Family-owned Star Kay White traces its roots to David Katzenstein’s Lower Manhattan business, opened on Valentine’s Day in 1890. Today, the fourth and fifth generations of the Katzenstein family lead the company, which supplies flavoring ingredients to makers of ice cream and other frozen desserts. Its SQF food-safety certification, held since 2011, reflects the systems behind that long-running family enterprise.
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Universal Ingredients Shank'sWith roots in Lancaster County dating to 1899, Universal Ingredients–Shank’s grew from pharmacist Jacob Shank’s vanilla flavoring business into a long-standing ingredient partner for the food and beverage industry. Today, the company develops extracts and flavors for industrial, grocery and private-label customers, with operations housed in a 191,000-square-foot headquarters. Shank’s has maintained Safe Quality Food certification since 2010.LANCASTER, PA
Parker FlavorsFounded in Baltimore in 1897, Parker Flavors develops and manufactures flavorings and custom flavor formulations for food and beverage makers. The company remains guided by four generations of Parker family entrepreneurs, building on a legacy that began with vanilla products and now includes bespoke flavors for a broad range of applications. Parker Flavors pairs its flavorists’ expertise with rapid-turnaround development and production, and reports both organic certification and a perfect SQF score.BALTIMORE, MD
Perry’s Ice Cream Co., IncFounded in Akron, New York, in 1918 by H. Morton Perry, Perry’s Ice Cream is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated ice cream maker and frozen-food distributor. Its signature ice cream follows a family recipe and slow-cooked process, and the company also contract-manufactures frozen desserts for partner brands.AKRON, NY
Superior ChocolateThe Katsoris family has run this Staten Island chocolate business since 1911, when founder Emmanuel Katsoris began making candy on a marble slab after arriving from Greece. Still family-owned and operated, Superior Chocolate is known for preserving that long local tradition while producing seasonal molded chocolate for customers at home and across the country.STATEN ISLAND, NY