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RFI Ingredients, Blauvelt, NY, announced that it has received organic certification from Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA) for its new manufacturing facility located at its corporate headquarters. Organic certification will allow RFI to continue its commitment to providing its customers with organic ingredients and custom formulations. Vertically-integrated, RFI now controls its organic manufacturing chain from raw material cultivation and harvesting to extraction, processing, blending and packaging.
Jeff Wuagneux, President and CEO of RFI states, “Combining our certified organic ISO-9001 manufacturing and blending facilities with our comprehensive Sourcestainable® line of ingredients will help our customers capitalize on the phenomenal growth in this market.”
In addition, RFI has acquired its long-term partner, Wilsey and Sons, Loveland, CO, manufacturers of unique, high quality flavor and botanical extracts and concentrates. Wilsey and Sons uses a proprietary extraction technology called Dynamic Liquid/Solid Extraction™ (DL/SE™), originally developed by Hauser Chemical Research, to produce highly concentrated flavors, antioxidants and botanical extracts. The extraction process is designed to use minimal solvent, eliminating the need for further thermal concentration, which normally drives off the essential top notes or degrades important phytochemicals. This gentle process results in full-flavored, fresh and distinctive liquid extracts used in food and beverage applications as well as high marker content botanical extracts for nutraceutical applications. In addition to its current line of products, the new facility, renamed RFI Extracts, can produce custom extracts made from a variety of dried raw materials using a number of food-grade solvent systems. The facility also has fermentation capabilities and future plans include expanding its drying, milling and blending capabilities as well as extract purification technologies. The new facility is Kosher- and Halal-approved as well as certified organic.
“RFI and Wilsey and Sons have been working together now for more than 5 years producing tea and flavor extracts for the food industry,” said Wuagneux. “Combining our individual expertise into one company will prove synergistic and more cost-effective for our customers.”
“Following the Hauser bankruptcy in 2003, I saw an opportunity to continue to service their long-term flavor customers,” explains Marty Wilsey, owner of Wilsey and Sons and former production manager for the Hauser Flavor and Nutraceutical division. “However, we needed a dynamic partner with food and supplement industry relationships to grow the business further. RFI provides this missing link and we look forward to having more resources for research and development of new and exciting products.”
RFI Ingredients is a vertically-integrated manufacturer of innovative natural ingredients for the food, functional food and dietary supplement industries. The company, which was formed in 1989, specializes in the supply of quality ingredients (including certified-organic) and proprietary formulations.
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