Since its founding in 1981, Vanns Spices has built its identity around helping American food businesses bring their own spice brands to market. From its Baltimore manufacturing center, the company develops private-label seasonings for retailers and food manufacturers, with a production operation sized to support both emerging brands and national distribution.
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Fuchs North AmericaFuchs North America develops custom seasoning blends and supplies spices for food brands from its 215,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Hampstead, Maryland. Founded in North America as Baltimore Spice Company and part of the Fuchs Gruppe since 1990, the company combines in-house milling and sterilization with culinary, research and sensory teams that can match an existing flavor or develop a new one. Its North American operations also include a manufacturing facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota, while its global parent provides sourcing and trend insight.HAMPSTEAD, MD
Elite SpiceFounded in 1988, Elite Spice is an American-owned spice importer and custom manufacturer producing spices and seasoning blends for the food manufacturing industry. Its six facilities in Maryland and Nevada encompass more than 800,000 square feet, and the company operates its own microbial-reduction systems alongside manufacturing operations. Elite Spice’s products are made for commercial food producers and are used across segments of the food industry.JESSUP, MD
iSpice FoodsiSpice Foods is an American-based importer, processor, and supplier of spices, herbs, and seasonings, with production facilities in the United States. The company mills, blends, and packages ingredients sourced worldwide, serving food-service, retail, and industrial food-preparation customers as well as offering private-label production.CORTLAND, NY
The Chesapeake Spice CompanyOperating since 1987, family-owned Chesapeake Spice makes spices and custom seasoning blends at manufacturing facilities on the East and West coasts. The company sources directly from growers worldwide and combines that farm-to-finished-product control with in-house culinary development, including a Culinary Center where customers can test applications. Chesapeake is BRCGS, OU Kosher, and Halal certified, and is certified by the Maryland Department of Agriculture to produce organic products.BELCAMP, MD