Cottonseed Solutions

A Rich History

The Traders Oil Mill Company was established in 1918 in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1929, a Traders researcher began developing a high protein food derived from cottonseed. This golden-yellow flour, a protein concentrate, contained all the essential amino acids as well as vitamins and minerals. Comprehensive chemical, clinical and biological studies established the nutritive value of Proflo® as a human food. A process was then developed to economically produce large volumes of uniform, edible grade cottonseed flour.

In 1954, Proflo® was found to be an excellent nitrogen source in certain antibiotic fermentations. Since industrial proteins have certain characteristics that differ from edible proteins, Pharmamedia®, our first industrial grade cottonseed flour, was developed to meet these criteria. Due to changes in the market, the edible business was discontinued and an industrial grade Proflo® was established to meet the rapidly growing demand for cottonseed nutrients.

Today, we buy most of our cottonseed from the West Texas area where typically one-third of the U.S. cotton crop is grown. The consistent, high quality of West Texas cottonseed is fundamental to our overall ability to serve the needs of the fermentation industry.

Key Products

Proflo® is a premium quality, finely ground, yellow flour made from the embryo of cottonseed. The principal component of Proflo® is non-hydrolyzed globular protein of excellent quality that comes from our special oil extraction process.

Proflo® is guaranteed to contain a minimum of 58% protein on a dry weight basis and has a total plate count of less than 5,000 colonies per gram. Proflo® is made from only excellent quality, high-protein cottonseed. Our selection of raw material helps provide a greater degree of uniformity in the finished product.