Cargill Philippines

What Cargill Philippines does

Cargill Philippines is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cargill, Incorporated, a US-based private agricultural commodities company founded in 1865 and operating in approximately 70 countries with 155,000+ employees globally. The Philippines entity was established in 1947 as the first Cargill office in Asia, initially a copra buying station under the vegetable oil division, and now operates across six business lines: Animal Nutrition (four feed mills plus a Provimi premix plant), Grain and Oilseeds (copra crushing plant, copra buying stations, and grain trading), Food and Beverage Ingredients (hydrocolloids, starches, and sweeteners distributed through joint-venture arrangements), Poultry Products (the C-Joy joint venture with Jollibee Foods Corporation), Risk Management (commodity hedging and risk advisory), and BioIndustrial products including Envirotemp. The subsidiary employs approximately 950 people across manufacturing sites in Pulilan (two plants with combined annual capacity of 144,000 tonnes), Baliuag, Villasis, Villanueva, Malolos (Provimi premix plant), General Santos City (copra crushing plant), Santo Tomas and Lipa (C-Joy poultry operations), and Subic (warehouse), with a sub-brand portfolio spanning Cargill, LNB, Metrovet, Provimi, Deca, and C-Joy.

Technical capabilities center on Provimi premix formulation, copra crushing, ingredient portfolios (texturizers, hydrocolloids, starches, and sweeteners including the Truvia natural sweetener brand), and commodity risk management drawing on parent-level 25+ year hedging experience. R&D leverage extends to the parent's 500+ research professionals globally and more than 120 years of accumulated animal nutrition expertise. The business operates on a B2B enterprise sales model with quote-based pricing and multi-year contracts, supplying quick-service restaurant operators (notably Jollibee Foods Corporation via the C-Joy JV), flour millers, beverage manufacturers, dairy producers, confectionery manufacturers, food processors, and personal care and pharmaceutical companies. Strategic joint ventures include C-Joy Poultry Meats Production with Jollibee Foods Corporation and Philippines Bio Industries for carrageenan production. Cargill Philippines does not disclose standalone financials and operates as a non-public subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated, which reported approximately $165 billion in global revenue.

Name

Cargill Philippines

Legal name

Cargill Philippines, Inc.

Website

https://cargill.ph

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cargill Philippines, a subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated, operates four feed mills, a copra crushing plant, and JV food and poultry facilities. It supplies B2B enterprise customers across animal nutrition, food ingredients, grain trading, and risk management services in the Philippines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Products and Food Ingredients Manufacturing

NAICS

Animal Food Manufacturing (31111), Other Animal Food Manufacturing (311119), Soybean and Other Oilseed Processing (311224), Fats and Oils Refining and Blending (311225)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Fats & Oils (2070), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Hydrocolloids, Thickeners & Gelling Agents (Pectin, Xanthan, Carrageenan, Gelatin) (CRADAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fortification Ingredients (Vitamins, Minerals, Nutrient Premixes) (CRADAOAM), Yeast Products & Fermentation Metabolites (Yeast Culture, MOS/β-Glucans) (AFADALAM), Plant-Based & Alternative Dairy Cultures (Vegan Yogurt/Cheese, Fermented Plant Beverages) (AFAJAJAG)

Keywords

• Animal nutrition products
• Food ingredients supply
• Agricultural commodity trading
• Copra oil processing
• Industrial chemical products

Headquarters

HQ city

Taguig City

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Animal Nutrition Products: Leading animal nutrition supplier providing swine, poultry and aqua feed, premix solutions. Owns and operates four feed mills in Villasis, Baliuag, Pulilan and Villanueva. Recently invested in Provimi premix manufacturing facility for medium to large livestock farms and feed millers.
2. Grain and Oilseeds: Supplier of grain and meal serving food and feed industries. Operates copra crushing plant in General Santos City producing crude coconut oil and copra meal for domestic and export markets. Multiple copra buying stations to help coconut farmers access global markets.
3. Food and Beverage Ingredients: Broad portfolio including starches, sweeteners, texturizing ingredients. Joint-venture carrageenan production plant (Philippines Bio Industries) in Canlubang Laguna producing refined carrageenan for export.
4. Poultry Products: Joint-venture poultry processing facility (Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production) in Santo Tomas, Batangas with integrated supply chain for high quality and safe food products in partnership with Jollibee Foods Corporation.
5. Risk Management Services: Commodity price risk management strategies using tailored solutions for agriculture, energy, packaging and currency commodity sectors. 15 global offices in 11 different countries with over 25 years of experience in commodity hedging.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cargill Philippines manufactures and supplies animal nutrition feed (swine, poultry, aqua), grain and oilseed products, food and beverage ingredients (starches, sweeteners, hydrocolloids, lecithin, soy proteins), bioindustrial products, and copra-derived coconut oil. It also provides commodity price risk management services to agricultural, food, energy and industrial customers across the Philippines through direct B2B sales, joint ventures, and a network of feed mills, processing plants and warehouse hubs.

