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World production ia the late 1990s of both natural and synthetic forms of vitamin E is estimated at 22,000 metric tons and growth is expected to keep pace with increasing need. The 1993 U.S. production was 14,096 metric tons (47) with an additional 1080 metric tons from imports. The principal U.S. producers of the natural form are Eastman Chemical Company, Archer Daniels Midland Company, and Henkel, and of synthetic vitamin E, Hoffmaim-La Roche and BASE. International producers include Hoffmaim-La Roche, BASE, Eisai, and Rhc ne-Poulenc. 

Meat Products Update", Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Chicago, IL, 1983. 

Once mycelia have been separated via continuous filtration from exhausted production media, citric acid may be recovered by using three different methods, such as direct crystallization upon concentration of the filtered liquor, precipitation as calcium citrate tetrahydrate, or liquid extraction. Since molasses are extremely rich in impurities, direct crystallization cannot be applied unless very refined raw materials, such as sucrose syrups or crystals, are used. The precipitation process (that is based on subsequent addition of sulfuric acid and lime to clarified fermentation broths) is used by the great majority of world citric acid manufacturers, including Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) in the United States. Liquid extraction with mixtures of trilaurylamine, n-octanol, and Cio or Cn isoparaffin was used by Pfizer Inc. in Europe and Bayer Co. (formerly Haarmann Reimer Co., subsidiary of Miles) in the Dayton (OH, USA) and Eikhart (IN, USA) plants only (Moresi and Parente, 1999), even if such plants might have been shut down in 1998. 

In addition to the use of ethanol in cars and trucks, the chemicals industry, faced with daunting increases in petrochemicals costs, has a new appetite for bioethanol. In fact, bioethanol can be used to create plastics—an area that consumes vast quantities of oil in America and around the globe. Archer Daniels Midland is constructing a plant in Clinton, Iowa that will product 50,000 tons of plastic per year through the use of biotechnology to convert com into polymers. 

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Finally, it should be noted that commercial production of ethanol by continuous fermentation of grain mash has reportedly been achieved at Archer-Daniels-Midland Company and that National Distillers researchers have also developed such a process. Although continuous fermentation, per se, is not new there is some skepticism concerning the degree to which this represents a real technical and economic advance. ... 

Data are available by company for industry capacity of two important sweetener products, HFS-42 and HFS-55 (see Chapter 22) (Table 2.8). The largest firm in both 1987 and 1992 was Archer Daniels Midland, with about one-third of total US HFS industry capacity. When capacities for the next three, Tate and Lyle North America (formerly A.E. Staley Mfg. Co.), Cargill and CPC International are included, the largest four accounted for -85% of the total capacity for manufacturing HFS. In the early 1990s, Archer Daniels Midland produced an estimated half of the US fuel alcohol. 

Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is an essential nutritional factor for humans (0.3-1.8 mg d-1) and animals (1-4 mg (kg diet)-1), who need it as a precursor for fla-voproteins [135]. It is produced at a volume of approx. 3 kt a-1, mainly as an animal feed additive. Approx. 300 t a-1 is used as a food additive and food colorant (E-101) and the remainder (500 t a-1) is used in pharmaceutical applications. Major producers are Roche (Switzerland), BASF (Germany), Archer-Daniels-Midland (USA) and Takeda (Japan). Microbial and chemical production have coexisted for many years but the latter has recently been phased out [136]. 

An example of this approach is Archer Daniels Midland, which reduced total production costs by over 60 percent by replacing traditional chemical synthesis with an advanced biological fermentation process for the manufacture of L-lysine. 

Finally, in the 1990s, Pfizer under a new CEO initiated major divestitures. In 1990, it sold off its citric acid business to Archer-Daniels-Midland. Then, in 1992, there followed the spinning off of its other specialty chemicals and refractory products, followed quickly by the sale of the Coty cosmetic and fragrance divisions for 440 million and the overseas portion of its Plax mouthwash business (purchased in 1988) to Colgate-Palmolive for 105 million, and its Shirley heart-valve unit to a subsidiary of Italy s Fiat. ... 

At present, Metabolix Inc (Cambridge, MA) andTepha Inc (Lexington, MA) are most probably the most advanced companies in this area. Metabolix has build together with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) a new plant in Clinton (Iowa) to produce about 50000 tons per year of various PHAScl for bulk applications. Tepha is focusing on the production of various sophisticated medical devices like sutures, cardiovascular tissues, meshes etc. 

A riboflavin production process based on Candida famata, another natural riboflavin-overproducing fungus growing as yeast, was developed and used for commercial riboflavin production by Coors Brewing Company, USA. Later, Archer Daniels Midland Company, USA, acquired the process and produced riboflavin from hydrolyzed corn starch. Meanwhile, the process is not used at the industrial scale anymore. 

Archer Daniels Midland Co.) PLA and PHB production capability being developed. 

The principles of extrusion were described by Mercier et al. (1989) and. the processing of proteins by Stanley (1989) and Rokey et al. (1993). Texturized Vegetable Protein and TVP are registered trademarks of the Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois, and the generic terms texturized soy protein, TSP, or texturized vegetable foodprotein are used. Two types of products are made (i) extrusion-cooked meat extenders, which are made from SF or flakes or SPC and are rehydrated to 60 to 65% moisture before blending with meats or meat emulsions at levels of 20 to 30% and... 

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