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From keeping you up-to-date with the latest trends and a project management system that ensures seamless execution to warehousing, fulfillment and shipping, we will leave no stone unturned until you’re more than satisfied. A sampling of our additional services include: |  |  Culinary At Wixon, culinary excellence is the "scientific study of deliciousness, combining the 'know how' of cooks with the 'know why' of scientists." (Author unknown)  Global Sourcing Wixon not only creates customized flavors and seasonings but we globally source for the spices that comprise these customized products.  Spice Cleaning/Grinding All Wixon spices and ingredients must follow ASTA "Best Practices" and FDA standards for cleanliness. Wixon goes beyond the basic standards to ensure quality, clean ingredients for our customers.  Grinding - Milled from fine powder up to course granules.
- Temperature control conserves oils within the ingredients for optimization of flavor
 Seasoning Blending A Wixon’s specialty!Wixon only blends top quality spices and ingredients that follow ASTA "Best Practices" and adhere to FDA and Wixon strict standards.  Flavor Development This is what we do! Wixon has a highly experienced team of experts - flavor Chemists, food Scientists, meat scientists, and a chef - to develop customized flavors that consumers will love and grow sales for our customers!  Flavor Matching We can match a flavor, a seasoning, a herb, a spice for just about any food and beverage!  Flavor Manufacturing Production is the nerve center of our operations. Flavors are prepared in batches ranging from 5 to 1,500 gallons.  Reverse Engineering Wixon has the expertise and technical equipment to reverse-engineer any food or beverage product.  Formulation/Product Development From new innovative food & beverage concepts to “me-to products our professional and skilled staff drives home winning products!  Packaging You can count on Wixon to help develop the packaging solutions that will not only stand out on the retail shelf, while meeting all regulatory requirements, but also are cost effective  Regulatory Fulfilling and maintaining all of the requirements for Food and Beverage products can truly be confusing.  Inventory Management Convenience, cost-savings and guaranteed quality are just some of the benefits you can get from using our inventory management program.  Sensory To point you in the right direction for new products, our in-house sensory capabilities include:  Marketing Support From trends to consumer insights, Wixon marketing can show you the 10,000-foot view or the 10-foot view! | We capture the art of culinary from our chefs and the science of our Food & Meat Scientists technologists to truly create outstanding products for our customers. We offer: - Up-to-date marketing and menu trends
- Experienced and innovative thinking staff
- Culinary ideation from our chef and food scientists
- Develop, prepare, and test food product prototypes at our state-of-the-art Culinary Center.
Only the finest are chosen from harvest worldwide – from Asia to India to South America. We only work with exporters who meet our strict product specifications for quality, flavor and all important parameters. We are vertically integrated to make sourcing and pricing more efficient for our customers. We offer: - On-trend information on the latest spices & ingredients
- Top quality spices and ingredients from around the world – Only the best will do!
- Culinary ideation from our chef and food scientists
- Price Protection
We follow ASTA "Best Practices" as well as our own further cleaning and quality measures. We provide:Cleaning: - Density sorts … sorts from light to heavy; pulls off stems and rocks
- Dust control of incoming products
- De-stoner to eliminate all stones and rocks
- Sifting to assure uniform sizing of particles
- All done to Wixon’s rigid controls
Our team of flavor and seasoning experts work together to develop the perfect seasoning blend to delight your customer! Our manufacturing team specializes in blending dry or wet formulations in-house in our dedicated blending facility across a variety of packaging sizes and containers. High volume mixing and blending, plating systems, spray drying are just a few of our blending capabilities. - Customized seasoning formulations for any Food or Beverage
- A library of over 7,000 seasoning blends to get you started
- On trend and cost-effective
- Wet or dry blending
- Variety of packaging options
What we offer:- Marketing and menu trends on flavors
- Expert staff of highly trained and skilled flavor innovators
- Ideation and development of customized flavors
- Wixon library of over 7,000 sweet and savory flavors to meet any product specification
- Natural, artificial or a combination
Wixon has an entire team of analytical experts who have flavor-matching expertise and our flavor lab has the latest and most sophisticated analytical equipment including high-pressure liquid chromatographs, and gas chromatographer-mass spectrometer. We have . . .- Over 275,000 mass spectra library
- Extraction of volatiles from diverse media
- Solid Phase Micro Extraction technique (SPME)
Dry mixes are filled right from the blender into 25 to 2,000 pound bulk containers. And liquids are transferred into everything from pint bottles to 55-gallon drums. The result: Top quality products known for their purity, integrity, and consistency from batch to batch. We have an analytical lab that has the latest and most sophisticated analytical equipment including High Pressure Liquid Chromatographs, Gas Chromatographer-Mass Spectrometer. We have . . .- Over 275,000 mass spectra library
- Extraction of volatiles from diverse media
- Solid Phase Micro Extraction technique (SPME)
From high-end packaging to “green” packaging Wixon can customize a packaging solution for you. Packaging options (If you don’t see what you need, just ask us!): Dry:
- Bottles
- Pouches
- Cartons
- Canisters
- Bulk packaging
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- Totes
- Pails
- Drums
- Bottles
- Bulk packaging
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But from label requirements to nutritional content, our in-house Regulatory Department will guide you all the way! - Dedicated Regulatory Department
- FDA regulations including label compliance, nutrition calculations, allergen evaluation, retail package development
- FSIS / USDA Regulations
- Kosher, organic and natural
- Private label, retail and industrial ingredients
- R&D panel testing
- Triangle testing
- Hedonic & Preference testing
Dedicated marketing department that specializes in new product development and driving innovation platforms. Focus on consumer, the marketplace and customer-focused categories Research:- Research company partnerships
- Tradeshow attendance
- Internet research and tracking
- Industry literature and seminars
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