Company Category: Chocolate/Cocoa Products

Chefmaster

Best known for its high-quality food coloring manufactured in the USA (both natural and artificial options), Chefmaster has expanded its product portfolio over the past decade to include meringue powder, icings and glazes, cake drizzles and drips, and an array of other wet or powder form edible cake and cookie decorating supplies for both wholesale and retail. Leveraging over 120 years of bakery industry expertise, you can continue to expect only the best from Chefmaster. From the high quality of our formulations to an amazing sales and customer service team and all the advantages of your order being produce domestically, you can count on us to your trusted partner. We specialize in custom formulation and private labeling. Whether you are trying to convert your production to all natural dyes or looking to extend your branded product portfolio, we have a solution for you. Stop by our booth to see how we can partner with your company and help you thrive in this uncertain economic environment.

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Chef Rubber

Chef Rubber is a leading provider of premium ingredients, tools, and supplies for culinary artists around the globe. Renowned for empowering chefs, chocolatiers, and pastry professionals, Chef Rubber brings innovation, quality, and creativity to the forefront of the modern kitchen.

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Cargill

Cargill Protein – North America produces, distributes and markets beef, turkey, chicken and egg products to retail, foodservice and food manufacturers throughout North America, and exports meat and by-products around the world. Our 28,000 employees, and more than three dozen processing facilities in the U.S. and Canada are focused on delivering products and services that meet consumers’ evolving preferences and needs to help our customers thrive. | In today’s dynamic bakery market, success depends on more than just great ingredients. That’s why Cargill brings decades of global food expertise, cutting-edge innovation and deep market insight to help you create bakery products that win with consumers. More than an ingredient supplier, we’re your partner in innovation and growth. Our global team of bakery experts brings technical depth and commercialization experience to the table, supporting you from ideation to scale-up. Whether you’re reformulating a classic or launching something entirely new, we offer hands-on help with custom ingredient blends, rapid prototyping, pilot runs and more. Our portfolio covers it all: fats and oils, sweeteners, texturizers, cocoa, chocolate and compounds, salt and sodium reduction, plus flours, grains and mixes through Ardent Mills. And with world-class sourcing, sustainability leadership and price risk management tools, we help you stay competitive – even in a volatile market.Whether you’re boosting indulgence, tackling label-friendly reformulations, improving nutrition or staying ahead of trends, our insights-led approach ensures your bakery innovations stand out in a crowded marketplace. Visit our booth to discover how we can transform the future of bakery, together. | As a global leader in food ingredients, Cargill delivers cutting-edge solutions that help you meet evolving consumer demands. Whether you’re crafting better-for-you products, enhancing taste and texture, or optimizing formulations, we provide the expertise and innovation to keep you ahead of the curve. Visit us to discover what’s next. | Cargill’s goal is to help customers stay competitive in today’s evolving food service industry. Drawing on over 155 years of experience, Cargill’s team transforms c-store trends into innovative answers tailored to address the unique challenges and demands of convenience stores. By providing a wide range of comprehensive food solutions rather than just ingredients, Cargill’s broad portfolio is designed to deliver outcomes that are Beyond Convenience. | Cargill is a leading global supplier of specialty additives for the plastics industry, working with our customers to meet market demands and consumer needs. Supported by scientific testing, Cargill’s diverse range brings functionality and innovation together to deliver additives that offer differentiated solutions. We offer a wide range of additives that are added during the processing of plastic and polymers to bring added benefits to the process or the final product. | Cargill Beauty, the personal care division of Cargill, offers a diverse portfolio of nature-derived ingredients, an integrated and responsible supply chain, state-of-the-art research and application services and endless possibilities to support the sustainable growth of personal care brands. Our portfolio is composed of texturizers, emollients, emulsifiers, sensory enhancers and bio-actives to develop nature-derived products for skin care, hair care, color care and oral care. | Cargill Animal Nutrition is your reliable partner, committed to enhancing your operations and delivering a dependable future. Leaders in innovation, we tailor cutting-edge products and services to your needs. Our expertise in nutritional programs adds tangible value beyond products, boosting your efficiency and profitability. | Cargill’s Polymer Additives business offers a wide range of high performance and bio-based specialty additives that enhance the performance of polymers. With Cargill’s rich agricultural background, global scale and over 50 years’ of industry experience developing additives at the molecular level, we are uniquely positioned to develop innovative, bio-based solutions. From seed, to chemistry to end solution, we work closely with customers to deliver solutions that meet our customers needs. | FR3 fluid by Cargill is the leading natural ester, used in over 3.5 million transformers throughout the world. With a proven 25+ year history, FR3 fluid provides higher levels of fire safety, reliability, loading capacity, and environmental benefits compared to mineral oil. | As a worldwide presence in the asphalt industry, we deliver results for hot mix plants, DOT agencies, refineries, and asphalt mix plants. Cargill has successfully contributed to millions of tons of asphalt around the world, amplifying profits and performance across customers and applications. Cargill’s Anova® Asphalt Solutions offer a full range of robust bio-based chemistries. Drawing on the expertise of renowned scientists, our solutions never force a compromise between performance and economics. We provide laboratory evaluations and if a project requires, our team will help drive plant scale-up, quality assurance, and spec development. Count on Cargill Asphalt Solutions to take innovation from the lab to full-scale implementation.

