Founded in 1884 by Isidore Rice, Philadelphia’s family-owned I. Rice & Company makes dessert and beverage ingredients and co-packs them for foodservice, bakery, and ice cream businesses. Now privately operated by the Kuhl and DiMedio families for more than 35 years, the company employs over 150 people and runs a 145,000-square-foot facility expanded in 2021. Its flexible production ranges from small artisan batches to industrial volumes, supported by more than two dozen kettles and capacity for over 2,400 active SKUs.
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ingredients PLUSBorn in Lakeville, New York, in 1983 as Sweeteners Plus, ingredients PLUS has spent more than 40 years building an ingredient-supply business for food and beverage manufacturers. Now part of ASR Group, the company is known for pairing in-house expertise with its own delivery fleet to keep customers supplied on schedule across the United States.LAKEVILLE, NY
Rich Products CorporationBorn from innovation in 1945, Rich Products Corporation is a family-owned food company making bakery, dessert, pizza and culinary products for food professionals around the globe. Its portfolio ranges from the pioneering non-dairy Whip Topping introduced in 1945 to Bettercreme whipped icing, launched in 1978, alongside solutions for beverages and prepared foods. Rich’s combines a global reach with a distinctly family-owned identity and emphasizes food safety and consistent product quality.BUFFALO, NY
EFCO ProductsFrom a horse-drawn flour cart in the Hudson Valley, EFCO Products has grown into a family-owned and operated Poughkeepsie manufacturer of bakery fillings and mixes, beverage ingredients, sauces and specialty food ingredients. Founded in 1903, the Effron family business remains at its original Smith and Oakley Streets location and now serves food companies around the world with both standard and custom-formulated products. EFCO also develops clean-label solutions such as OPAQ, its calcium-based replacement for titanium dioxide.POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Pellman Foods, IncBorn in a Lancaster County home kitchen, Pellman Foods has been baking cheesecakes and other desserts from scratch since Bill and Ruth Pellman founded the family business in 1973. Their sons Mike and Scott took over operations in 2000, preserving the homestyle recipes, careful ingredient selection, and hands-on baking that began with 100 cheesecakes a week. Today, the family-owned and operated company supplies desserts to restaurants, retailers, fundraisers, and special events.NEW HOLLAND, PA