About Valley Select Ingredients

Valley Select Ingredients is the only commercial grade sprouted rice processor & ingredient supplier in North Amercia.

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Research Lab

We’re committed to innovation with our partners. True ingredient specialists, we’ll work with your team to help you create the best finished good for your consumer line. Experts in experimentation, our rice sprouting capabilities range from short to long grain to blends and more.

Meet the Team

Jennifer Kalfsbeek
Chief of Operations, Sr. Vice President

Jennifer Kalfsbeek oversees operations and ultimately quality of the Valley Select Ingredients business. Jennifer helped pioneer sprouting on the West Coast in 2008, relying heavily on her 20+ years of expertise in the rice industry. Jennifer was instrumental in developing the Safe Select® food safety processes.

Ralph Ramirez
Production Manager

Ralph is hands-on in the sprouting process, ensuring food safety and quality controls are met. Turn-key facilitating orders from the ground, meeting and fulfilling customer demands.

Karye Benton
QA Manager SVR/VS, Food Safety Team Lead

Karye is an industry leader in Quality Assurance and Food Safety. In addition to leading the QA team at Valley Select Ingredients, she also leads research efforts at the Valley Select Ingredients lab and is a member of the Sprouted Whole Grain Council.

Romi Rodriguez
Customer Service

Romi works directly with the entire team to facilitate customer orders and management.

Commercial Partnership Capabilities

Valley Select Ingredients is committed to being a reliable, honest and trust-worthy partner to our commercial customers. This is more than a vendor relationship, this is an innovative partnership where we will follow a "code of the west" to deliver the top ingredients in the world. We are a trusted link in the supply chain. We provide turn-key solutions, quick turn-around, and fulfill our customers’ business needs.

At Valley Select Ingredients we process a wide range of quantities with exact specifications, according to our customers’ needs. We are a trusted partner in Food Safety. We adapt to our customers’ requirements and always meet or exceed quality standards.

Services We Provide

Sample Inspections


We provide custom sample inspections testing with USDA Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) grades and rice grades. We analyze the physical characteristics of rice, including broken kernels, damage, chalkiness, other types and foreign material. Additionally, we determine moisture content and rice whiteness as part of our protocol.

Sprouting Tests


Includes measurement reporting and testing.

Quality Analysis


We use analytical tools to measure moisture and whiteness, amongst other quality points.

Timeline

We work within our customers timing requirements.

Accredited Laboratory Program

We work with accredited laboratory partners for analysis of nutritional, chemical and micro-biological reporting, as needed.

Please let us know if there is a product you would like to sample or test, it would be our pleasure. We’re committed to food science and the future of sprouting.