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CAPITOL FOOD COMPANY

Since 1883, the Capitol name has stood for quality. From our beginnings as Capitol Milling Company to our evolution into Capitol Food Company in 1999, we’ve proudly stayed family-owned by the Levi and Jensen families. Our dedication to delivering superior ingredients and exceptional service continues—more than 140 years later. Our team understands your product needs and will deliver them to you on-time, every time. Whether locally sourced or globally procured, we ensure the ingredients you need are always within reach. From the simplest quality wheat flours, shortening, oils, grains, malts, rice, corn, chocolate, dairy and egg products to virtually every nut and seed under the sun, all Capitol Food Company ingredients have two things in common – superior quality and exceptional value. If it’s not listed, just ask – we’ll find it for you. We are here to ensure you have what you need, when you need it. Capitol Food Company provides bakers and food purveyors with high-quality conventional and organic ingredients, as well as a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for custom blending.

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Caldic

Caldic is a leading ingredient distributor and manufacturer, proudly supporting the bakery industry with customized solutions that help brands stand out in a competitive market. With more than 50 years of experience across the Life Sciences market and strong local operations across the U.S. and Canada, we bring together technical expertise, innovative thinking, and reliable supply to support your product development from concept to shelf. Whether you’re formulating a new product or optimizing a classic, our Customer and Product Development teams work closely with you to tackle challenges and deliver the taste, texture, and performance that today’s consumers expect. From custom blends tailored to your manufacturing requirements to ready-to-use solutions, we help you meet goals across: – Flavor and consumer appeal – Texture and physical performance – Shelf-life management – Health and label requirements – Process efficiency – Sustainable formulations With in-house laboratories, test kitchens, and application specialists, we offer practical, hands-on support to drive successful product launches and reformulations. Our deep market insight and strong supplier partnerships ensure access to high-quality ingredients and the flexibility to adapt quickly in a dynamic marketplace. At Caldic, we believe in co-creating with our customers to bring bakery innovations to life, delivering not just ingredients but real solutions that enhance every bite. | Caldic manufactures a wide range of food ingredients for the North American food industry. Our best-in-class formulation and product support includes: Integrated R&D, regulatory and quality support, an industry leading R&D development center, and on-trend concept development. All performed in our state-of-the-art facilities which are GFSI-SQF Level II, HACCP & Kosher, RSPO certified, organic and NGM Project Verified. We love to delight our customers with | Our maxim, ‘Because we care’ articulates the positive impact we aim to deliver to and through our team members, our business partners, and the communities within which we operate. We have been connecting people, products, and capabilities, since our inception, to deliver on our promise to inspire custom solutions with measurable impact. We have been doing this for several decades now, and we are committed to doing better, every day. We are a leading global distribution solutions partner of specialty chemicals and ingredients for the life science and material science markets. We support our business partners in unlocking value across their supply chain, every day. Our global network of colleagues and facilities enables us to help drive the efficiency and sustainability of the operations of our business partners through solutions backed by outstanding R&D, regulatory support, and market know-how, and tailored to specific needs.

