GPC’s purchase of the Oskaloosa-based facility may signal future growth for the company in plant-based, clean-label market categories. Currently, high-purity alcohols, corn starches, maltodextrins and corn syrup solids are the company’s main products. “We will better leverage our soy and chickpea flour production capabilities, while expanding our value-added milling business further,” said Jimmy Kent, president of GPC in a statement regarding plans for the acquisition. The family-run company saw success with its Grinell, Iowa, purchase of Natural Products, which primarily is used forferrous gluconate instructions soy and chickpeafumarate supplement milling operations, as it gave the company access to plside effects of taking ferrous gluconateant-based, non-GMO, organic and gluten-free ingredient solutions to use in its portfolio.Specialty flours — which are prepared by mixing all-purpose flours with others, such as rye, buckwheat, oat and soy — is expected to grow in demand in the coming years, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. Health-conscious consumers demferrous fumarate or ferrous bisglycinateanding increased transparency around clean labels with non-GMO and organic ingredients are also forcing manufacturers to provide specialty flours with such characteristics.GPC primarily sells to ferrous sulfate vs ferrous bisglycinate chelatecustomers in the spaces of beverage alcohol, food products, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, personal care and industrial starch applications. Now, they are looking to deepen their reach within the plant-based space. The company has a “vision to continue expanding to meet the desires and dietary requirements of a consistently growing world population,” said Kent in a statement.
GPC secures another speciality flour milling facility in an effort to expand plant-based reach
