Ingredion Inc

Overview

Ingredion Inc. is a global ingredients-solutions company in the food and industrial ingredients sector. It processes corn and other plant-based materials into starches, sweeteners and other ingredients used across food, beverage and industrial applications. Its businesses include Texture & Health Solutions, Food & Industrial Ingredients–LATAM, and Food & Industrial Ingredients–U.S./Canada; its portfolio also includes nutrition ingredients, biomaterials, stevia sweeteners and plant proteins.[1][2]

Ingredion’s stated purpose is “to bring the potential of people, nature and technology together to make life better.” In FY2025, it reported net sales of $7.219 billion; its 2025 company statement described a workforce of approximately 11,200 people, 41 owned manufacturing facilities in 12 countries, and customers in more than 120 countries.[3]+2 [1]+4

Products & services

Ingredion’s products include food-grade and industrial starches made from corn, tapioca, potato, peas and rice; biomaterials; non-GMO starch products; animal feed; and edible corn oil. Its sweetener range includes glucose and high-maltose syrups, high-fructose corn syrup, caramel color, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrins, glucose and syrup solids, and high-intensity sweeteners.[6]

Named product families include NOVATION® functional native starches, marketed as clean-label texturizers; PRECISA® Crisp texturizers for sheeted snacks; HOMECRAFT® rice flours; PURECIRCLE™ stevia; VERSASWEET™ syrups; and ASTRAEA® allulose.[7]+2

Textures & Healthful Solutions includes modified and native starches, clean-label texturizers, hydrocolloids and customized formulations designed to maintain or enhance texture and support healthful product attributes. Ingredion’s technical and customer-support capabilities include product development, molecular discovery, analytical and sensory characterization, regulatory affairs, process innovation and application development, supported by more than 500 scientists and engineers and 30 Ingredion Idea Labs®.[9][10]

Ingredion reports financial results by segment rather than by individual product category. In FY2025, segment net sales were $2,397 million for Textures & Healthful Solutions, $2,341 million for Food & Industrial Ingredients–LATAM, $2,013 million for Food & Industrial Ingredients–U.S./Canada, and $468 million for All Other, against total net sales of $7,219 million. These equate to approximately 33.2%, 32.4%, 27.9% and 6.5% of total sales, respectively; they are segment shares, not product-level sales percentages.[4]+4 [6]+13

Geographic presence

Ingredion’s FY2025 reporting segments generated $7.219 billion in net sales to unaffiliated customers. F&II–LATAM accounted for $2.341 billion (32.4%) and F&II–U.S./Canada for $2.013 billion (27.9%); the globally focused Texture & Healthful Solutions segment generated $2.397 billion (33.2%), and All Other generated $468 million (6.5%). Percentages are calculated from reported segment sales; these are reporting-segment figures, not a breakdown by customers’ location.[4][1]

Ingredion reported 41 active manufacturing facilities in 12 countries, with 40 owned and one leased: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand and the United States. Its listed plant locations include sites in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Canada and the U.S. in its Food & Industrial Ingredients segments, and sites in China, Malaysia, Pakistan and the U.S. in All Other.[11]+2 The company reported approximately 11,200 employees globally at December 31, 2025, and identifies Westchester, Illinois, as its global headquarters; the cited employee information does not provide a geographic breakdown.[14][15] [4]+10

Business segments

Ingredion’s FY2025 reporting identifies three reportable segments: Texture & Healthful Solutions (T&HS), Food & Industrial Ingredients–LATAM (F&II–LATAM), and Food & Industrial Ingredients–U.S./Canada (F&II–U.S./Canada). **T&HS** develops texture and health-focused ingredients, including starches, clean-label texturizers, hydrocolloids and customized formulations. It generated $2.397 billion, approximately **33.2%** of consolidated net sales.[16]+2

**F&II–LATAM** supplies starches, sweeteners and co-products—primarily corn-based, as well as tapioca- and sugar-based products—to food and industrial markets in Latin America; it contributed $2.341 billion, or about **32.4%** of sales. **F&II–U.S./Canada** supplies corn-derived starches, sweeteners and co-products for food and industrial applications and generated $2.013 billion, or about **27.9%**.[17]+2 The company’s **All Other** category is not a reportable segment; it includes businesses such as Pakistan operations, stevia and other sweeteners, and pea protein ingredients. It contributed $468 million, approximately **6.5%** of sales. Percentages are calculated from FY2025 net sales to unaffiliated customers of $7.219 billion.[19]+2 [16]+8

Company history

Ingredion’s roots date to 1906, when Corn Products Refining Company was formed through the merger of U.S. corn refiners. It expanded into Canada in 1919 with the acquisition of Canada Starch Company. In 1958, Corn Products merged with The Best Foods, Inc. to form Corn Products Company; the business took the name CPC International in 1969. In 1997, Corn Products International was spun off from CPC International.[22][23]

The company broadened its specialty-ingredients business with the 2010 acquisition of National Starch. On June 4, 2012, Corn Products International changed its name to Ingredion Incorporated. Further additions included Penford Corporation and Kerr Concentrates in 2015, TIC Gums in 2016, and KaTech in 2021.[22]+2 [22]+3

Sources

• Ingredion Inc — Full financial report (2025 Y)
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