Products & Services

Corn Products International takes a kernel of corn and unleashes a variety of ingredients that act as building blocks for literally thousands of consumer and industrial products.

Our ingredients can be broken down into four major categories: starches, sweeteners, co-products, and others.

Starches

In the food industry, starches are used primarily to thicken or bind processed foods. They are found in frozen foods, canned soups, pie fillings, salad dressings, canned fruits and many more products. They are also sold to food companies for direct sale to consumers.

Starches play a diverse role in the industrial sector. The paper industry uses starches as strengthening and finishing agents. Starches are also used to produce adhesives for shipping containers, display boards and other corrugated products. In the textile industry, starches reduce friction in the weaving process and improve the feel and appearance of fabric. You will also find starches in plastics, adhesive and construction materials, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The mining, oil and gas drilling industries also use corn starches in their processes.

Sweeteners

Corn sweeteners are used in both foods and beverages. You will find them in soft drinks, beers, sport drinks, candy, baked goods, confections, canned foods, and dry food mixes.

Dextrose is used in intravenous fluids, pharmaceutical applications, vitamins, amino acids and alcohols.

Co-products

Refined corn oil is sold to packers of cooking oil and producers of margarine, salad dressings, shortenings, mayonnaise and other foods. Corn gluten feed and corn gluten meal are used as animal feeds and pet foods.

Other

Fructooligosaccharides are prebiotic fibers derived from cane or beet sugar.