Cargill and Smucker Team Up on Crisco Professional “Zero Grams Trans Fat Per Serving” Products 

23/02/07 Cargill and The J. M. Smucker Company announced an agreement in which Cargill will be licensed to manufacture and market a set of foodservice oils and shortenings under the Crisco Professional line of “zero grams trans fat per serving” oils and shortenings. The agreement initially features four distinct Crisco Professional products that have been formulated to meet the differing frying needs of foodservice operators.

“We are very pleased to enter into this agreement with Cargill,” said Maribeth Badertscher, spokesperson for Crisco. “This agreement enables us to partner even more closely with Cargill in developing proprietary offerings that are in growing demand in today’s dynamic foodservice arena.”

Prior to commercialization, the products underwent rigorous, independent testing at the Penn State University and Medallion Labs to ensure that the proprietary formulations met the stringent performance, taste and nutrition parameters set by Crisco and Cargill.

“In our testing, these Crisco Professional oils and shortenings generated outstanding taste and overall frying performance while also delivering the nutritional attributes preferred by today’s foodservice operators,” said Dr. Peter Bordi, who as director of research and development at Penn State University’s Center for Food Innovation oversaw the tests. “As proprietary blends of cooking oils, these four products are ideally suited to the distinct needs of foodservice operators.”

“Crisco Professional products address a specific need faced by today’s foodservice operators,” said Julie Wheeler, foodservice leader and vice president for Cargill’s Dressings, Sauces and Oils-North America business. “When compared against competitive products, this line of Crisco Professional products will provide our customers outstanding results in taste, nutrition and performance.”

The new line of proprietary Crisco Professional cooking oil blends licensed to Cargill includes:
• Crisco Professional Premium Clear Frying Oil
• Crisco Professional Heavy Duty Creamy Frying Shortening
• Crisco Professional Heavy Duty Clear Frying Oil
• Crisco Professional General Purpose Creamy Frying Shortening