Rajen Mehta
Grain Millers, Inc.

Rajen Mehta is the Senior Director of Specialty Ingredients at Grain Millers, Inc., a leading manufacturer of whole-grain ingredients and fibers. In his present position, Rajen is responsible for business development and creating functionally improved healthy ingredients. He also assists food companies to leverage the positive attributes of fibers, functional derivatives and whole grains to develop functionally improved foods.

Rajen obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in Food Science from Kansas State University and has since worked with both ingredient companies and consumer food companies in bakery, dairy and functional foods & beverages that offer health and nutritional benefits. His primary ingredient focus has been on fibers, whole grains and functional derivatives. Throughout his career Rajen has concentrated on the market development of healthy, nutritionally superior, and good-tasting foods that leverage trends to meet the demands of health conscious consumers.

Presentation
Fibers to Improve the Quality of Traditional & Health Baked Goods: Post-FDA’s 2016 Regulation
Monday, March 2, 2020
2:20 pm – 2:55 pm
Breakout 2: Ingredients