Food processors around the world are increasing production volumes and efficiencies by incorporating more advanced, continuous cooking and chilling systems.
Adding Five Star Custom Foods to the Cargill family will enhance the company’s existing cooked protein capabilities, optimize supply chain efficiencies and provide innovation opportunities.
June 2, 2016
Cargill, Inc., Wichita, Kan., signed an agreement to acquire Five Star Custom Foods, Ltd., a Fort Worth, Texas-based processor of cooked protein products and custom prepared soups and sauces for the foodservice and food processing sectors.
Cargill’s protein business headquarters will remain in Wichita, Kan., but relocate from 151 North Main Street to a new office building to be built at a yet-to-be-determined site within the city limits.
Quantum Foods, LLC, a Bolingbrook, Ill., independent custom provider of value-added proteins, is in the final stages of negotiating a sale of substantially all its business to CTI Foods Holding Co., LLC, Wilder, Idaho.
Beyond Meat, the producer of plant-based protein products, moved its headquarters to 111 Main Street in the historic Smoky Hollow neighborhood of El Segundo, Calif.
Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., launched Lucerne Plus Protein Dairy Beverage, a line of dairy drinks that provide at least 30% more protein and 30% less sugar than regular milk, 12 grams of protein per 1-cup serving vs. 9 grams in regular fat-free milk, and 8 grams of sugar vs. 12 grams in regular fat-free milk.