Who We Serve

No matter what products you create or who your customers are, Ardent Mills is focused on partnering with you to optimize how grains and pulses perform for your business. We understand the complex challenges faced by large CPG brands as well as the nuanced needs of today’s bread and bakery manufacturers, and everything in between. Let our experts help your teams succeed in the ways that matter to your business. We offer specialized ingredients and services for:

Artisan Bakers:

Here at Ardent Mills, we appreciate an authentic approach to bread making – the kind that results in mouthwatering aromas, alluring colors, satisfying textures and one-of-a-kind bakery items.

We help artisan bakers add care to every loaf by connecting them with standout grains from standout farmers. Looking for an heirloom grain variety to get creative with? We’ll help find it. Want to source from a local farmer with a unique story? We’ll make the connection. Interested in working with organic grains? We offer support to both organic bakers and farmers. Ardent Mills promotes small-scale relationships between artisans and farmers while offering the resources and reliability artisan bakers need to thrive and grow.

Commercial Bakers:

Delivering the best bakery products on a large scale requires consistency, versatility and reliability. Ardent Mills has the resources, capabilities and technical services commercial bakers need to develop and deliver a perfect product that meets their unique standards, day after day. Additionally, with more than 35 mills and facilities that span North America, Ardent Mills can provide a steady supply of flours and grains regardless of environmental factors and changes to annual harvests. Plus, if a product isn’t baking correctly, or there is a problem on the line, our technical service team can help troubleshoot on-site.

Ardent Mills also works with commercial bakers to reach consumers who are looking for a thoughtful approach to bakery products. From helping source custom and unique grains to providing insights on how to tell the story of the goodness of grain, simple ingredients and sustainable milling practices, Ardent Mills can face every baker’s challenge. We can even connect them to organic farms. No matter the need, commercial bakers can count on Ardent Mills for top-quality ingredients and innovation.

CPG Manufacturers:

From snack bars to frozen foods, cereals to salad toppings, the very best consumer packaged goods begin with the very best ingredients. As the nation’s leading flour and grain experts, Ardent Mills offers ingredients that fulfill all of CPG manufacturers’ needs; our scale and extensive capabilities ensure consistent performance and reliable supply, while our local relationships with farmers give ingredients a personalized feel. Further, our R&D culinary support team can work with manufacturers’ chefs and food scientists to assist with new product development.

Ardent Mills can be counted on as a source for all types of grain-based ingredients – from traditional flours to increasingly popular ancient grains. In fact, if a CPG manufacturer identifies a growing demand for a specific grain variety or a particular format, we’ll work with farmers to produce more of it. Ardent Mills is excited to partner with CPG manufacturers to create innovative foods that consumers will love.

Distributors

Ardent Mills is the go-to grain expert for North American distributors. Our core product line features all the flours that restaurants, pizzerias and bakeries depend on. But Ardent Mills is more than a simple flour ingredient provider – we have the portfolio to help distributors explore new markets and the capabilities to partner with them on all facets of their business.

While many distributors are familiar with our national flour brands, including Kyrol®, King Midas® and UltraGrain®, Ardent Mills also offers an array of complete mixes, breads and innovative grains. These range from ancient grains such as quinoa to heirloom wheats like spelt. We can help distributors reach new audiences by sharing forward-looking grain varieties, or by creating custom mixes and blends for the market. With more than 40 mills throughout the country, we’re able to deliver these innovative ingredients whenever and wherever distributors need them. Additionally, our coast-to-coast milling network can support distributors’ private label flour and packaging needs.

We are eager to share our resources and milling expertise with distributors’ sales teams and customers through promotional items and educational programs. And, of course, we’re here to answer any questions about pricing, product specs, certifications, pallet configurations and more.

Foodservice

We know that foodservice businesses need more than ingredients; they need experts who can help with everything from product development and sourcing to distribution and packaging. They need assurance that food safety is kept to the highest standards. They need foods with stories that appeal to consumers. Ardent Mills delivers all of this and more.

Ardent Mills serves the entire foodservice industry, including commercial foodservice such as quick service restaurants (QSRs) and casual dining, as well as institutional foodservice operators such as K-12 schools and healthcare facilities. We work closely with foodservice businesses to understand their operational needs so that we can provide ingredients and foods to meet those needs. By keeping an eye on consumer trends, we strive to keep menus relevant for foodservice businesses. From specific pack sizes that fit a facility’s abilities to custom blends and mixes, our goal is to help foodservice businesses deliver the best foods that delight consumers while decreasing labor costs.

Farmers

As one of North America’s leading flour and ingredient suppliers, Ardent Mills purchases a wide array of grains from family farms all over the country. But we go beyond simple transactions; we partner with our producers for the long run, offering them the support they need to grow.

When working with Ardent Mills, growers gain new insight into consumer demands and have access to many projects that help farmers transition acres to innovative, increasingly popular grains. We work directly with producers to contract select grain varieties and identity-preserved grains, making the decision to plant something new even easier. Ardent Mills also knows how important sustainability is to both growers and consumers, and we work with customers to communicate producers’ stories about caring for the land.

To learn more about our partnership with farmers and sustainability, view our farm-focused regenerative solutions here.