid. From the perspectives of materials science and energy transition, these solutions support the plastic circular economy and the green upgrade of power equipment.
• Metals: Guided by green products and technologies, Cargill presents high-quality premium iron ore and a "Digital Product Passport" based on blockchain technology, reducing fuel consumption in the iron-making process and realize full-chain transparency of carbon emissions. Additionally, Cargill is deeply engaged with the entire industry chain—from upstream mines to downstream steel mills and end-user enterprises, focusing on tailored risk management solutions to meet users’ needs, comprehensively empowering the construction of resilient industry chain and green transformation.
• Ocean Transportation: Cargill continues to explore innovative solutions in ocean transportation. At this year’s CIIE, it showcases the Econowind VentoFoil® suction sails on NBA Magritte and Anemoi rotor sails on TR Lady, which effectively reduce fuel consumption and drive energy conservation and emissions reduction in ocean transportation.

The Cargill booth (Hall 8.1, Food and Agricultural Products Exhibition Area, Booth A3-04) sets up an activity area and a tasting area, allowing visitors to directly experience the application value of Cargill's innovative achievements. The booth further presents Cargill's remarkable eight-year journey at CIIE through an immersive 3D space. During the event, Cargill achieved substantial results, not only launching multiple new products, but also reaching strategic cooperations agreements worth over USD 3 billion with industry partners across areas including grains, beef, ANH, and metals, etc.

In today’s world of deeply integrated supply chains, rapidly evolving consumer demands, and escalating climate challenges, Cargill’s journey of innovation is continuously deepening and solidifying. From booth to exhibits, from technology to vision, the Cargill CIIE art gallery serves as a vivid microcosm of Cargill's innovation journey, “from Fields to the Future”, as well as a firm dedication to starting a new chapter in China. Moving forward, Cargill will continue to nourish the world in a more sustainable, flexible, and resilient way through full-chain collaborative innovation.