J.R. Short Milling Company

History

J.R. Short is an eighty-seven year old company founded by the Short family as a bakery ingredient supplier company. 43 years ago J.R. Short acquired the Kankakee mill, and consolidated operations to Kankakee in 2005. The company worked extensively with local farmers and elevators. This enabled the management of raw material varieties and characteristics entering the mill and has contributed to the quality and consistency of the J.R. Short Milling products over the years. About 25 years ago J.R. Short expanded again, entering the snack pellet category of food products.

Recent Changes

November 14, 2008 J.R Short Milling finalized the asset sale of its Corn Division to Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG). J.R. Short has retained the Pellet Division and plans to focus future growth in the direction of extruded intermediates for the snack and cereal categories. Click here to read the press release

Transforming natural grains into functional food ingredients for over 80 years

Today

J.R. Short is now the largest domestic, and a leading global supplier of the extruded intermediates the food industry commonly refers to as pellets or half-products. The products are called intermediates or half-products because they must be expanded by deep frying, air popping, or pressure puffing into finished products. J.R. Short's extruded intermediates have a place in several food categories including snacks, cereals, desserts, and bars. They are a key component in many well known brands and can be found in both foodservice and retail.

More than a "supplier"...

We seek long-term relationships with our customers. To this end, J.R. Short is committed to delivering the product development and application expertise necessary to help our customers succeed. We've invested in the necessary resources to accomplish just that. So when you trust J.R. Short for your ingredient and extruded technology needs you get the right product at the right time, but you also get the right kind of service commitment that forges a successful partnership.