Food & Beverage Seasonings, Flavor Systems

& Technologies

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Seasonings & Technologies

Consumer Products

1-800-841-5304 | www.wixon.com

Wixon. Blending Innovation With a Passion for Service. Wixon blends innovative processes with a passion to provide you with personal service to ensure you get superior quality products and the best experience possible from concept to consumption.

For more than 100 years, our team of talented experts have made good things happen for our customers. Whether developing trend-setting formulations in our culinary center and labs, addressing ingredient issues or making sure our customers are staying on top of flavor trends – we approach every challenge with a thoughtful, caring philosophy.

It’s what we’re all about at Wixon. We take great pride in creating new tastes people will enjoy. Trust Wixon – the industry’s premier food and beverage seasoning and flavor company.

SEASONINGS • TECHNOLOGIES • DRY MIXES

Wixon Services & Offerings.

Analytical SupportAllergen-Free

Blending (Wet/Dry)Bulk Packaging (Wet/Dry)

Contract ManufacturingCulinary Center

Customer ServiceFlavor Modifiers

Formulation Development FSSC 22000 Certified

Global SourcingGluten-Free

Inventory Management ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Kosher CertifiedMarketing Support

Meat Pilot PlantNon-GMO

Organic CertifiedPrice Protection

Private LabelProject Management

Research & DevelopmentRegulatory Services

Retail PackagingSensory Support

Spice Cleaning & Processing

“ As a 100-year-old company with the innovative drive of a start-up, we have the sophisticated tools and analytical expertise of any company in our industry. The Wixon difference? We provide the attention to service, caring, and detail that will make you believe you’re our only customer.”

Peter Gottsacker, President

Areas of Expertise. Wixon adds mouth-watering appeal to your fresh, frozen, or prepared foods and beverages. We pour our technological know-how, scientific expertise, creative imagination, and passion for food into every flavor challenge.

Meat, Poultry & Seafood Seasonings & TechnologiesWixon is the industry leader in customized seasoning blends and natural protein technologies that target flavor issues in fresh and pre-cooked beef, pork, poultry and fish.

• Customized seasoning blends• Wet and dry flavor systems• Library of flavor technologies extends shelf life, masks off-notes,

enhances flavor

Consumer ProductsWixon Consumer Products Division offers three core levels of service to ensure your gourmet dry mixes and seasonings will meet expectations from innovative concepts through efficient production to professional packaging.

• Product innovation• Formulation development• Processing and packaging

Core Expertise. Food & Beverage Seasonings, Flavor Systems & TechnologiesOur best-in-class flavor systems and seasonings provide an endless variety of options to help you create distinctive custom blends or improve an existing profile.

• On-trend, cost-effective products• Professional blending saves you 8-15%• Library of flavor technologies masks off-notes, reduces sodium and sugar,

enhances flavor

Specialty Products.From sourcing to handling and testing, we go above and beyond to make sure we meet the strict standards of specialty product manufacturing.

Organic • Gluten-Free • Non-GMO Kosher • Allergen-Free

Special Services.Flavor ModifiersOur entire line of flavor modifiers will naturally enhance the taste of your food, beverage, dietary supplement and weight management products.

Foodservice Wixon Foodservice Group uncovers market trends and turns them into tasty, profitable menu solutions.

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Global SourcingWhen it comes to superior ingredients, our dedicated Global Sourcing Department ensures you receive the best quality and price possible. Our talented team works closely with qualified global partners to obtain specialized ingredients. What’s more, we perform detailed quarterly audits and regular site visits to assure quality is maintained through every batch sourced.

Research & Development One of our greatest advantages is our research and development facilities. Our highly experienced team of food technologists, flavor chemists, meat scientists, research chef and Director of Innovation work very hard to develop a unique array of quality products. We do it quickly. We never run out of ideas. And, we give customers ideas they didn’t even know they were looking for.

Analytical LabWe take a structured approach to assuring safe, consistent products in our world-class facilities housing the latest in technology. In fact, we’ve made significant investments in specialized equipment such as our high pressure liquid chromatographs, gas chromatographer, mass spectrometer systems and a 275,000 mass spectra library. All at our disposal to ensure you receive the highest quality for both inbound and outbound raw materials and products.

Sensory SupportWe have invested in our people and technology to offer a formal sensory testing program. Incorporating R&D panel testing, triangle testing, hedonic and preference testing, we are able to innovate new products that will drive consumer trial and repeat.

Exceptional Service. It’s the way we’re built. To proactively communicate with you, so you know what is happening with your project at every critical step. To react to requests immediately, getting you results quickly.

At Wixon, service is more than just a word, it’s the way we do business. Our culture of outstanding service starts at the top and works its way to every Wixon employee. We’re intimately involved in your challenges to ensure your success every step of the way.

Regulatory Guidance Our knowledge of best practices. Our understanding of government regulations from label requirements to nutritional content. The expertise and guidance we provide to ensure your products meet the highest industry standards is unsurpassed.

Customer ServiceCourteous. Knowledgeable. A “Done Right the First Time” attitude. Our customer service team will track orders, quote prices, verify deliveries and handle any special requests you may have. Our job is to take care of it all for you.

Packaging DevelopmentOur experienced team will bring you bulk and custom packaging solutions that meet even the most stringent requirements. From 1 ounce jars to kraft bags to supersacks, we provide the finished package flexibility you need. We will ensure your product meets all regulatory requirements. And, we offer the efficiencies of a 36,000 square foot packaging facility with a one-stop production system.

