Industrial IngReDients
Hanks Brokerage, Inc. is one of the largest industrial brokers in our market. With a diversified sales staff, we are able to develop and maintain relationships with our customer base.
Market Coverage
Our industrial sales division actively covers the markets of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi, and Alabama. Not all partners are represented by Hanks Brokerage in the full territory. Contact Us for details.
Our Partners
Hanks Brokerage partners with the following companies to bring manufacturers a wide selection of ingredient solutions.
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Hanks Brokerage, Inc. is one of the largest industrial brokers in our market and works hard to bring opportunities to our food service principals.
Sweeteners & Functional Ingredients
As the market continues to demand clean label solutions, Hanks Brokerage is proud to partner with the following companies who can help prevent your company facing issues with:
• Product adulteration
• Price optimization
• Supply issues
• Demand for nutritional improvement
Clarified Pineapple Syrup
Offers a variety of honey products, much of which is produced domestically. Stringent testing parameters which eliminates risk of adulterated or circumvented products.
• Acesulfame Potassium
• Aspartame
• Crystalline Fructose
• Sucralose
• Stevia
• Monk Fruit
• Polyols
Vertically integrated agave company which can offer agave nectars which have been used by major brands.
• Plum and Prune juice concentrates, powders, and bits
• Diced and whole pitted plums
Sourcing specialist for gluten-free, organic, and non-GMO ingredients
• Proteins
• Starches
• Sweeteners
• Seeds
SorMate clean label mold inhibitor
Hydrocolloid and stabilizer systems
Creates a variety of inclusions that can be used in a wide range of applications. Products can be customized to fit your application and need.
Offers a variety of dried honey, molasses, and malt products for the food industry. Our quality dried sweetener ingredients help make your food products taste (and look) great!
Alternatives to synthetic meat ingredients, including curing agents, accelerators, and natural phosphate alternatives.
Customized liquid acidulate blends
Natural antioxidants geared toward a variety of different applications
Robertet- Formerly Ecom Foods
Rosemary based antioxidants suitable for slowing the oxidation of fats.
Colors
It has been said that consumers eat with their eyes. Hanks Brokerage partners with the following companies to cover your color needs which will help you optimize the visual appeal of your product. Through these partners, we can help address your needs for providing:
• Clean label solutions
• Clean label solutions
• Formulation assistance
• Matching
• Price optimization
Enhance your products’ taste, appearance, and nutritional value with fruit and vegetable concentrates and powders.
• Full line of caramel color products
• Full line of caramel color products
• Clean label and organic options
• Matching and technical support offered
• Natural and synthetic colors
• Liquids and powders
• Matching and technical support offered
Flav-R- Bites
Flav-R- Swirls
• Natural colors
Dairy Products
Hanks Brokerage can offer several solutions to any project utilizing dairy ingredients. We can offer creative solutions to help with:
- Cost reduction
- Shelf-life optimization of raw ingredients Flavor enhancement
- Nutritional formulation solutions
- Label matching
• Starter distillates
• Enzyme modified cheeses
• Custom soup and sauce bases
• Acid blends
• Vegan options
• Functional dairy concentrates
• Ready to use fillings
• Specially processed cheeses
- Plant Based and allergen friendly dairy alternatives
FLAVORS, FLAVOR ENHANCERS
and spices
Building your target flavor profile can be a multifaceted approach. We have numerous solutions to help you build and refine your product’s flavor as well as offering:
• Trend analysis
• Clean label solutions
• Product matching
• Price optimization
Bulk Spices, Herbs, Dehydrated vegetables
Domestic Onion, Garlic, Parsley, and Capsicum products
Organic spices
Custom Spice Blends
Robertet- Formerly Ecom Foods
Spice extractives and oleoresins
Natural dairy flavors
Custom natural and artificial flavors (liquid and spray dry)
Vinegars, Cooking wines, Denatured spirits
American Instants
Instant Coffees and teas
Natural smoke flavors
Creates a variety of inclusions that can be used in a wide range of applications. Products can be customized to fit your application and need.
Dried chili peppers and blends, pastes, purees, smoked products
*Formerly Amelia Bay.
Real brewed tea, herbal, & coffee concentrates
Sauces, Condiments, & Oils
Whether you are looking for a condiment to be an essential element to your product or looking to add a creative top-note, we have various solutions to help meet your needs.
Arista Industries is a proven leader in the seafood industry, but Arista is more than a seafood company. Arista is a partner that delivers results to its diverse and loyal partners.
Apple butters and applesauce
Asian sauces
McIlhenny
Tabasco® branded sauces
Cooking wines, Wine reductions, and Denatured spirits
Ketchup, Tomato sauce, and Chili sauce
Hot sauces, Steak sauces, Worchestershire sauce
Mustard products
Distributor of Asian sauces, Mustards, Oils, and Peanut Butter
Olive oils (EVOO, refined and blended, flavored), Balsamic, and Specialty Vinegars
• Olive and other seed oil
• Specialty and infused oils
Vegetable & Chile Products
Soups, sauces, and dressings have been a key market for Hanks Brokerage and we have various solutions to offer. Our staff can help recommend the appropriate solution by understanding your:
- Labeling requirements
- Processing conditions and finished application
- Storage and packaging limitations
- Freight considerations
Organic dehydrated chile products
Dehydrated capsicum and vegetable products
McIlhenny
Aged Tabasco pepper products
Dehydrated capsicum and vegetable products
Dehydrated vegetable products
Dehydrated chiles and chile purees
Shelf stable onion, garlic, and chile products
Pre-cooked, dehydrated beans
IQF vegetable products
Freeze dried vegetable products
Microdried vegetables, beans, and legumes
Processed & IGF
Jalapeno, Green Chile, and tomatillos.
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Canned and aseptic tomato products
Block frozen Hatch green chiles, pepper products
Frozen & canned vegetables
Canned vegetable products
For brands seeking to meet the demand for clean label statements, we offer:
- VegCon TM single vegetable concentrates
- VegBlend TM blended vegetable concentrates
- VegDry TM vegetable powders
Sundried tomato products
FRUIT, NUt, and seed products
Whether you are looking to add interesting flavors, texture, or improve your nutritional value of your product, we can offer solutions to help you achieve your goal.
Organic seeds
IQF fruits
Applesauce, Apple juice and cider, Pie fillings
Freeze dried fruit products
Microdried Fruits
Lemon and lime juice concentrates
Northwest Packing Division Canned Pears, Plums, Cherries, and Cranberries
Canned fruit products
Dry Pastas
Diced and whole pitted plums, Plum and Prune juice concentrates, Powders, and Bits
Frozen and aseptic fruit purees and concentrates
Sundried fruits
For brands seeking to meet the demand for clean label statements, look no further than our JuiceDryTM fruit powders
• Frozen & Canned Fruit
Beverage Bases
Whether you are looking to add interesting flavors or to improve your nutritional value of your beverages, we can offer solutions to help you achieve your goal.
Frozen and aseptic fruit purees and concentrates
Agave Spirits
Lemon and lime juice concentrates
Apple Juices and ciders
Organics
Hanks Brokerage represents over 30 product lines. The following are vendors who can offer organic products.
Organic and non-GMO caramel colors
Enzyme modified dairy ingredients
Sourcing specialist for gluten-free, organic, and non-GMO ingredients
Monkfruit, Stevia, Erythritol
Instant coffee and tea
Agave and Inulin
Honey
Fruit concentrates (by contract only)
Herbs, spices, custom blends
Organic color solutions
Robertet- Formerly Ecom Foods
Spice extractives and oleoresins
Vinegars
California-grown onion, paprika, and chili pepper
Lemon and lime juice concentrates
Sundried apricots and tomatoes
Microdried fruits and vegetables
Creates a variety of inclusions that can be used in a wide range of applications. Products can be customized to fit your application and need.
Freeze dried fruit and vegetables
Dehydrated chiles and chile purees
Tomato products
Pre-cooked, dehydrated beans
Organic compliant flavors