New Source fr Natural Flavors and Banana Products
A&B Ingredients Represents Duas Rodas in North America

Fairfield, N.J., August 18, 2005 - A&B Ingredients and Duas Rodas, a Brazilian food and flavor company with headquarters in Jaraguá do Sul, have entered an agreement through which A&B Ingredients will represent Duas Rodas’ broad range of flavors and foods in North America. Duas Rodas is a food processing and food and flavor marketing company with operations throughout South and Central America and Africa. “Our research has shown that Duas Rodas’ high quality flavors, extracts, oils and other products will enable food developers and scientists in the United States to create delicious and healthy food products,” says Gil Bakal, Managing Director of A&B Ingredients. Duas Rodas’ high quality flavors and banana products combined with A&B Ingredients’ technical expertise and experience makes this relationship a win-win resource for the United States food industry. Some of the many products that A&B Ingredients will offer include organic banana puree, flakes and pieces. Duas Rodas’ tropical extracts range from acerola and acai to guarana and mate and are available now through A&B Ingredients. Regarding the soluble flavors, they are extracted from 100% of the fruit, are all natural, and have a very unique flavor profile. The essential oils available through A&B Ingredients include tangerine, orange and lemon. The company even offers liquid smoke flavor made from acacia wood. Duas Rodas recertified to ISO 9001:2000 in 2001 and also is ISO 14001 certified. The company has served the food products industry since 1925 and operates in South America, Central America and Africa. More information about the company and its products is available at www.duasrodas.com. Founded in 1990, A&B Ingredients is a leading supplier of rice based food starches for the food industry. Based on a tradition of research and development, A&B focuses on discovering unique ingredients that enable its customers to create value added products. The company is committed to working, as a partner, to develop prototypes of new and improved food products. A&B maintains full applications labs, pilot plant facilities with consumer testing capabilities, and provides technical sales and marketing, importing, distribution and applications development/technical services. For more information, contact A&B Ingredients at 973-227-1390 or visit A&B’s Web site at www.abingredients.com ###