Valesco Completes Add-On Acquisition with Adams Flavors, Foods and Ingredients

Adams Flavors, Foods & Ingredients today announced its acquisition of Goodman’s Vanilla, supporting the continued expansion of its branded products manufactured and sold by Adams.

Dallas, Texas, September 29, 2024 — Adams Flavors, Foods and Ingredients, LLC (“Adams”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of flavors, extracts and spices is pleased to announce the acquisition of Goodman’s Vanilla (“Goodman’s”), a Marshfield, MO based manufacturer of flavor extracts and colors with strong brand recognition in the Midwest. Goodman’s represents the first add-on acquisition completed by Adams and supports the continued regional expansion of branded products manufactured and sold by Adams.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Goodman’s to our organization” said Don Ephgrave, President of Adams. “We plan to build on the impressive 100-year history of Goodman’s by adding a line of bold and on-trend spice offerings under the Goodman’s banner. Goodman’s has a long history of growing their brand through various flavors of extracts. Adams plans to build on that success by leveraging Goodman’s solid distribution in the Midwest and adding spices to their already strong lineup of extracts.”

About Adams Flavors, Foods & Ingredients, LLC 

Founded in 1888, Adams is a leading manufacturer of flavors, extracts and spices sold to consumers through retail supermarkets and directly to food manufacturers. The products are necessary for culinary flavoring purposes and are incorporated into a variety of food products.  In addition to their legacy Adams branded products, Adams offers various wet extract and dry spice production and packaging capabilities to some of the nations most respected private label brands and historic regional seasoning brands. Adams branded products are sold in the southeastern United States, with private label products sold nationally.