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Burke Candy and Ingredients

Burke Candy & Ingredients are manufactures of Caramel and center ingredients for the Baker, Dessert and Bar manufactures. We are kosher and gluten free. Our certification is SQF. We are located in Milwaukee, WI Our clean label of ingredients is what sets us apart. Stop by our booth for a sample!

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Briess Malt and Ingredients Co.

Founded in 1876 and family-owned for 150 years, Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is a leading U.S. manufacturer of natural, specialty grain and starch-based ingredients. Briess is committed to crafting high-quality ingredients that enhance flavor, color, and functionality across a wide range of food and beverage applications. What We Offer: Briess specializes in clean-label, minimally processed ingredients that preserve the natural integrity of raw materials. Our extensive product portfolio includes: Malt extracts and syrups Roasted and pregelatinized grains Natural sweeteners (including gluten-free options) Malted milk powders Functional starches and maltodextrins These ingredients are ideal for use in baked goods, snacks, cereals, beverages, sauces, frozen desserts, and more. Many of our offerings are available in organic and non-GMO formats, supporting today’s consumer demand for transparency and sustainability 1 2. Why Choose Briess: We combine tradition with innovation, offering technical expertise, custom formulation support, and vertically integrated operations—from grower partnerships to advanced processing capabilities. Our commitment to quality and sustainability ensures that food manufacturers can trust Briess to deliver consistent, high-performing ingredients.

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Brenntag

As the industry’s leading distributor and solutions provider for food ingredients, we offer best-in-class service. This includes comprehensive application technology, technical support, and value-added services. Our Innovation & Application Centers assist customers by developing innovative formulation solutions that help them respond to changing market demands. Customers can also rely on us for customized premixes and ingredient blends, ensuring quality and saving time, space, and valuable production resources. | Brenntag is the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution. We hold a central role in connecting customers and suppliers of the chemical industry. Our two global divisions, Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties, provide a full-line portfolio of industrial and specialty chemicals and ingredients as well as tailor-made application, marketing and supply chain solutions, technical and formulation support, comprehensive regulatory know-how, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries. We have more than 17,700 employees worldwide and operate a network of more than 600 sites in 72 countries. In the field of sustainability, Brenntag pursues specific goals and is committed to sustainable solutions in its own sector and the industries served. | Brenntag, the world’s largest chemical distributor, offers a complete range of personal care ingredients, including alcohols/glycols/other solvents, acids, chelates, salts, surfactants, mineral oil/petrolatum, esters, natural oils, emulsifiers, surfactants, fatty alcohols/acids, silicones, natural oils, rheology modifiers, hair fixative/conditioning/wear-resistance polymers, preservatives, pigments, natural waxes, UV filters and actives/delivery systems. We offer a wide variety of services, including technical and formulation help, mixing/blending and the convenience of our new e-commerce site Brenntag Connect. | Brenntag, the world’s largest chemical distributor, offers a complete range of personal care ingredients, including alcohols/glycols/other solvents, acids, chelates, salts, surfactants, mineral oil/petrolatum, esters, natural oils, emulsifiers, surfactants, fatty alcohols/acids, silicones, natural oils, rheology modifiers, hair fixative/conditioning/wear-resistance polymers, preservatives, hydrogels, natural waxes, UV filters and actives/delivery systems. We offer a wide variety of services, including technical and formulation help, mixing/blending and the convenience of our new e-commerce site Brenntag Connect. | Brenntag has helped mining customers improve profitability and meet strict environmental laws with a variety of chemical product solutions. From Mine to Market (Mine, Mineral Processing, Refinery & Water Treatment) to the DEF used in your equipment, Brenntag has the experience and the answers.

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Blommer Chocolate Company

Blommer Chocolate Company provides comprehensive business solutions for domestic and international customers of all sizes in the confectionery, baking and dairy industries. Among Blommer’s core competencies are cocoa bean processing, chocolate manufacturing, commodity risk management, and product and process R&D. | Blommer Chocolate Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Oil Holdings, is the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America. With 3 strategically located manufacturing facilities in North America, the company provides comprehensive business solutions for domestic and international customers of all sizes in the confectionery, baking and dairy industries. Come by our booth and taste ELEVATE, a new innovative product we are launching at the show!

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