CARGILL INDIA

Company Introduction

Cargill India is a leading global food and agricultural company operating in India. It is a subsidiary of Cargill, Incorporated, one of the world's largest privately held corporations. Cargill India's operations span a wide range of activities across the food and agriculture value chain, playing a significant role in the country's food security and agricultural development.

The company's core businesses in India include:

Edible oils: Producing and marketing a variety of refined edible oils and fats under popular brands like NatureFresh, Gemini, Sweekar, and Leonardo.

Food ingredients: Supplying a diverse portfolio of food ingredients such as starches, sweeteners, and texturizers to various food and beverage manufacturers.

Grains and oilseeds: Sourcing, processing, and trading agricultural commodities like wheat, corn, soy, and other oilseeds.

Animal nutrition: Providing feed and nutritional solutions for livestock and aquaculture.

Cotton: Trading and supplying cotton.

Nature of Business

Cargill India operates as both a manufacturer (factory) and a trader.

It is a factory: Cargill India has significant manufacturing and processing facilities across the country. For example, it owns and operates multiple edible oil refineries that process crude oils into refined products. It also has facilities for producing starches, sweeteners, and animal feed.

It is a trader: Concurrently, Cargill India is a major trader of agricultural commodities. It sources grains, oilseeds, and other raw materials from farmers and markets, and then processes them or trades them globally and domestically. This involves extensive supply chain management, logistics, and market intelligence.

Therefore, Cargill India is best described as a diversified agribusiness that combines both large-scale manufacturing and processing capabilities with extensive trading operations in the agricultural and food sectors.

Here are some of the products manufactured or sold by Cargill India:

* **Refined Oils:** Sunflower oil, Soyabean oil, Palm oil, Cottonseed oil, Groundnut oil, Mustard oil, Rice bran oil, Vanaspati.

* **Fats:** Bakery fats, Confectionery fats, Industrial fats.

* **Grains and Oilseeds:** Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Rapeseed, Cotton.

* **Animal Nutrition:** Cattle feed, Poultry feed, Aqua feed.

* **Food Ingredients:** Starches, Sweeteners, Thickeners, Texturizers, Lecithin.

* **Texturizers & Stabilizers:** Pectin, Lecithin, Xanthan Gum

* **Other Products:** Industrial salt, Edible salt.

Cargill also provides risk management and supply chain solutions for agricultural products.