Product overview

Cargill Philippines operates as a diversified food, agricultural, and industrial products company offering an integrated portfolio across multiple business segments. The core offerings include: (1) Animal Nutrition Products including feed for swine, poultry and aqua under the Cargill, LNB, Metrovet and Provimi brands, manufactured at four feed mills and one premix facility; (2) Agricultural Supply Chain including grain and oilseed trading/distribution and copra crushing for crude coconut oil production; (3) Food and Beverage Ingredients encompassing starches, sweeteners (IsoClear® HFCS), texturizers, hydrocolloids (alginates, carrageenan, pectins, xanthan gum), lecithins (Topcithin™, Emulfluid™), soy proteins (ProFull™, Prolía™, Prosanté™), functional systems (Lygomme™, Protex™), and emulsifiers (Deca™); (4) BioIndustrial Products including Envirotemp™ dielectric fluids; (5) Consumer products including Truvia™ natural sweetener; and (6) Poultry Products through a joint venture with Jollibee. The company serves food, feed, pharmaceutical, beauty and personal care industries across the Philippines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cargill: Full range of animal nutrition and management solutions for producers, feed retailers and feed manufacturers.
• LNB
• Metrovet
• Provimi
• Deca
• C-Joy

Products and services

• Animal Nutrition Feed Products Complete line of compound feed, premixes, feed additives and customized animal nutrition solutions for swine, poultry and aquaculture, manufactured at four feed mills in Pulilan, Baliuag, Villasis and Villanueva. Sold to commercial livestock farms, feed retailers and feed manufacturers across the Philippines.
• Grains and Oilseeds Integrated sourcing, processing and distribution of wheat, corn, soybeans, vegetable oils and meals connecting producers and users in domestic and export markets. Sold to flour millers, food manufacturers, feed producers and industrial customers.
• Crude Coconut Oil and Copra Meal Crude coconut oil and copra meal produced at the Cargill Oil Mills copra crushing plant in General Santos City using mechanical full press oil extraction technology. Supplied to domestic and export markets for food, oleochemical and feed applications.
• Hydrocolloids Polysaccharide ingredients including alginates, xanthan gum, scleroglucan, carrageenan, locust bean gum and pectins used as texturizers and stabilizers in food, pharmaceutical and personal care applications. Refined carrageenan is produced at the Philippines Bio Industries plant in Canlubang, Laguna for export markets.
• Lecithin Products Range of fluid, de-oiled, tailored and fractionated lecithin products under the Topcithin, Leciprime, Lecisoy, Chocotop, Emulfluid, Emulpur, Lecigran, Emultop, Lecimulthin and Metarin brands for food, nutrition and industrial applications.
• Soy Protein Products ProFull full-fat soy flour, Prolía defatted soy flour for bakery applications, and Prosanté textured soy flour with 54% protein content for meat and nutrition bar formulations.
• Starches and Sweeteners IsoClear high fructose corn syrups, glucose syrups, glucose-fructose blends, liquid sorbitol, dextrose, maltodextrins, and native corn and tapioca starches supplied to beverage, dairy, ice cream, coffee creamer, brewing, confectionery and paper manufacturers.
• Envirotemp Dielectric Fluids Nature-derived dielectric fluids for industrial transformer and electrical applications under Cargill's BioIndustrial line, sold to industrial customers to improve equipment performance and reduce costs.
• Truvia Natural Sweetener Zero-calorie sweetener derived from the rebiana extract of the stevia leaf, introduced in 2008 and sold to food and beverage manufacturers and through consumer channels.
• Poultry Products (C-Joy) Raw and marinated chicken products produced at the Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production joint venture with Jollibee Foods Corporation in Santo Tomas, Batangas, with integrated supply chain for food service customers.
• Risk Management Services Tailored commodity price risk management solutions for agriculture, energy, packaging and currency exposures, leveraging 25+ years of hedging experience across 15 global offices in 11 countries. Provided to agricultural, food and industrial clients.
• Provimi Premix Solutions Premium premixes, additives and specialties including piglet feeds and milk replacers for ruminants, poultry and swine, produced at the Provimi Premix Plant in Malolos, Bulacan. Sold to medium and large livestock farms and feed millers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Highest utilization rates in industry for copra crushing plant
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jollibee Foods CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCargill has partnered with Jollibee Foods Corporation for the formation of a joint-venture poultry processing facility, Cargill Joy Poultry Meats Production, in Santo Tomas, Batangas. The business has an integrated supply chain to ensure high quality and safe food products.
• Philippines Bio IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint-venture carrageenan (hydrocolloid) production plant located in Canlubang Laguna which produces refined carrageenan for export - one of Cargill's two global carrageenan manufacturing plants.
• Anas Breeders and Farms IncorporatedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerToll mill facility in Davao City owned by Anas Breeders and Farms Incorporated. The facility is an exclusive toll miller of Cargill's livestock feed products distributed in Southern Mindanao.
• C-Joy Poultry Meats Production, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCargill Joy Poultry Meats Production joint venture with C-Joy supplying chicken products to Jollibee. Poultry processing plant in Santo Tomas, Batangas produces raw and marinated chicken products.

