You are part of the solution
Corn, refined into the ingredients the region runs on.
MEFSCO is the leading producer of starch and sweetener products in the GCC — a joint venture of ARASCO and Cargill, milling 330,000 tonnes of corn a year in the Kingdom.
- FOOD GRADE
- IND. GRADE
- DE 38
- DE 40
- DE 42
- DE 63
- M50
- F42
- SWEET+ F1
- SWEET+ F2
- GF10
- GF20
- GF30
- GF40
- Broken Corn
- Corn Germ Cake
- Dry Corn Gluten Feed
- Wet Corn Gluten Feed
- Corn Gluten Meal
- Crude Corn Oil
A joint venture of
Milled, refined and delivered from Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Who we are
One kernel, separated into everything it can usefully become.
We transform corn into high-quality food and industrial products used in bakery, beverage, confectionery, halawa tahinia and other processed foods — as well as in paper and paperboard manufacturing.
As Vision 2030 reshapes the Kingdom, consumer preferences are evolving and industrial investment is growing. MEFSCO is the only local provider of healthier solutions built for that shift, backed by local infrastructure and the professional support of one of the world's largest ingredient suppliers.
The process
Nothing leaves the mill
as corn.
Wet milling takes the kernel apart. Each fraction has its own destination, its own quality regime and its own customers — which is why one crop supports five product families.
- Starch & sweeteners The starch body of the kernel. Milled out, then converted by enzyme into the glucose, fructose and GF syrups that make up most of what we sell.
- Crude corn oil The embryo, separated early and pressed. The oil goes to refiners; what is left is germ cake for feed.
- Corn gluten meal The protein fraction, concentrated and dried into a high-protein ingredient for poultry and aquaculture feed.
- Corn gluten feed The outer skin and fibre. Combined with steep liquor and supplied wet or dried as a bulk feed ingredient.
Product range
Five product families, one quality regime.
Starch, glucose, fructose and blended glucose-fructose systems — plus the co-products that come out of milling the whole kernel. Every grade is produced on the same line, under the same food-safety discipline.
Grade selector
Dextrose equivalent is a dial, not a label.
Move it and watch the trade-off. Higher DE buys sweetness and flow; lower DE buys body and crystallisation control. Most reformulation problems are solved somewhere on this line.
DE 42
Glucose Syrup DE 42
The middle of the range, where moderate sweetness and shelf-life stability are both asked of one syrup.
- Sweetness
- Viscosity
- Browning
- Confectionery
- Bakery
- Convenience
- Halawa tahinia
Relative and indicative, for orientation only. Actual specifications are issued per batch on the controlled data sheet, and suitability is confirmed by Technical Services against your process.
MEFSCO Solutions
We sell the outcome, not just the tonne.
A wide range of liquid solutions that substitute sugar as a sweetener or binder — to improve quality, extend shelf-life stability, or raise process efficiency without changing the organoleptic properties of the finished product.
Food Solutions
Glucose-fructose syrups that replace sugar as a sweetener or binder — matched to the application rather than sold as a single grade.
Industrial Solutions
Industrial grade corn starch for paper and paperboard manufacturing, supplied from the same plant and the same quality regime.
Supply Chain Solutions
Bulk tanker delivery and managed inventory — the operational half of the offer, and often the half that moves the cost line.
Supply chain advantage
Delivered in bulk, sealed, pasteurised and verified.
One of the hardest problems for a major manufacturer is operational efficiency and hygiene at the same time. Our bulk tanker solution replaces drum transit end to end — a closed stainless system from our silos to yours, with no human contact and no storage space required at your end.
- Higher food quality & hygiene standards
- Efficiencies in the production process
- Optimal temperature control
- Cost effectiveness
- Reduced labour
- Less waste
- Less storage space
- Time saving
Technical services
A development team that works on your line, not ours.
Our Technical Services and Product Development team partners with customers on immediate problems and strategic ones alike — ingredient innovation, new product development and line extensions.
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Food Safety & Quality
MEFSCO is committed to excellence in food safety and high quality. To enhance our competitive advantage for a sustainable future, we nurture a culture of food safety and quality that applies the highest standards — meeting statutory, regulatory and customer requirements for safe, high-quality food products.
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Total Quality Management
The focus of the operation is to improve the quality of MEFSCO outputs, goods and services alike, through continuous improvement of internal practice. After-sales service and response to enquiry is evaluated against customer satisfaction so the service itself keeps improving.
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R&D Lab Services
Our product development and application centre is equipped with qualified experts and high-standard equipment to develop new products and improve customer products to their requirements, across bakery, beverage, confectionery and convenience applications.
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After-Sales Technical Consultation
Technical support does not end at delivery. Our application team stays with the product on your line — troubleshooting, optimising dosage and resolving process questions as they arise.
Why MEFSCO
Reliable supply, and four reasons it costs you less.
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Healthier, lower-calorie options
Liquid sweetener systems that let you reformulate towards lower-calorie products without giving up the sensory profile customers expect.
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Cost-effective solutions
Sweetener systems and delivery methods chosen together, so the saving shows up in landed cost rather than only in the price per tonne.
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Supply chain advantage
Bulk delivery and managed inventory from food-safe warehouses, with just-in-time delivery across the Middle East and Africa.
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Processing advantages
Pumpable liquid ingredients remove dissolving, handling and storage steps from the line — and the labour and waste attached to them.
Newsroom
Latest from MEFSCO
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MEFSCO joins Green Riyadh with 1,210 plants
Head office and factory employees planted 1,210 plants with Riyadh Region Municipality under the Astabiqu Al-Khairat programme.
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First Ramadan Basket campaign reaches Riyadh and Al Kharj
Employees prepared and distributed food baskets to low-income families across our communities for the Holy Month of Ramadan.
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5,000,000 safe working hours
A five-million-hour safety milestone at the plant, reached without a lost-time incident.
Talk to us
Tell us what the line needs to do.
Send the application, the volume and the constraint you are working against. Our technical team will come back with a grade recommendation and a sample — not a brochure.
Or call +966 11 261 2222 · info@mefsco.com