ADM and crop improvement company Benson Hill have announced a long-term partnership to expand the production of ingredients derived from high-protein soybeans.

Under an exclusive North American licensing partnership, ADM will process and commercialise a portfolio of proprietary ingredients derived from Benson Hill’s ‘ultra-high-protein’ soybeans.

The collaboration aims to help meet growing demand for plant-based proteins with innovative ingredients enabled by Benson Hill genetics.

Benson Hill says that its crop design platform CropOS combines data analytics and biological knowledge to help develop more nutritious and sustainable ingredients.

“We’re excited to launch this collaboration with Benson Hill, building full seed-to-fork capabilities with cutting-edge technologies that will allow us to offer new, innovative products to our alternative protein customers,” said Leticia Gonçalves, ADM’s president of global foods.

Benson Hill CEO, Matt Crisp, added: “Seed innovation underpins the seed-to-fork movement by solving food formulation challenges in the farmer’s field, creating ingredients that are better from the beginning”.

“This partnership with ADM represents a major milestone in advancing our business to its next stage of growth, that will also serve to broaden our proprietary product portfolio and drive significant scale of ingredients derived from Benson Hill genetics.

“We are excited to partner with ADM to help address demand in high-value and high-growth protein ingredient markets, while broadly delivering innovation and impact across the agri-food value chain to benefit farmers, food companies and consumers.”

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