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Founded in June
2004, AgResources Development™ Group, LLC is a privately owned research-based developer and supplier of innovative nutritional
products and natural health ingredients for specialty nutrition markets -functional food, health, and nutritional supplements.
ADG is committed to and supports "preventive nutrition". ADG's corporate office is in Ankeny, Iowa and research operation is in Ames, Iowa. Key Market Segments: AgResources Development™ Group is focused on functional food & beverage,
nutritional supplement, and U.S. government markets. Products:
Target areas for product development are natural, health-enhancing ingredients and nutritional consumer products (lifelong health products) for digestive health, weight management, and heart health. Services: AgResources Development™ Group provides technical
management and analytical support services to government and private sectors in areas of "food and nutrition research";
food technology; green technology; value-added agribusiness development; procurement of food, health products, and dietary
supplements; international trade development; technology transfer. Also, ADG has the experience and expertise to help small
businesses in technical management consulting or early-stage "research and development" design and strategies,
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IFENDU A. NNANNA, Ph.D. is Founder and President at AgResources Development Group,
LLC (ADG). He is a technical management professional with entrepreneurial acumen, and an innovation strategist with
over 20 years experience in value-added food research, technology development, product development, and functional food
ingredients. His expertise is in ingredient technologies, fiber-based/protein-based innovations, and nutritional products. Prior to founding ADG, Dr. Nnanna was Director of Research and Development at Proliant Corporation, a protein ingredients
company in Iowa, where he was instrumental in developing and commercializing a broad range of protein ingredients for the
global food marketplace. Dr. Nnanna came to Proliant from Monsanto Corporation (Agricultural Biotechnology Company in Missouri)
where he was a Research Leader in the Dairy Business Unit. Prior to Monsanto, he was an educator/an Assistant Professor of
food chemistry at Wayne State University in Michigan. He has experience in international business
development in selected Asia-Pacific, African, European and Latin American markets. Dr. Nnanna broad range of experience have
provided him with the unique ability to quickly identify and integrate agribusiness and research & development processes
in order to create sustainable, economic growth, food security, and products that deliver healthy nutrition to a global community.
Dr. Nnanna research interests are in functional food ingredients as related to nutrition and
disease prevention. He has authored and co-authored numerous professional and technical publications in food science and nutrition.
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