Inventory ManagementSave money, eliminate the hassle and make life easier by letting Wixon manage your inventory. Our advanced inventory management system enables us to warehouse customer products and ship them upon request.

Exceptional Service

Innovation Never Tasted So Good. We’re proud of our innovations in food applications, packaging and problem solving. We’ve developed a library of thousands of unique seasonings and dry mixes and we create hundreds of new trend-busting products every year.

Wixon’s 400,000 square foot campus is a valuable resource for your product development. Here, our people thrive on creating new taste experiences for your customers. Wix-fresh, Mag-nifique and KClean Salt are just a few of the product lines we’ve developed that help make our customers’ products taste better.

Bud Morgan Technical Center Our experienced food and beverage experts are dedicated to creating ideas in our advanced labs housed in the Bud Morgan Technical Center – the heart and soul of our business. Together, our teams work with customers to create thousands of samples every year.

• Comprehensive quality control and regulatory services• Formulation, duplication and cost reduction • ISO 9001:2008 Certified• Synergistic Laboratories » Flavors » Protein Applications & Seasonings » Industrial Ingredients » Consumer Products

“It’s our shared vision and commitment to our customers, employees, and community that drive us to conduct our company business in an ethical manner, operating with the highest regard for good manufacturing principles, with an emphasis on food safety, employee development, and generous support for the community in which we live and work and our country which we love.”

Peter Gottsacker, President Chuck Ehemann, Vice President Peter Caputa, Chief Financial Officer

Culinary Center This Innovation Center was designed to replicate the foodservice experience for our customers through retail and foodservice product preparation. Our skilled research chef presents finished products to customers in this specially designed space.

• Commercial kitchen• Testing facility• Specialty commercial-grade

cooking equipment• High-tech audio/visual tools

Meat Pilot PlantOur Meat Pilot Plant is where protein innovation comes to life.

Work with our meat scientists and technologists to create, taste and test all types of protein products in this state-of-the-art facility featuring chilled processors, batch/smokehouse, linear cook capabilities, batter and breading equipment, injectors, vacuum tumblers and a wide variety of technical equipment enabling you to produce finished product for immediate testing.

ManufacturingWe utilize innovative manufacturing technologies designed to achieve the highest levels of safety, quality, and efficiency.

• Full dry blending capability – batch size 100 to 3,500 pounds

• Minimal quantity to bulk finished packaging – 1 oz. jars to kraft bags to supersacks

• Liquid blending and packaging• Full dry mix retail packaging –

vertical fill, in-line filler lines, bottling, cartoners

Innovation

QualityUnwavering Commitment to Quality. There are standards and there are Wixon standards. Customers come to us because they know Wixon means superior quality. They know our highest priority is ensuring top shelf, safe ingredients for every raw material that comes into our facility and each product we ship out.

We follow rigorous procedures to ensure food safety every step of the way, in every application.

Committed to Quality ControlWe hold ourselves and our partners to the highest standards by implementing in-house quality assurance systems and sampling product every time.

Before raw materials ever arrive at Wixon, we qualify our vendors through detailed processes and audits. Upon arrival and prior to further processing, we inspect each shipment in our hygienic labs to confirm uncompromised quality. Throughout production and processing, random tests are conducted to maintain product profiles and verify purity, weight, color, viscosity, flavor, texture, and chemical composition. The result? Consistent, top-quality flavors, spices, blended seasonings, finished products and more that deliver the best taste and performance.

• Full lot traceability• Contaminant controls• Multiple testing to ensure integrity of products, including diet-sensitive• Metal detection• Food Security Program• 1,600+ hours of annual quality and food safety training• 30+ quality programs in place

The Mark of Quality AssuranceWixon’s unwavering commitment to quality shows in all we do. From sourcing to finished product, we perform rigorous procedures to assure your products meet and often exceed regulated standards.

ISO 9001:2008 FSSC 22000 QAI Organic cRc Kosher

Judge Us By the Company We KeepWixon is actively involved – and oftentimes leads – important industry associations, including IFT, ASTA, RCA, AMI, DSA, ACF and NSMA.

QualityAccording to independent research, Wixon meets or exceeds client expectations in areas that matter most to you, including product quality, food safety, technical support, responsiveness, turnaround time, and on-time delivery!

Source: Quality Solutions, Cleveland, Ohio

Giving Back to Community. We’d like to think it shows through everything we do – we are proud to live and work in the community and country we serve. It’s a privilege we do not take lightly.

So, at Wixon, we work hard to give back. You will see it in the way we serve our customers, employees and vendor partners. It’s in our efforts to grow our industry, expand our diverse workforce and support many charitable organizations.

From our customers to our community, Wixon gives back so all may benefit from our growth as a company. It’s not just part of our

philosophy; it’s a big part of who we are.

A Vision for Sustainability. Wixon is committed to smart, sustainable initiatives – integrating activities that positively impact the environment. Our goal of reducing energy consumption and promoting recycling and reuse enhances our corporate sustainability commitment.

From changing facility lighting to air and pallet recycling and energy audits, our sustainability team takes deliberate steps to reduce energy consumption and defer landfill waste across all operations.

Sustainable

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challenges and explore how Wixon can enhance the

taste, quality and performance of your products.

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