The Traders Oil Mill Company was established in 1918 in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1929, a Traders researcher began developing a high protein food derived from cottonseed. This golden-yellow flour, a protein concentrate, contained all the essential amino acids as well as many necessary vitamins and minerals. Comprehensive chemical, clinical, and biological studies established the high nutritive value of PROFLO as a human food. A process was then developed to economically produce large volumes of uniform, edible grade cottonseed flour.
In 1954, PROFLO was found to be an excellent nitrogen source in certain antibiotic fermentations. Since industrial proteins have certain characteristics which differ from edible proteins, PHARMAMEDIA, Traders' first industrial grade cottonseed flour was established to meet these criteria. Due to changes in the market, the edible business was discontinued and an industrial grade PROFLO was established. There have been several expansions in the past to meet the rapidly growing demand for Traders' cottonseed nutrients.
Today Traders buys most of its cottonseed from the West Texas area where one-fourth of the nation's cotton crop is grown. The consistently high quality of West Texas cottonseed is fundamental to the company's overall ability to serve the needs of the fermentation industry.
| Our distribution staff is located at the manufacturing
plant in Lubbock, Texas in order to provide rapid efficient customer service.
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When you contact Lubbock, we're here to help! Traders Protein 2300 East 50th Avenue Lubbock, TX 79404 USA Telephone : (806) 747-5588 Telefax : (806) 747-1151 |
Traders was managed by Procter & Gamble until 1993 when it was bought by Southern
Cotton Oil Company, Division of Archer Daniels Midland Company. Our sales office is in
Memphis, Tennessee, where Steve Nelson, Manager, is ready to serve you.
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Traders Protein P.O. Box 80367 Memphis, TN 38108 USA Telephone: 901-452-7990 Telefax: 901-458-5899 email: traders@tradersprotein.com |
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