ADM Receives EPA Awards

NEW YORK - Jun 20/05 - SNS -- Archer Daniels Midland Company won two United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Presidential Green Chemistry Awards.

The award-winning technologies were "Archer RC: Nonvolatile, Reactive Coalescent for the Reduction of VOC in Latex Paints" and "NovaLipid: Low Trans Fats and Oils Produced by Enzymatic Interesterification of Vegetable Oils."

Archer RC reduces environmentally harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in latex paints. It is the only reactive coalescent for latex paints that is non-hazardous and does not contribute to VOC emissions1. Unlike traditional solvent-based coalescing agents, which volatilize into the atmosphere upon drying, Archer RC reactive coalescent remains in the paint, forming a strong and durable film.

Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced changes to the Nutritional Labeling Education Act that will require the labeling of trans-fats on all nutritional fact panels by January 1, 2006, food manufacturers have been looking for solutions to reduce the amount of trans-fats in their products.

ADM, in collaboration with Novozymes North America, Inc., developed an enzymatic interesterification process that is preferable to the chemical interesterification process to reduce trans-fats because it eliminates the use of several chemical catalysts, thus eliminating byproducts and waste streams (solid and water). The enzymatic interesterification process also emits no air pollutants. Several of the Company's NovaLipid products are produced by this enzymatic interesterification process2.