Cargill strengthens its cocoa and chocolate R&D capabilities

Cargill C&C - Willem van der Meijs 002Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has appointed Willem van der Meijs to the role of research & development manager. In this new role, van der Meijs will focus on new product development.

Van der Meijs, who comes to Cargill from Danone’s Medical Nutrition Division, says, “We can see the growing need from within the industry to constantly and rapidly address evolving consumer demand. It is our ambition to partner with our customers to help them achieve their ambitions to create, improve and revise their product and service offerings.”

In addition, Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate R&D function welcomes Miriam van Wanroij as the new manager in product and process development (PPD), undertaking fundamental, long-term R&D projects, and Barry Doesburg as the manager coatings and fillings within the technical services team (TS), which engages with customers in new product design.

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