ADM opens food innovation centre in Singapore

Global food company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has opened its new innovation centre in Singapore.

Located at the Biopolis research hub, the new 8,900ft² facility will be engaged in the development of speciality ingredients as well as new flavours for the food and beverage manufacturing companies in the region.

Developed with the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the new innovation centre is the first ADM facility in the South-East Asian region.

ADM Asia president Donald Chen said: “Singapore is a critical hub of innovation and growth in the food and beverage world, and we are excited to leverage our technology, expertise and global scale to help Southeast Asian food and beverage customers remain at the forefront, and to offer job creation and talent development opportunities for scientific, technical, marketing and regulatory professionals in the food and beverage industries.”

The innovation centre comes under ADM’s business unit Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients (WFSI).

The centre has ADM’s food scientists, specialists, sales, and marketing teams.

ADM is also planning to recruit 50 new personnel.

ADM’s new innovation centre features designated laboratories for food, beverages, meat, dairy, plant, bakery, and confectionery. It also has a new customer innovation centre on the same premises.

The new customer innovation centre will allow ADM’s customers to directly work with the company’s research team members.