For fifty-five years, GPC has been finding new and better ways to use yellow dent corn, a renewable carbohydrate resource. Adding to its already extensive research and development facilities, the company has just completed a multimillion dollar Technology Development Center housing research, process, and applications laboratories and pilot areas for testing new products. Staff at the facility's Technical Information Center provide information on technical, intellectual property, and market research issues.
Starches are available in powdered and gel form, with thin-boiling and binding capabilities.
Both components are used to build solids in meat and dairy products and as supplements for infant and nutritional beverages. Alcohol GPC is one of the largest suppliers of grain neutral spirits for the beverage industry. Industrial ethyl alcohols and pure and denatured natural ethyl alcohols also serve GPC's manufacturing customers. The latter are used in the production of health and beauty aids, as well as in white distilled vinegar and flavorings for soft drinks and other food products. Specialty Products GPC specialty starches are used in the papermaking and textile industry and as organic binders for building products and charcoal briquettes.