Cargill Marks Major Milestone in Vietnam's Development as a New Sustainable Cocoa Producer

COBHAM, England, February 22, 2011 - The commitment of Cargill's cocoa and chocolate business to develop new
sustainable cocoa economies has reached another milestone - with the delivery
of the first UTZ Certified beans to its buying station in Chau Thanh
district, Ben Tre province in Vietnam.

The cocoa sector in Vietnam is continuing to develop and this marks an
important moment in its development, as well as demonstrating Cargill's
leading role in building a sustainable supply chain globally.

Harold Poelma, managing director cocoa, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, said:
"The delivery of the first UTZ Certified beans produced in Vietnam, from the
first three certified cooperatives, is an important milestone in Vietnam's
development as a producer of high quality cocoa beans - and in particular of
certified sustainable beans. We are looking forward to the certification of
more cooperatives in Vietnam, which will enable us to scale up the production
of sustainable cocoa in the years ahead and increase the choice that we can
offer our customers."

Since 2004 Cargill has been working in Vietnam, along with the Vietnamese
and Dutch governments and Mars Incorporated, to help Vietnam develop its
cocoa sector and produce high quality sustainable cocoa beans to meet the
growing demand for certified sustainable chocolate. As part of this
development Cargill supported construction of seedling houses and built
buying stations close to the cocoa growing areas, providing easier access to
the market for farmers. The company has also introduced its successful farmer
training programme to Vietnam, which to date has trained 12,000 farmers.

As a result of these initiatives Vietnam's total cocoa crop has grown
from less than 20 metric tonnes per year to a projected 2,500 metric tonnes
by the end of 2011.

The delivery of the first certified sustainable beans was marked by a
ceremony attended by dignitaries including Mr Nguyen Van Hoa, vice director
general of Vietnam's Department of Crop Production, and Mr Nguyen Van Thiet,
chief representative for UTZ Vietnam.

The UTZ Certified cocoa programme - founded by Cargill, along with Dutch
development organisation Solidaridad and others in the cocoa sector - has
introduced independent certification to improve agricultural, environmental
and social practices in cocoa production.

About Cargill

Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural,
financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the
privately held company employs 131,000 people in 66 countries.

Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and
is committed to applying its global knowledge and experience to help meet
economic, environmental and social challenges wherever it does business. For
more information, visit www.cargill.com

About Cargill in Vietnam

A wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill, Cargill Vietnam Limited established
a presence in Vietnam when the United States and Vietnam normalized relations
in 1995. Today the company operates six animal feed mills, a cocoa business,
a ferrous trading business, and it exports Vietnamese products across the
globe.

Cargill is a good corporate citizen of Vietnam and has built 40 schools
throughout the country, mainly in remote rural areas to help economically
disadvantaged children, and also provided over 1,000 scholarships. The
company also supports centers for disabled children and helps victims of
natural disasters.

About Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate

Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate offers the food industry a wide range of both
standard and customised cocoa and chocolate ingredients to be used in
delicious bakery, confectionery, and dairy applications all over the world.
Our product range includes high quality Gerkens(R) cocoa powders, chocolate,
coatings, fillings, cocoa liquors and cocoa butters. With years of experience
in technical food expertise Cargill supports its customers in new recipes and
new product development. Our processing plants in Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
Côte d'Ivoire, France, Germany, Ghana, the Netherlands, UK and the USA are
fully dedicated to produce in accordance with the highest food safety
standards.

To secure a good quality and sustainable supply of cocoa beans we have
our own cocoa bean sourcing operations for buying handling and/or exporting
of cocoa beans in Brazil, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Presence in all the leading producing countries allows Cargill to oversee the
supply chain from beans at origin to cocoa and chocolate products on our
customers' doorstep. In addition, extensive market research and analysis
proves to be a source of valuable information to our customers.

For more information visit: www.cargillcocoachocolate.com

About UTZ Certified Good Inside

UTZ Certified Good Inside is a sustainability program dedicated to
creating an open and transparent marketplace for agricultural products. UTZ
Certified has developed sustainability models for the production of cocoa,
coffee and tea, and offers traceability services for palm oil. UTZ
Certified's vision is to achieve sustainable agricultural supply chains in
which farmers are trained to be professionals. The industry takes
responsibility by demanding and sourcing sustainably grown products and
consumers buy products that meet their standard for social and environmental
responsibility.

In 2007, Cargill, Ecom Agroindustrial, Heinz Benelux, Mars, Nestlé, Royal
Ahold, Solidaridad, Oxfam Novib, WWF and UTZ CERTIFIED founded the Good
Inside cocoa program to ensure good agricultural, environmental and social
practice in cocoa production. The first UTZ Certified cocoa and chocolate
products are now available in the market. For more information visit:
www.utzcertified.org

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Contact:

Floyd Jebson, +44-1869-353-813, floyd.jebson@razor-pr.com

Colin Lee, +65-6393-8193, colin_lee@cargill.com

Contact: Floyd Jebson, +44-1869-353-813, floyd.jebson at razor-pr.com; Colin Lee, +65-6393-8193, colin_lee at cargill.com