Privately owned since its founding in 1932, Newly Weds Foods began with Paul M. Angell’s batter breakthrough for an ice cream cake roll and has since become a global food-ingredient company. Its history is marked by practical innovation, including bringing Japanese-style panko bread crumb technology to the United States in 1977. Today, the company develops customized ingredient solutions for food manufacturers and foodservice brands, supported by more than 350 R&D and technical staff.
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification program
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BRCGS certification
HACCP-based food safety programs
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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
Vibrant IngredientsVibrant Ingredients traces its roots to a 1954 clean-label ingredient operation in Eustis, Florida, and now unites that history with the scale of the world’s largest private-equity-owned natural ingredients company. The company helps food and beverage manufacturers develop natural ingredients and custom solutions, working alongside them from concept through commercialization. Its 2026 Innovation Center in Cranbury, New Jersey gives customers a hands-on setting for turning early ideas into market-ready products.MELVILLE, 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
First Spice Mixing Company IncFamily-owned and operated since 1940, First Spice Mixing Company makes custom seasoning blends and food ingredients for manufacturers across the food industry. Founded by Felix Epstein after he immigrated to the United States, the company grew from a Lower Manhattan spice business into a three-facility operation with research and development teams at each plant. Its history in sausage and meat seasoning remains part of the company’s identity, alongside technical support for product development and food-safety programs certified to FSSC 22000.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY