Old World Spices & Seasonings

What Old World Spices & Seasonings does

Old World Spices & Seasonings, doing business as OWS Foods, is a privately held B2B contract manufacturer headquartered in the Overland Park/Kansas City, Missouri area, with 101–250 employees and over 35 years of operating history in sauces, dressings, marinades, seasonings, rubs, and dry mixes. The company serves food brands, entrepreneurs, and companies seeking to develop and commercialize proprietary condiment and dry-mix products without building in-house manufacturing capabilities, and positions itself as a specialist in the BBQ rubs and sauces subsegment.

The company's core offering, marketed as "Single Solution Support," is a turnkey contract manufacturing model that integrates in-house R&D and food-science formulation, manufacturing, packaging, food-safety and regulatory compliance, traceable supply chain management, and retail-shelf placement guidance. It operates two core product lines: a wet line (sauces, dressings, and marinades) and a dry line (seasonings, rubs, and dry mixes). The production model is anchored by a tenured team of food scientists, an owned supply chain with full ingredient traceability, and a quality program that the company states meets or exceeds applicable food-safety standards.

Revenue is generated on a quote-based, project-by-project basis tied to formulation complexity, production volume, and packaging scope; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led, driven through the company website, LinkedIn, Facebook, and direct inbound phone/contact-form inquiries. Distribution is indirect: finished products are sold through the client brand's own retail channels. Beyond a single testimonial customer (Big Swede BBQ Rubs), no enterprise logos, contract values, or revenue concentration data are disclosed.

Name

Old World Spices & Seasonings

Legal name

OWS Foods

Website

https://oldworldspices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

OWS Foods is a privately held B2B contract manufacturer of custom-blended sauces, dressings, marinades, seasonings, rubs, and dry mixes serving food brands and entrepreneurs under a turnkey Single Solution Support model spanning R&D, production, packaging, regulatory, and supply chain services from its Kansas City-area base.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Food Manufacturing

NAICS

Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing (31194), Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing (311941)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030)

akta.pro primary industry

BBQ Sauce & Marinades Manufacturing (AFAKADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Salad Dressings & Vinaigrettes Manufacturing (AFAKADAC)

Keywords

• Contract food manufacturing
• Custom spice blending
• Sauce manufacturing
• BBQ seasonings
• Dry mix production

Headquarters

HQ city

Overland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: OWS Foods generates revenue by providing end-to-end contract manufacturing services for food brands. They develop, produce, and package sauces, dressings, marinades, seasonings, rubs, and dry mixes for third-party brands. Revenue is derived from project-based manufacturing fees, likely involving R&D development costs, production volumes, and packaging services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

B2B contract manufacturer of sauces, dressings, marinades, seasonings, rubs, and dry mixes providing end-to-end services from concept through commercialization for food brands and entrepreneurs. Capabilities span research and development, ingredient sourcing with traceability, blending and batch production, and packaging.

Product overview

OWS Foods is a food manufacturing company offering contract manufacturing services through a single-solution support model that takes products from concept to commercialization. The company operates two core product lines: Sauces, Dressings, and Marinades (wet products) and Seasonings, Rubs, and Dry Mixes (dry products). They provide integrated services including research and development, manufacturing, packaging, food safety, regulatory compliance, and supply chain management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sauces, Dressings, and Marinades Custom-formulated sauces, dressings, and marinades manufactured under contract for food brands and entrepreneurs, supported by in-house food science and packaging capabilities.
• Seasonings, Rubs, and Dry Mixes Custom-blended seasonings, BBQ rubs, and dry mixes manufactured under contract for food brands and entrepreneurs, leveraging OWS Foods' long-standing seasoning category expertise.
• Research and Development Services Food science and product development services supporting client food brands from concept through commercialization, including formulation, sensory work, and scale-up.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/OWSFoods
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/old-world-spices-&-seasonings

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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