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 | | Rather, it was ADM, the region's dominant corporation and one of the largest and most powerful in the country, producing a raft of food, feed, and fuel additives. |
 | | ADM brought a lot to the proposed marriage: capital, clout, and above all its vaunted "river of dextrose." A byproduct of corn processing, dextrose is the basic raw material from which lysine is extracted. |
 | | ADM had big plans for BioProducts, which in addition to lysine would produce other amino acids, bacitracin, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), lactic acid, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and vitamin E. The company hoped to generate a third of its earnings from the division by 1997. |
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