1963
The company was incorporated as Ferment-A-Feeds by Don Hess. It was started as a business
to recover cheese whey from creameries that had a disposal problem. The whey was dried on a
carrier of corn gluten feed and sold to local hog producers in Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota.
1972
Ferment-A-Feeds was purchased by William R. Holt and the name was changed to Fermented
Products, Inc. Recognizing the benefits of lactic acid and fermentation by-products in livestock, a
process to ferment the whey was refined and perfected.
1974
A patent was issued on a cultured lactic acid fermentation product,
Kulactic. This product was sold to feed manufacturers throughout the upper Midwest and Canada.
1986
Fermented Products, Inc. officially changed its name to International Whey Technics, Ltd. (IWT),
retaining the Fermented Products name as a division.
1986
Introduced Desert Gold Dry and Desert Gold Liquid, a 100% NATURAL
product made entirely from the Yucca Schidigera plant.
1987
IWT expanded sales of all products to the Pacific Rim.
1999
IWT was purchased by Mark G. Holt.
1999
Introduction of A-Max Yeast Culture®
to domestic and foreign markets.
2000
IWT changed its name to Varied Industries Corporation (Vi-COR®). |
