Florida Food Products (FFP, Eustis, FL) has acquired Amelia Bay, LLC., a provider of fresh brewed tea extracts, coffee extracts and botanicals based out of Johns Creek, GA. The acquisition will strengthen FFP’s position in the clean label ingredients space by adding a beverage platform to its portfolio of natural products within the meat, savory, health and wellness markets.

Amelia Bay was founded in 1989 with a goal to develop new manufacturing technology to capture the true essence and taste of brewed tea and coffee.

FFP is a leader in clean label food and beverage ingredient solutions. With a mission to “improve the food we eat by producing real ingredients from nature that work,” the company has delivered a multitude of clean label solutions through its vast manufacturing capabilities including extraction, fermentation, drying and blending.

“I am thrilled to partner with the Crandall family who have built an outstanding clean label tea and beverage platform business.” said FFP CEO Jim Holdrieth. “This acquisition supports our overall mission of becoming the industry’s leading provider of ingredients from nature that work. The combination of FFP’s natural fruit and vegetable ingredients with Amelia Bay’s coffee, tea, and botanical offering expands our ability to provide customers an innovative, great tasting, clean label beverage solution.”

“We are extremely excited to partner with a company that has the scale and capabilities of FFP,” added Amelia Bay President Jason Crandall. “This acquisition gives Amelia Bay access to new technologies and ingredients that will pave the way to creating the next generation of all natural, clean label food and beverage ingredients.”

For more information, visit www.floridafood.com.