Griffith Foods

Griffith Foods is a global product development partner specializing in high-quality food ingredients and customized culinary solutions. Founded in 1919 and family-owned, the company works at the intersection of culinary arts, food science, sensory science, and consumer insights to help customers create products that are both flavorful and nutritionally minded. The company serves foodservice, food manufacturers, protein processors, retailers, and distributors across a broad international footprint. Griffith Foods positions itself as a collaborative innovation partner that helps customers solve formulation, performance, and nutrition challenges while supporting a more sustainable food system. Core Values Make the future better : Griffith Foods emphasizes optimism, courage, and sustainability-driven innovation, with a stated commitment to leaving the planet better for future generations. Work together globally : Collaboration across geographies, disciplines, and partners is central to the company’s approach, enabling it to combine global reach with local relevance. Behave like owners : The company stresses long-term value creation, accountability, and doing the right thing even when it is difficult. Build customer success : Griffith Foods frames its own success as dependent on customer success, and it prioritizes understanding and anticipating customer needs. Deliver results : The company highlights excellence, measurable outcomes, and alignment with its people-planet-performance goals. Act like family : As a family company, Griffith Foods emphasizes care, respect, employee wellbeing, and personal growth. Unique Aspects More than a century of heritage : Griffith Foods traces its roots to 1919, when it began introducing food science to the food industry, and it still uses that legacy to guide product development today. Global culinary and technical capability : The company combines chefs, food scientists, sensory science, and consumer insights to create customized solutions, giving it a distinctive cross-functional development model. Purpose-led sustainability strategy : Its 2030 Aspirations frame sustainability as a core business strategy, with priorities spanning sustainable sourcing, nutritious product development, access to nutrition, and employee wellbeing. Named innovation platforms : Griffith Foods has branded platforms such as Craveable Impact, Enhanced Eating, Texture Perfected, and Efficiency Elevated to address specific customer outcomes like sodium reduction, nutrition, texture, and yield. Strategic partnerships and acquisitions : Known news highlights partnerships with PepsiCo, Worldchefs, and Shiru, plus the acquisition of Plant-Tec in Poland and the earlier acquisition of Custom Culinary, expanding its capabilities and regional reach. TEROVA and regenerative sourcing : The company launched TEROVA to scale sustainably sourced spices, herbs, botanicals, and innovative ingredients, reinforcing its farmer-first and traceability-focused sourcing approach.