407. Ingredion’s Eric Seip on advancing food is health, investing in Indianapolis + ingredient innovation to meet an evolving consumer

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Agbioscience

This weekly podcast dives into the agbioscience sector, where agriculture, life sciences innovation and cutting-edge technology converge. Agbioscience is an in-depth conversation with leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs across food, animal health. pl...

For more than 100 years, Ingredion has been providing the world ingredient solutions. From sweeteners to starches, that type of innovation has to be grounded in a consumer-forward attitude and understand what comes next in the food industry – all around the world. Today we are joined by Eric Seip, SVP of Global Operations and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Ingredion, to explore global ingredients in more than 120 countries across 60 diverse sectors and how they stay on the cutting edge of providing innovative solutions.    Highlights include:   What Ingredion does and who they aim to serve through innovation  Common gaps and challenges emerging for customers across their food and beverage portfolio  How Eric sees Ingredion helping to advance Food is Health  Consumer preferences shifting and how those translate into operational and R&D priorities  Ingredion’s recent $100 million investment in its Indianapolis facility, what it entails, the capabilities it adds and why now  What this upgrade to the Indianapolis locate will differentiate from their competitors or others in the space  What technologies Eric believes have the biggest potential to transform how Ingredion innovates in the future  The food value chain, texture and challenges that have risen in recent years – and how Ingredion has found themselves adapting through headwinds to build resilience  Ingredion’s perspective on partnerships and how they’re used to drive outcomes forward  The relationship with the farmer and what that means to the Ingredion innovation portfolio  Biggest challenges and opportunities facing the food ingredients industry  What has Eric most excited for Ingredion in the future