Trade Food

At RavCorp we are able to provide our clients with extensive access to a wide range of food products from suppliers around the world. We regularly trade in Wheat, Oats, Corn, Soybean, Soymeal and Bean oil. We are able to source the best prices for our clients by utilising our extensive worldwide network of contacts.

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Trade Wheat

Wheat is an edible grass which is grown worldwide. It is widely considered to be the most important human food grain and is second only to maize in worldwide cereal crop production. Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads; cookies, cakes, pasta, noodles and couscous. It also has a highly used component after a fermentation process to make alcohol or bio fuel. Wheat is also grown as a forage crop for livestock where the straw can also be used as fodder for livestock or as a construction material for roofing thatch.

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Trade Oats

Oat is a species of cereal grain, whose seeds are commonly used for food or fodder. Oat straw is also used as animal bedding and sometimes as feed.

Although oats are commonly used in the baking of bread they cannot be used solely, due to their lack of gluten, they are however commonly used in porridge and cookies. They are also commonly used in a wide range of other edible goods such as muesli and granola.

Oats also have non-food uses. Oat straw is used in corn dolly making, and can be used as a filling for pillows. Whereas Oat extract can be used to soothe skin and is commonly used in some bath and skin products.

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Trade Corn

Corn or maize as it is commonly referred to in the USA, was amongst the first cereal grain to be domesticated in the USA and soon spread through Europe thanks to contact in the late 15th and early 16th century with European settlers.

Thanks to scientific advances in recent years, traditionally grown corn is becoming increasing unpopular with farmers as they now prefer hybrid corn which is genetically modified to produce a higher yield of crop. Corn is one of the first crops for which genetically modified varieties make up a sizable proportion of the yearly worldwide harvest.

Corn is grown extensive throughout the world; a larger quantity of corn is produced each year than any other grain. The United States produces almost half of the world's harvest. Other top producing countries include China, Brazil, France, Indonesia, and South Africa.

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Trade Soybean

Soybean is a variety of legume native to Eastern Asia; soy was first introduced to Europe in the early 1700s and the United States in 1765, where it was first grown for hay. Soybeans did not become an important crop outside of Asia until about 1910. Soybeans were not considered as a food product until the 1920’s, until this point it was solely used for industrial purposes. Soybean is now an important global crop commonly grown for oil and protein.

The majority of the crop is solvent and extracted for use in the production of vegetable oil. After the defatting process the resulting Soymeal is used for animal feed. Only a small proportion of Soybean products are consumed directly by humans; however the products are used extensively in a wide range of foods which include, baby food, diet-food products, beer, ale, noodles, cooking oil, margarine, mayonnaise and salad dressing.

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Trade Soymeal

Soymeal is the material resulting from the process of vegetable oil production called defatting. With its 50% soy protein content, soymeal was used as a fuel during the American Revolution. Its modern day uses include the aquaculture of catfish and as a protein supplement in the feed of farm animals.

Industrial uses for soymeal include being used as a component in the production of adhesives, cleaning materials, polyesters and textiles.

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Trade Bean Oil

Soy Bean Oil is widely used in cooking, and is commonly known as vegetable oil. Its natural properties make it a very healthy food ingredient as it does not contain a large amount of saturated fats, it can be found in a wide range of foods which include, salad dressings, sandwich spreads, margarine, bread, mayonnaise, non-dairy coffee creamers and snack foods. Soy bean oil also has extensive uses in non foods which include bio diesel, inks, crayons, paints and soy candles.