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takes almost eight years to go from growing a garlic
shoot to planting a clove. Garlic variety improvement
is also an area of focus. This includes increasing
bulb and clove size, yield, solids content and time to
maturity.
"We grow garlic in California, with additional
processing operations in China, and blend, toast
and customize the garlic to meet customers'
specifications," says Mr. Estep.

Tomatoes, Capsicums and More
The experts at Olam SVI's California tomato
operations assist customers with commercialization
of tomato products, taking them from concept to
retail- and industrial-ready packaged product. As
the largest organic tomato producer in the world,
and a global sourcer of spices, the company is
able to commercialize a robust range of tomatobased products.
"Through our contracted tomato grower
relationships, we oversee the entire process, from
planting to harvesting," says Mr. Watkins. "We utilize
steam peelers for maximum efficiency and T.A.S.T.E.
(thermally accelerated short time evaporation)
evaporators for superior tomato flavor and color."
The same is true of its capsicum business. The
company has seed-to-factory operations in the
U.S. and farmgate relationships and programs with
producers in Peru and India. This enables Olam
SVI to offer a broad range of chili varieties and
ingredient forms.
"We have long-term partnerships with all our growers
and invest in their operations," says Mr. Estep. "Our
goal is to reduce our consumption of natural
resources and positively enrich the livelihoods of the
people and communities we impact."
Olam SVI is committed to long-term investment in
the sustainability of its global supply chain. This is the
road it travels to bring product to market.
For more information visit Olam SVI at www.olamsvi.com

About Olam
Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients
(Olam SVI), headquartered in Fresno, Calif.,
is the world's largest globally integrated
producer and supplier of spices and
vegetable ingredients, such as dried onions
and garlic, black pepper and capsicums.
The company's ingredients are found in
nearly every food product in grocery stores,
restaurants and family kitchens around the
world, in more than 70 countries. Olam SVI
sources from 12 origins, manufactures in six
countries and sells to the world's leading
food companies.
 
In the U.S., Olam breeds the highest performing seeds, then plants, harvests and immediately processes its crops to create vegetable
ingredients of the highest quality. By managing the entire supply chain--from seed to
shelf--Olam SVI applies its best practices in
processing, food safety and traceability to
its operations in six major origins, helping to
minimize risk in emerging markets.
Olam's philosophy on innovation is to create
value and improvements in quality control,
processing and agricultural practices. The
Innovation & Quality Center is comprised
of multiple labs and acts as a hub to drive
food safety and quality standards; first-tomarket ideas; custom food and ingredient
prototyping and value-added formulations,
sometimes made with 100% wholly sourced
and controlled Olam food ingredients.
The company is committed to positive
impacts on land, carbon, water and
livelihoods through its worldwide operations.
It leads the industry in sustainability and
applies responsible growing practices
around the world with a goal of yielding
the highest production, using the fewest
resources possible while preserving the
health of the land it grows on.



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