Scientists at a new $10 million Cargill Inc. seed-research facility in Fort Collins are working to create oils that are healthier than what nature produces.
Researchers at the Specialty Seeds and Oils Innovation Center are striving to breed canola plants that will produce oils very low in saturated fats and containing omega-3 fatty acids that don’t naturally exist in canola.
Cargill has been doing seed research in Fort Collins since 1967, starting with hybrid wheat, sorghum and sunflowers but switched gears in 1994 with the purchase of Idaho-based InterMountain Canola, facility manager Steve Stadelmaier said.
Now the Fort Collins site focuses exclusively on canola seeds and canola oil, attempting to look into the future of consumer demand to create a product in a process that takes eight to 10 years.
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