Gluten-free rice flour plant planned in Industrial Park

July 27, 2017

By Ray King/Pine Bluff Commercial

A California-based company is looking to cash-in on American’s desire to eat healthier and has picked Pine Bluff as the place to do it. Western Foods announced Wednesday that they will take over a vacant building in the Jefferson Industrial Park and establish a gluten-free rice flour and “ancient grain milling business.”

The announcement was made during a meeting of the Economic Development Corp. of Jefferson County, more