Cargill Expands Port Klang Plant With Speciality Fats Line
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 (Bernama) -- Cargill has announced the expansion of its edible oil plant in Port Klang, Malaysia, with a new speciality fats production line aimed at strengthening solutions for chocolate, bakery and dairy applications.
The multi-million-dollar investment will broaden Cargill’s global portfolio with more comprehensive speciality fat products and enhance its food solutions offerings, enabling customers to develop products tailored to diverse market and consumer needs.
“As food producers navigate evolving cocoa and ingredient markets, our expanded speciality fats portfolio provides an alternative solution with greater flexibility to optimise formulations while maintaining consistent taste and texture.
“This strengthens our ability to work with chocolate, confectionery, bakery and dairy customers as a trusted supplier and innovation partner,” said Cargill’s Food Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand Vice President and Managing Director, Kashan Rashid.
Cargill in a statement said the expanded facility enables advanced palm oil processes, producing a broad range of cocoa butter equivalents, low-trans fatty acid cocoa butter replacers and speciality fats for chocolate confectionery, frying, baking and fillings applications.
The expansion enhances Cargill’s speciality fats portfolio with a wider range of solutions under its existing brands, including Coconera for chocolate applications, Olinera NH for improved cocoa flavour compatibility, and Ocolna for chocolate spreads and soft fillings.
Cargill is also introducing new brands featuring semi-customised speciality fat blends to meet evolving market needs, including Cargill Bakefry, a high-performance frying fat for foodservice and quick-service restaurant operators, and Cargill Bakefill, designed for fillings such as buttercream and bakery cream.
Cargill operates two edible oil facilities in Malaysia that play a central role in its global speciality fats operations, supplying customers across the Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), supported by global sourcing of palm-based and speciality oils such as shea.
The Port Klang site is the first within Cargill’s global edible oils network to deploy speciality fats processing technology, strengthening its capability to deliver a broader and more diverse product portfolio.
-- BERNAMA