With 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.
Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification
Orthodox Union Kosher Certification
Quality Assurance International (QAI) Organic Certification
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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
Star Kay White, IncFamily-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.CONGERS, NY
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
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