Illes Food Ingredients is a manufacturer of food ingredients, primarily liquid and dry, which provide features like flavor, texture, aroma or appearance to meat and food processors and to beverage producers. These ingredients are sold to food manufacturers and beverage distributors to be used in their products or mixed with their food or beverage formulas. To the food industry, Illes provides functional flavor ingredients such as glazes, marinades, rubs, sauces, sauce bases and flavors. In addition, the company produces consumer ready products. The Fanfare line, sold to the beverage industry, is a full line of liquid drink mixes used by the bar trade to flavor alcoholic drinks such as pina coladas and margaritas. The company markets other consumer ready products, like Worcestershire sauce, either in concentrate or ready to use form. The Worcestershire sauces are sold in bulk and are repackaged by customers and sold under their own label.
The company has long term relationships with many of its customers, having provided product development solutions and exceptional service since 1927. From the beginning, the company has invested heavily in new product development. It prides itself on quick development turnaround and a quality match of the customer's needs, and then a quick production rampup when required. The company has accumulated a large, active library of successful seasoning formulas and techniques, which continues to improve development turnaround capability. Combined with this technical expertise is a firm commitment by the company to meet or exceed the customer's expectations for service and value. The company considers its strong product capabilities to be the areas of Worcestershire bases, bar mixes, sauce bases, red meat and poultry flavor applications and pasta and rice flavors and seasonings.
