Fiber Sustainability
At Cargill, we’re working to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way and drive positive change across our supply chains. This is true in our continuous effort in fiber sustainability.
Here we’re making great strides across several areas for the raw materials we convert into great fiber products for you:
- Sustainable sourcing
- Transparency & traceability
- Waste reduction & upcycling
Fibers that answer consumer sustainability needs
More than 40 % of European consumers made greater efforts to find more environmentally friendly food & beverages brands.* With this in mind, we’ve recently added two fibers that deliver on sustainability as well as on functionality. Both complement Cargill’s full toolbox of reformulation solutions.
- Cargill™ soluble fiber is part of our European sustainability program that verifies sustainability performance at farm level through the use of Farm Sustainability Assessment. With this verification, farmers commit to improving their farming practices and demonstrate sustainability across the farm. The majority of the corn and wheat we source in Europe is benchmarked at Silver level according to the Farm Sustainability Assessment. In addition, we are extending raw material sustainability programs across Europe to promote the transition to regenerative agriculture. Wheat sourced for Cargill™ soluble fiber will be part of this global strategy.
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CitriPure® citrus fiber is produced with associated transparency and traceability systems. There is a growing concern among the consumers about food waste which drives innovation in upcycled ingredients. 100% of the peel of ctrus fruit is transformed into CitriPure® citrus fiber. CitriPure® citrus fiber is made from the peel of citrus fruits. Other parts of the fruit are used for juice and oil therefore the whole fruit is used with little to no waste in the production process. Furthermore, along the production process of CitriPure® citrus fiber, no chemicals are used.
* Health Focus International 2020, Innova Consumer Data, 2022
At Cargill, we’ve stepped up to the challenge by leveraging the broad potential of our unparalleled ingredients portfolio.
With this in mind, we’ve recently added two fibers to our portfolio:
Cargill™ soluble fiber
CitriPure® citrus fiber
Our fibers are in action!
We are constantly testing Cargill™ soluble fiber & CitriPure® potential by creating delicious, on-trend prototypes.
Some Cargill products are only approved for use in certain geographies, end uses, and/or at certain usage levels. It is the customer's responsibility to determine, for a particular geography, that (i) the Cargill product, its use and usage levels, (ii) the customer's product and its use, and (iii) any claims made about the customer's product, all comply with applicable laws and regulations.