Dive Brief:
- Glanbia Foods has opened a new, oats-only processing facility in Ireland as the company pursues growth in the gluten-free space.
- The global food and ingredients company will use the new plant to supply its partner, U.S.-based Sturm Foods, which markets the McCann’s Irish Oatmeal brand in North America.
- In an unrelated development. Glanbia announced that the president of its U.S. operations, Jeff Williams, will retire at the end of the year.
Dive Insight:
Say what you want about consumers' love of gluten-free foods, but one thing is clear: gluten-free is a growth market.
The same is true for GMO-free food, and there's probably no crop better suited to cash in on those markets than Irish-grown oats.