Healthy Food Ingredients plans to expand Heartland Flax's facility in Valley City, North Dakota. The acquisition  adds to the company's portfolio of non-GMO, organic, gluten-free ingredients.

July 20, 2016

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Healthy Food Ingredients to acquire Heartland Flax

Healthy Food Ingredients has reached an agreement to purchase Heartland Flax, a leading manufacturer of flax and flax oil.

Heartland Flax will become the fourth brand to join the HFI family, which also includes SK Food International, Hesco/Dakota Organic Products, and Suntava—and its one-of-a-kind Suntava Purple Corn—which HFI acquired in late 2015.

Healthy Food Ingredients (HFI) plans to close the transaction this fall, adding to its current product portfolio of non-GMO, organic, certified transitional, gluten-free, and identity-preserved ingredients—including pulses, grains, seeds, soybeans, expeller oils and Suntava Purple Corn.

Heartland Flax will become the fourth brand to join the HFI family, which also includes SK Food International, Hesco/Dakota Organic Products, and Suntava.

HFI will enhance and grow the Heartland Flax facility, based in Valley City, North Dakota, which is in close proximity to other HFI facilities. Brad Hover, CEO of Healthy Food Ingredients, says his company will expand on what Heartland Flax does best to further meet consumers’ growing appetite for foods that are healthy, organic and not genetically modified.

“This acquisition perfectly aligns with our strategic plan to grow HFI through selective brand additions and new, innovative healthy ingredients to feed consumer demand for health and wellness,” Hover said. “We’re excited to form additional strategic partnerships with farmers and food manufacturers, from seed to the food products that nourish lives.”

Heartland Flax has a 5-log micro-reduction process in a gluten-free GFSI facility. In addition, portions of the facility are dedicated gluten-free. It also has capabilities of ancient grain processing, retail packaging and availability of climate-controlled warehouse facilities.

Luther Dietrich, Heartland Flax president, is eager to bring additional value to Heartland customers. “We’ll have greater opportunities to provide solutions for multiple ingredient needs and to expand into new markets, domestically and internationally.”

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