General Mills and DuPont Sell 8th Continent Joint Venture to Stremicks Heritage Foods

12/02/08 General Mills and DuPont have sold their 8th Continent soy milk joint venture to Stremicks Heritage Foods, a branded specialty foods company. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Conditions of the sale included a long-term supply agreement from Solae, a DuPont majority-owned joint venture, which has been supplying soy protein to 8th Continent. General Mills and DuPont created 8th Continent in 2000.