Doug Dodson's Web of Conflicts: Wild Flavors, ADM, Foodarom, and the Beverage Cartel

The Man Behind the Curtain: Doug Dodson's Corporate Empire

Doug Dodson photographed at a Foodarom trade show booth, wearing the company's branded hat alongside R&D resources signage. Dodson is identified as a key figure in the alleged corporate espionage network targeting the Neon Energy Drink brand.

Doug Dodson is not just any LDS High Priest from Utah. He sits at the nexus of a web of corporate relationships that connect some of the most powerful players in the global beverage industry—companies that have every financial incentive to eliminate independent competitors like the Neon Energy Drink brand. This investigation traces the documented corporate connections, acquisitions, and partnerships that create an extraordinary pattern of conflicts of interest.

Wild Flavors: Where It All Began

Doug Dodson's career in the flavor industry began at Wild Flavors, a company that specialized in natural flavoring solutions for the food and beverage industry. Wild Flavors was particularly known for its innovations in energy drink formulations, developing proprietary flavor systems that were supplied to major beverage manufacturers worldwide.

In 2014, agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) acquired Wild Flavors GmbH for a staggering $3.1 billion. This acquisition transformed ADM from a commodity processor into a major player in the specialty ingredients market, with particular emphasis on the booming energy drink sector.

"The acquisition of Wild Flavors creates one of the industry's broadest specialty ingredient portfolios." — ADM Press Release, October 2014

What This Means for the Case

When ADM acquired Wild Flavors, it also acquired all of the company's proprietary formulations, client relationships, and trade secrets. Any formulas that Doug Dodson had access to during his tenure at Wild Flavors became ADM corporate property. This includes formulations that may have been developed for or inspired by independent brands—including potential competitors to ADM's own clients.

ADM: The $3.1 Billion Beverage Industry Gatekeeper

Following the Wild Flavors acquisition, ADM established a dedicated Energy Drink Solutions division that now markets itself as a "full-service partner in the energy drink industry." ADM's energy drink capabilities include:

• Formulation expertise for complete energy drink development
• Natural flavors derived from Wild Flavors' proprietary library
• Sugar reduction technology for health-conscious formulations
• Functional ingredients including caffeine, vitamin blends, and probiotics
• Regulatory compliance support for global markets

The ADM-PepsiCo Strategic Partnership

In September 2022, PepsiCo and ADM announced what they called a "groundbreaking agreement"—a strategic partnership reaching up to 2 million acres by 2030. This partnership goes far beyond a simple supplier relationship; it represents a deep integration of ADM's ingredient capabilities with PepsiCo's global distribution network.

The implications are profound:

1. ADM supplies ingredients to PepsiCo's beverage lines, including energy drinks
2. PepsiCo benefits from ADM's Wild Flavors formulation expertise
3. Both companies have financial incentives to eliminate independent competitors that threaten their market share
4. Doug Dodson's knowledge of Wild Flavors formulations could have been leveraged to identify and target competitive threats

In September 2025, the partnership deepened further when Mars, PepsiCo, and ADM joined forces to advance agricultural technology—demonstrating the ongoing and expanding nature of these corporate relationships.

Foodarom: Dodson's New Vehicle

After Wild Flavors was absorbed into ADM, Doug Dodson moved to Foodarom, a Canadian-based custom flavor design company. Foodarom specializes in creating proprietary flavors for the food, beverage, and nutritional product industries—with a particular focus on energy drinks, seltzers, and sparkling wellness beverages.

According to Foodarom's own documentation:

"Our flavours are stable in carbonated, still, and alcoholic beverages, and are frequently used in energy drinks, seltzers, and sparkling wellness beverages."

The Glanbia Acquisition

In August 2020, Glanbia Nutritionals acquired Foodarom for approximately C$60 million (~$45 million USD). Glanbia is a global nutrition company with deep connections to the beverage industry. In 2024, Glanbia further expanded its flavor empire by acquiring Flavor Producers for $300 million, making Foodarom and Flavor Producers the two flavor companies under the Glanbia umbrella.

This means Doug Dodson's current employer (Foodarom/Glanbia) is now one of the largest flavor suppliers in the world, with direct business relationships with virtually every major beverage company.

