Ingredion (INGR) 6 Aug 242024 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Second Quarter 2024 Ingredion Inc. Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Noah Weiss, Vice President, Investor Relations. ahead. go Please

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Thank first comes with you. Instructions] from Oppenheimer. Our Kristen [Operator question Owen

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Zallie. Yes. Kristen, this is Jim

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question next Josh with comes Our UBS. Spector from

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Adam Our Samuelson Goldman comes next from with question Sachs.

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Our with Andrew BMO question Markets. from comes next Capital Strelzik

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why Jim, don't you take that?

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comes Ben Barclays. question next Our with from Theurer

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