The complex also features soybean preparation and crushing lines, oil and meal extraction units, a lecithin degumming and packaging section, and a refinery.
The team’s experiments showed that substituting a portion of wheat flour with the sunflower byproduct produced bread with markedly improved nutritional profiles while maintaining acceptable texture and sensory qualities for consumers.
The approval clears Bunge’s PRO-S program for use under ASC Feed Standard rules and supports wider use of verified soy in fish feed.
Projected annual output is expected to reach up to 12 million litres of hydrated ethanol.
Members including ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Cofco and Louis Dreyfus Company, later confirmed in a statement that it had initiated talks to exit the agreement.