Scale indicators20 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pilmico Foods Corporation (Aboitiz): Aboitiz group's agribusiness and food arm operating feed mills, flour and meat processing in the Philippines. Direct competitor in animal nutrition (swine, poultry, aqua) and an emerging integrator in poultry — overlapping substantially with Cargill Philippines' core segments.
• Tate & Lyle: Specialist in food and beverage ingredients including sweeteners, texturants and hydrocolloid systems. Direct peer for Cargill Philippines' starches/sweeteners and texturizers & emulsifiers business units serving Philippine F&B manufacturers.
• Roquette Frères: Global starch, polyol and plant-protein ingredient manufacturer. Overlaps with Cargill Philippines' native corn/tapioca starches and soy protein (ProFull/Prolia) lines serving food, nutraceutical and industrial customers in Asia.
• Ingredion Incorporated: Global ingredient specialist in starches, sweeteners and texturizing solutions. Direct overlap with Cargill Philippines' IsoClear HFCS, glucose syrups, and texturizer/hydrocolloid portfolio for food and beverage manufacturers in the Philippines.
• San Miguel Foods: Diversified Philippine food conglomerate with animal feed, poultry, flour and prepared foods. Competes head-on with Cargill Philippines across multiple segments and is also a major feed-to-food integrator with deep QSR and institutional customers.
• Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines: Thai-headquartered CP Group's Philippine animal nutrition and food subsidiary. Directly competes with Cargill Philippines in swine, poultry and aqua feed, and operates integrated poultry processing — the same feed-to-fork model Cargill has built with Jollibee.

Broad incumbents

• Louis Dreyfus Company: Global commodity merchandiser with grain, oilseed and tropical products (including copra/coconut oil) origination and distribution. Direct overlap with Cargill Philippines' grain and oilseeds and copra crushing segments.
• Bunge Global: Global agribusiness and food ingredients major with parallel grain/oilseed trading, oilseed crushing (including palm/coconut) and food ingredient portfolios. Closest global peer to Cargill's grain & oilseeds and copra crushing activities.
• Archer Daniels Midland (ADM): Global agribusiness peer of parent Cargill, operating across grain origination, oilseed processing and animal nutrition. Comparable in scale and product breadth, though with less direct Philippine animal feed exposure than Cargill Philippines.
• Wilmar International: Asia-headquartered agribusiness with extensive palm and coconut oil processing and food ingredient distribution across the region. Operates oilseed crushing comparable to Cargill Philippines' copra crushing in General Santos.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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