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better understanding of what exactly is
required to become certified, what challenges could arise, and best practices."
Ardent Mills held a series of grower
meetings earlier this year as part of its
Organic Initiative 2019.
"We are looking forward to another round of grower workshops this
summer," he said. "We would like
to have some panel discussions with
growers and wheat breeders and start
working on our long-term goal of

delivering better organic wheat varieties that will benefit both growers and
flour customers."
Other efforts are under way to increase organic wheat acreage.
Cascade Milling, Royal City, Wash.,
doing business as Cascade Organic
Flour, L.L.C., plans to double its organic
wheat acreage to 5,000 irrigated acres in
the Columbia Basin of central Washington by 2018. The acreage increase will allow Cascade Organic Flour to produce

30 million lbs of whole wheat organic
flour from its own organic wheat production in less than two years.
Bay State Milling, Quincy, Mass., offers organic product that meets the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's National
Organic Program standards. Organic
offerings come in traditional flours,
specialty flours, gluten-free products,
sprouted products, other specialty
products and edible seeds. MBN
- Jeff Gelski

More organic options for pepper
extracts, dough strengtheners

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he number of organically certified items continues to increase.
Pepper extracts and extended shelf life systems are some of
the latest additions. Sourcing organic vanilla, however, could be
problematic because of a tight market.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on April 4 said 31,160 certified
organic operations are in the world, including 21,781 in the United
States. The number of domestic certified organic operations grew by
almost 12% between 2014 and 2015.
Kalsec, Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., in January of this year said its plant
in Denver City, Texas, had achieved organic certification by Oregon
Tilth Certified Organic. The certification meets the U.S.D.A.'s National
Organic Program standards as well as European Union standards. The
facility in Denver City specializes in the cultivation, harvest, dehydration and extraction of paprika, rosemary and carrot as well as herbs
and spices. The product line includes such specialty pepper extracts
as ancho, capsicum, cayenne, chipotle, ghost, guajillo, habanero, jalapeño and pasilla. Another Kalsec manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo
was certified by Oregon Tilth Certified Organic in 2015.
AB Mauri, meanwhile, now offers a line of organic dough-strengthening and extended shelf life systems.
"Customer inquiries about cleaner label ingredients as well as related supply chain and production processes, including organic and
non-G.M.O., are a daily occurrence today at AB Mauri North America," said Marie Thomas, vice-president of innovation - bakery ingredients for AB Mauri North America, St. Louis. "Interest is much higher
now versus a couple years back when we would receive maybe one
inquiry a week."
The AB Mauri Bakery Ingredients Wilsonville plant in Portland, Ore.,
makes the organic products.
"Our organic products and the systematic plan used for their production at our Wilsonville manufacturing facility have been assessed
and certified organic under both U.S. and Canadian law by Quality
Assurance International (Q.A.I.)," Ms. Thomas said. "This assessment
verifies that only organic-compliant or -certified ingredients are used
in the product formulation, and our production process is designed to
prevent contamination with non-compliant materials."
Prova, with global headquarters in Paris, offers both organic vanilla
and organic cocoa. Finding organic vanilla right now could pose a
problem, said William Graham, vice-president of sales, North America,
for Prova US, Danvers, Mass.
"The organic vanilla market is undergoing a difficult period right
now," he said. "So sourcing a supply of organic vanilla beans can be

AB Mauri's Wilsonville manufacturing facility in Portland, Ore.,
has been assessed and certified organic meeting both U.S. and
Canadian standards by Quality Assurance International (Q.A.I.).

very difficult if not impossible to achieve on current availability. At
this point there is no way to source organic vanilla cost-effectively.
The supply just isn't there right now.
"To work around the problem, processors can look into using alternatives like organic W.O.N.F.s, but then the ingredient becomes a
flavor rather than an extract."
The W.O.N.F. acronym stands for "with other natural flavors." In
this instance it would mean organic vanilla flavors with other organic
natural flavors.
Prova offers a range of extracts and flavors that include those
certified by the U.S.D.A.'s National Organic Program, Agriculture Biologique France (AB) and Fair Trade, Mr. Graham said.
Prova sources most of its vanilla, both organic and traditional, from
Madagascar and also sources vanilla from other areas such as Papua
New Guinea, Indonesia and Tahiti. The company sources cocoa from
Africa, specifically the Ivory Coast. Acreage is growing for organic
cocoa crops and for all vanilla crops, Mr. Graham said.
"Right now, because of the supply issues faced in the market,
there are major efforts to increase the supply of all vanilla crops,
including organic," he said. "However, since traditional vanilla
makes up so much more of the market place, it gets more resources than organic." MBN
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