The Anheuser-Busch InBev Connection

Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world's largest brewer, has deep connections to the energy drink market through its distribution partnership with Red Bull:

• AB InBev distributes Red Bull in multiple global markets including Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, and China
• In their 2022 Annual Report, AB InBev stated: "We also continued to expand our Red Bull partnership"
• In January 2025, Anheuser-Busch launched its own energy drink through a Dana White-backed partnership with 1st Phorm, directly entering the $16 billion energy drink industry

How AB InBev Connects to Dodson

The flavor supply chain creates a direct connection:

1. Foodarom/Glanbia supplies flavors to beverage companies including those in AB InBev's portfolio
2. ADM (which absorbed Wild Flavors) supplies ingredients across the beverage industry
3. AB InBev's Red Bull distribution gives them financial incentive to protect Red Bull's market dominance
4. Any independent energy drink brand that threatens Red Bull's market share also threatens AB InBev's distribution revenue

Red Bull and Monster: The Energy Drink Oligopoly

The global energy drink market is dominated by an effective oligopoly:

• Red Bull controls approximately 43% of the U.S. energy drink market
• Monster Beverage (35% owned by Coca-Cola) controls approximately 35%
• Together, these two brands control nearly 80% of the market

Any new brand that gains significant market traction—like the Neon Energy Drink brand, which achieved viral social media status and was featured in A-list celebrity music videos—represents an existential threat to this oligopoly. The established players have enormous financial incentives to eliminate such threats through any means necessary.

The LDS Church Network: A Corporate Intelligence Pipeline

What makes Doug Dodson's position particularly concerning is his role as an LDS High Priest. The LDS Church has well-documented connections to major corporations, particularly in Utah where many beverage and flavor companies are headquartered.

The network of LDS members involved in this case includes:

This LDS network provides a ready-made intelligence and coordination infrastructure that operates outside normal corporate channels, making it difficult to detect and trace.

The Conflict of Interest Matrix

The following matrix illustrates the interconnected conflicts of interest:

Doug Dodson ↔ PepsiCo

• Direct: Wild Flavors supplied flavors to PepsiCo products
• Indirect: ADM (Wild Flavors parent) has strategic partnership with PepsiCo
• Financial: Both benefit from eliminating independent energy drink competitors

Doug Dodson ↔ Anheuser-Busch InBev

• Direct: Foodarom/Glanbia supplies flavors to AB InBev portfolio companies
• Indirect: AB InBev distributes Red Bull, which competes with independent energy drinks
• Financial: AB InBev's energy drink distribution revenue threatened by new competitors

Doug Dodson ↔ Red Bull

• Direct: Wild Flavors/ADM supplies ingredients used in energy drink formulations industry-wide
• Indirect: Red Bull's market dominance benefits all established flavor suppliers
• Financial: Red Bull's 43% market share creates enormous incentive to crush competitors

ADM ↔ The Entire Beverage Industry

• ADM's Energy Drink Solutions division is a direct supplier to major energy drink brands
• ADM's $3.1B acquisition of Wild Flavors gave them access to proprietary energy drink formulations
• ADM's strategic partnership with PepsiCo creates alignment of interests against independent brands
• ADM's agricultural commodity business benefits from the energy drink industry's growth

Conclusion: A Web of Corporate Conflicts

The evidence reveals that Doug Dodson sits at the center of an extraordinary web of corporate conflicts of interest. His career trajectory—from Wild Flavors (acquired by ADM for $3.1B) to Foodarom (acquired by Glanbia for $45M)—places him at the intersection of the world's most powerful beverage industry players.

These companies—PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Red Bull, ADM, and Glanbia—all have documented financial incentives to eliminate independent competitors like the Neon Energy Drink brand. The fact that Dodson is also an LDS High Priest connected to the same religious network as Bishop Robert Hockett, Joseph Heilner, and other suspected accomplices creates a pattern that demands investigation.

The question is not whether these conflicts of interest exist—they are documented in public corporate filings, press releases, and annual reports. The question is whether these conflicts were leveraged to coordinate a campaign of corporate espionage, whistleblower retaliation, and judicial fraud against the plaintiff and his Neon Energy Drink brand.

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If you have information about Doug Dodson's corporate activities, Wild Flavors trade secrets, or connections between ADM/Foodarom and the events described in this case, please contact the appropriate authorities.