AFP-History of Excellence

American Fruits and Flavors Logo

2000

American Fruits & Flavors reintroduced as parent corporation for American Fruit Processors, Mutual Flavors, and Mutual Flavors Spray Dried.

Mutual Flavors Logo

1999

Mutual Flavors Spray Dried, Los Angeles, created to focus on the growing demand of powdered flavors.

Phytomins logo

1988

American Fruits & Flavors established in Dallas, Texas (California Flavor Labs purchases Southland Food Labs) to better serve juice and flavor customers in the Southwest U.S.

1988

Mutual Flavors, Los Angeles was purchased from Borden to relocate and expand scope of flavor business for California Flavor Labs.

1981

Washington State Juice opened at Speas Plant in Yakama, Washington (purchased from Pillsbury) to process an abundance of fruit available in the Northwest U.S.

N E W P R O D U C T C A T E G O R I E S
1998	WOJC & NF®, fruit concentrates "with other juice concentrates and natural flavors" for 100% juice claim and high-impact flavor

1995	Smoothie bases
1990	WOJC®, fruit concentrates "with other juice concentrates" for 100% juice claim

1988	R-FAC®, natural fruit sweetners with Reduced Flavor Acid, and Color

1988	Spray dried flavors
1984	Tropical blend concentrates & coconut products
	Tropical blend concentrates & coconut products
1984	Natural fruit sweeteners
1980	Fruit WONF 30 to 1 concentrates
1972	Single fruit juices and concentrates
1962	Custom flavors and bases

1978

American Fruit Processors opens Pacoima plant and expands on the quality and variety of fruits available from the Central Valley of California.

1974

Vita Juice Corp., Los Angeles, established to meet the market demand for single strength fruit juices.

American Fruit Processors, Los Angeles, created to manufacture apple juice and apple concentrate for the beverage industry.

1972

1962

California Flavor Labs, Los Angeles created by Fred Farago to provide innovative flavors to the dairy industry.