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CPM|Crown announces Monarc Clean Oilseed ProcessingTM, a revolutionary, patent-pending alcohol-based solvent extraction technology that is projected to have competitive operational efficiency to traditional hexane-based extraction systems while delivering significant advantages in safety, environmental impact and consumer appeal. Historically, oilseed processors have relied on hexane-based extraction as the most efficient and cost-effective method to produce the cooking oils, protein meals and ingredients that form the foundation of countless food products consumed worldwide. Without the efficiency of hexane-based extraction, the world simply couldn’t produce enough affordable protein and oil to feed today’s population of over 8 billion people. Now, Monarc Clean Oilseed Processing gives producers the choice to work with alcohol-based solvents, like ethanol, and take advantage of meaningful benefits: • Alcohol is already present in or utilized to produce many foods and beverages • The use of an alcohol-based solvent enables companies to produce clean-label products that appeal to health-conscious consumers • Alcohol-based solvents significantly improve worker safety profiles at factories • Alcohol-based solvents reduce environmental impact compared to petroleum derivatives like hexane • Alcohol-based solvents better align with sustainability goals • Alcohol is a renewable source material, as ethanol can be produced from plants • Alcohol-based solvents facilitate easier permitting of new extraction facilities compared to hexane While these advantages have, technically, always been available, it has been impossible for alcohol-based solvent extraction to compete with hexane-based extraction at scale. Monarc Clean Oilseed Processing, however, maintains the economic efficiency of hexane-based extraction that keeps food affordable and accessible globally. For more information, call (651) 639-8900 or visit onecpm.com.