Louis Dreyfus Company is a privately held agriculture trading company. The company has business segments across the food supply chain from processing, storage and distribution of a variety of crops including rice, grains, coffee, cotton, oilseeds, and rice. In 2019, Louis Dreyfus Company invested in Motif FoodWorks representing the company’s recognition of a changing agricultural landscape.

A company press release quoted: “We are excited to partner with Motif as a key step into the innovative food solutions space,” said Kristen Eshak Weldon, LDC’s Head of Food Innovation & Downstream Strategy. “The move is part of LDC’s strategy of pursuing innovative or disruptive solutions to help respond to changing consumer demand and to address the challenge of feeding a growing world population sustainably. We are convinced that Motif’s next-generation, plant-based ingredients will play a key role,” she added.