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CEDAR RAPIDS — Corn grown in Iowa will likely show up at many Americans doorstep the next time they order from Amazon.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds joined city leaders and company officials Wednesday at a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate a planned $50 million upgrade and expansion to Ingredion's operations in Cedar Rapids. The global company makes sweeteners, starches, nutritional ingredients and biomaterials used in everyday products, including Amazon packaging.

The company will expand the production of specialty industrial starches used in packaging and papermaking to meet growing demand. The starches use corn sourced entirely from Iowa.

Ingredion creates plant-derived, starch-based packagin

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