Ingredion, Inc. engages in the development, production, and sale of food and beverage ingredients, primarily starches and sweeteners. The company is headquartered in Westchester, Illinois and currently employs 11,700 full-time employees. The company operates through four segments: North America, South America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The company develops, produces, and sells a variety of food and beverage ingredients, primarily starches and sweeteners, for various industries. Its product lines include starches and sweeteners, animal feed products and edible corn oil. Its starch-based products include both food-grade and industrial starches, as well as biomaterials. Its sweetener products include glucose syrups, high maltose syrups, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrins, and glucose and syrup solids. Its products are derived primarily from the processing of corn and other starch-based materials, such as tapioca, potato and rice.