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Cooking Ingredients - Ready Meals

Cargill’s ingredients and expertise help you deliver better cooking ingredients and ready meals people love.

From ideation to launch, our cooking ingredients and ready meals experts help you put our comprehensive ingredient portfolio, market knowledge, and deep technical expertise to work.

We’ll work side-by-side with you to solve complex challenges and create great-tasting, label-friendly meals. And with our reliable supply chains, you can scale, grow, and thrive.

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Egg Stabilizers

Cargill specialty starches can be used to stabilize egg protein and provide refrigeration and freeze/thaw stability to the finished product.

Flavor Encapsulation

Our portfolio includes not only classic emulsions such as citrus, neutral cloud and colored emulsions, but also includes more exotic flavor emulsions like pomegranate, soursop, strawberry and cactus.

Oils, Fats & Spreads

Cargill can help you achieve stable emulsions with a wide assortment of starches, maltodextrins, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers and functional blends.

RTU Mixes

Count on Cargill for improved processing, storage stability and texture in RTU applications. 

Ready Meals

Our expertise in freeze/thaw stability and microwave quality combined with quality ingredients equals the perfect ready meal.

Retorted Soups & Canned Products

Hydrocolloids, lecithins, sweeteners, salt, starches and derivatives. Everything you'll need for the perfect retorted soup or canned product.

Sauces, Dressings & Dips

Cargill’s technical experts deliver high-quality products ensuring smooth textures, consistent dispersion of flavors and improved freeze/thaw stability.

Rubs & Marinades

A wide array of ingredients for developing perfect seasonings and rubs.

Ready Meals Ingredients - North America

Ready Meals Ingredients Supplier | Cargill Food & Beverage

We have the ingredients you need for your ready meals formulations.

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Elevating Convenience

Elevating Convenience Infographic

Learn about some key insights and trends in the convenience category along with access to our full report.

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New Nature of Convenience

New Nature of Convenience | Ready Meals | Food and Beverage Ingredients

Spending more time at home has re-shaped ideas about mealtime and the role of convenience foods. Tap into these strategies for rapid-prep success.  

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The Versatility of Pectin

Pectin Advancements

Pectin advancements spur new consumer-friendly product innovations.

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