From powder for sauces to chopped garlic for baking, our comprehensive range of fractions, formats and treatments make our dried garlic ingredients the fail-safe addition to any application.
Wonderful for adding a fresh garlic taste without texture or piece identity to coatings and broths. Also widely used as a topical flavoring for snack foods.
Dedicated local farmers, often spanning multiple generations, grow our bulk garlic under the Californian sunshine deep in the San Joaquin Valley.
All of our wholesale US garlic is grown from our unique non-GMO garlic cloves, developed through our rigorous in-house seed breeding using tissue cultures and grown using hydroponics to help ensure that the seed development is virus-free. The seed is then transplanted in nurseries and used to grow our garlic crop.
Our high yielding garlic produces more cloves on fewer acres of land, minimizing our use of water, fuel, fertilizer and pesticides. After harvesting, the cloves are sent to one of our facilities to be washed, sliced, dried and milled to size. Our California garlic is dried and processed into fractions within days of harvest.
Sustainability is at the heart of business at ofi. We’re deeply committed to meeting the needs of today, without depleting natural resources, to safeguard future generations.
The steps we take in our California garlic supply chain, such as investing in new technologies, partnering with leading environmental organizations and advocating regenerative practices at the farms belonging to our growers, are all carefully chosen to shape tomorrow for good.
We manage quality, food safety, traceability and security of supply across the integrated value chain.
With supervision of the entire supply chain, based in California, we produce high-quality dried garlic that is among the most sustainable in the world. Our Hanford research and development facility develops cloves through our virus-free garlic program before they’re grown and harvested on our Central Valley planting fields in partnership with local farmers. Our processing plant in Gilroy then mills, washes, slices, and dices the yield to the desired size. Quality checks maintain unparalleled safety standards throughout the entire process.
High-quality raw garlic is secured by our team and brought directly to our new, state-of-the-art processing facility in the Shandong Province of China. Our vertically integrated plant manages the complete supply chain, from washing, sorting, gentle air-drying and milling. Our on-site quality control lab performs routine microbiological, chemical, physical and allergen testing, ensuring product safety and quality at every step.
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we are the world’s leader in dried garlic supplier in the world*
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traceability of our US garlic from seed to shelf*
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Our promise
Grown from our own proprietary seed, our US garlic is developed specifically for dehydration. We develop pathogen-free, resilient garlic through the proprietary traditional seed breeding program at our facility in Hanford, California.
Our uniquely vertically integrated US garlic supply chain means we are connected to our growers and to each stage of the product’s journey, offering 100% full traceability.
Our rigorous controls ensure a safe and consistent product is delivered to our customers. We also offer Kosher, Halal, Organic and British Retail Consortium (BRC) certified products in a variety of formats to bring only the best quality to customers worldwide.
Co-create
Garlic’s capacity to keep enriching new products and modern tastes is always impressive. Whether you want to create a beautifully creamy aioli, tangy curry powder or like the idea of something bold (how about an almond, jalapeño, garlic and mushroom soup?) we’re ready and waiting to turn your garlic idea into an incredible product. Our world-class R&D team, certified and sustainable ingredients and advanced labs are all yours.
Let's put our minds behind something special. Delight consumers, grow businesses and make real change for people and the planet - by creating together.
People with different skill sets are the ultimate blend. We’ll bring our global solutions and products, and you bring the ultimate ingredient: your brand.
Innovation
Our new, state-of-the-art processing facility in the Shandong Province of China delivers product safety at every point, thanks to the plant’s ability to manage the complete supply chain, from washing and sorting, to gentle air-drying and milling. Once processed, our on-site quality control lab can carry out microbiological, chemical, physical and allergen testing. This is equipment at the forefront of food safety.
In partnership with Brightseed, a biosciences data company, we’re exploring the health benefits of its black pepper varieties using artificial intelligence. Brightseed's Forager® AI platform is helping us research complex molecular structures to identify bioactive compounds and their potential health benefits. We’re considering different regions, cultivars, growing conditions and processing methods to see how we can harness the bioactive potency of our black pepper for good. Watch this space.
Whether it's the robust depth of garlic powder, the punch of minced garlic in a new sauce or the rich, mellow notes of roasted garlic in pioneering plant-based dishes, garlic is endlessly adaptable for forward-thinking products.
We have strong relationships with our US farmer partners.
Tony Azevedo: Stone Land Co
3rd generation farmer
Cannon Michael: Bowles Farming Co
6th generation farmer
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