Grain Processing Corporation Hosts Ingredient Challenge at Iowa State University

AMES, Iowa (February 8, 2024) – Seven student teams from Iowa State University’s Food Science and Human Nutrition Department recently competed in the 8th annual ‘One-Day Ingredient Challenge’, organized by KENT^® Corporation subsidiary Grain Processing Corporation (GPC).

Teams were tasked with showcasing their product development skills by incorporating two GPC ingredients into a creative snack to add nutritional value or function. Judging criteria included ingredient use, presentation, creativity, and responses to questions.

This hands-on experience offered the twenty-two student participants real-world industrial ingredient exposure as well as networking opportunities with GPC professionals. 

About Grain Processing Corporation 
GPC's primary products include high-purity alcohols, corn starches, maltodextrins, and corn syrup solids. GPC sells to customers that use GPC ingredients for beverage alcohol, food products, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, personal care, and industrial starch applications

About KENT Corporation
With origins in the livestock feed business, today KENT Corporation is a diversified, family-owned company headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa (USA) with operating subsidiaries involved in corn wet milling, the production of animal feeds, and the manufacture of food, beverage, and pet products. KENT is led by third generation family member, Gage A. Kent. KENT serves customers across the world and employs approximately two thousand people in 40 locations across 20 states and seven countries.