Food Ingredients Firm Acquires Purple Corn Maker Suntava

Healthy Food Ingredients (Fargo, N.D.) has acquired the plant-based ingredients maker Suntava (Afton, Minn.). Suntava is known for its proprietary purple corn (a natural non-GMO hybrid) used in functional foods, beverages, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals, and as a natural colorant for food and beverages. It is the first U.S. company to commercialize antioxidant-rich purple corn, derived from ancient strains of Andean maize. The purple corn is available as whole kernel, flour, meal, grits, masa flour, IQF, and freeze dried fresh. HFI provides non-GMO, organic, gluten free, and identity preserved ingredients to the food, pet food, and food service industries.