Product Development Support

Working together to help your products stay ahead of the competition

Partnering with Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate means you are always closer to the innovation support you need. Benefit from a spectrum of services ranging from highly personalized, responding to a specific need, to more visionary research and development to bring totally new ideas and concepts to your business.

Gain valuable access to our dedicated research and development teams, ingredients and applications specialists and technical service and intellectual property experts working in more than 200 locations.

Technical Services Specialists who respond to your product challenges

Providing personalized customer assistance with ingredients, applications, processes and more, Cargill’s Technical Service Specialists work at our Application Centers, linking them to Cargill’s broader R&D and food innovation capabilities – and to experts from across the company.

Finesse your end-product with broader application expertise

Whether you need laboratory or pilot work on finished products or help with production start-up, Cargill’s applications experts can assist you –from developing new end-product recipes, achieving better pricing for your products or getting to market more quickly. And whatever your local challenges on the ground, our applications specialists are located around the world, giving you more know-how on market trends and tastes.

Make a perfect product with testing, developing and piloting support

For creating something entirely new or for an improved product or production process, Cargill’s development experts can provide the knowledge, experience and resources to make it happen. Our development professionals specialize in designing, testing and piloting new or improved products and processes.

Generating ideas for your pipeline

Identify your future product development needs in a range of categories. And get help from our scientific researchers in creating healthier and more sustainable products. Whatever your needs, there is a specialist who can assist you.

Access expert advice on legislation and food safety

In addition, food safety and regulatory support can help you ensure safe products and gain necessary regulatory approvals. And if you need support with legal protection for proprietary technologies, our intellectual asset management team is available to help.

See products in action at Innovation Exchanges

Get individual recipe advice and take advantage of specialized R&D and optimization support at Innovation Exchanges and Customer Days taking place at sites across Europe.

Contact your Cargill sales manager to discover the next event at a location close to you.