Creative Food Ingredients

What Creative Food Ingredients does

Creative Food Ingredients (CFI) is a U.S. commercial bakery that manufactures and supplies cookie-based baked ingredients for foodservice operators and industrial food manufacturers. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Perry, New York, with a second manufacturing facility in Mexico, Missouri, the company specializes in cookie-based formats — including cookie crumbs, crushed cookies, crumble toppings, "Cookie Gems" (small bite-sized pieces), creme filled sandwich cookies, whole cookies, and gluten-free variants — sold in pack sizes ranging from small individualized bags to multi-pound industrial totes. CFI also distributes Hydrox-branded chocolate creme filled sandwich cookies under a partnership with Leaf Brands, offering them in bulk and various grind sizes for industrial applications.

The company's operating model is B2B ingredients supply, with sales handled through a toll-free number, dedicated email channels for general inquiries, customer service, quality assurance, and R&D requests, and direct field engagement with foodservice and industrial buyers. Revenue is generated through one-time manufacturing and supply contracts, including private label programs and custom specifications; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company differentiates on domain specialization in cookie-based ingredients, flexible packaging options, R&D services spanning prototype development through nutritional profiling, and a clean-label positioning (Non-GMO by default, no soy or artificial ingredients).

Since 2019, CFI has operated as a subsidiary of Parker Products (Parker Food Group), which provides strategic backing and integration into a broader food ingredient portfolio. The company holds SQF food safety certification under GFSI for 11 consecutive years, RSPO sustainable palm certification, and Kosher certification. Recent product expansion into high-protein cookie formulations targets health-conscious and functional food applications.

Name

Creative Food Ingredients

Legal name

Creative Food Ingredients Inc.

Website

https://creativefoods.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Creative Food Ingredients is a U.S. commercial bakery supplying cookie-based baked ingredients — crumbs, crushed cookies, whole cookies, and toppings — to foodservice operators and industrial food manufacturers. Founded 1992, it operates as a Parker Products subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Baked Food Ingredient Manufacturing

NAICS

Cookie, Cracker, and Pasta Manufacturing (31182)

SIC

Cookies & Crackers (2052), Bakery Products (2050)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Snack Foods Manufacturing (Ethnic/Regional, Gourmet, Functional) (AFAKAIAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Chocolate & Candy Snacks Manufacturing (AFAKAIAM), Sports & Performance Nutrition Foods Manufacturing (Protein Foods, Energy Gels/Bars) (AFAKAJAE)

Keywords

• Baked ingredient manufacturing
• Cookie crumb products
• Food ingredient supply
• Commercial bakery products
• Private label cookies

Headquarters

HQ city

Perry

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Baked Ingredient Manufacturing: B2B manufacturing and supply of cookie crumbs, crushed cookies, whole cookies, and related baked ingredients to foodservice and industrial customers. Includes custom pack sizes and private label programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Creative Food Ingredients is a commercial bakery that manufactures and supplies cookie-based baked ingredients for foodservice and industrial food manufacturers. The product portfolio spans cookie crumbs, crushed cookies, crumble toppings, cookie gems, creme filled cookies, whole cookies, and gluten-free varieties, available in flexible pack sizes from small bags to industrial totes. The company also distributes Hydrox brand cookies in bulk and offers research and development services to support customer product commercialization.

Product overview

Creative Food Ingredients is a Parker Products company operating a commercial bakery in Western New York. The company specializes in cookie-based ingredients and finished cookie products, offering a portfolio of seven core cookie product lines: Cookie Crumbs, Crushed Cookies, Crumble Toppings, Cookie Gems, Creme Filled Cookies, Whole Cookies, and Gluten Free varieties. Additionally, the company distributes the Hydrox brand of chocolate creme filled sandwich cookies and has launched CFI High Protein Cookies as a health-focused product extension. The product portfolio spans from crumb and crushed forms suitable for industrial ingredients to whole cookies for foodservice and retail. The company also provides R&D services to support clients in transitioning products from concept to commercialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hydrox: Creme filled chocolate sandwich cookie brand
• CFI High Protein Cookies
• CFI Whole Cookies
• CFI Cookie Gems

Products and services

• Cookie Crumbs Commercially manufactured cookie crumb products in various specifications for industrial and foodservice applications.
• Crushed Cookies Coarsely crushed cookie pieces suitable for toppings, inclusions, and various food manufacturing applications.
• Crumble Toppings Cookie-based crumble toppings for bakery and foodservice use, providing texture and flavor to various dishes.
• Cookie Gems Trademarked small, bite-sized cookie pieces designed for uniform incorporation into food products and toppings.
• Creme Filled Cookies Sandwich-style cookies with creme filling, available in whole or processed forms for industrial applications.
• Whole Cookies Complete cookies available for direct sale, foodservice, and retail applications.
• Gluten Free Cookies Gluten-free cookie products for consumers with dietary restrictions or celiac requirements.
• Hydrox Cookies Classic chocolate creme filled sandwich cookies revived by Leaf Brands, available in bulk for industrial and foodservice applications in various grind sizes with or without creme filling for cookies-and-cream applications.
• CFI High Protein Cookies High protein cookie formulations targeting health-conscious consumers and the protein-enriched food ingredient market.
• Research and Development Services R&D services including initial prototype development at lab level, simulated production via line trials, final specification development, and nutritional profiling to support product commercialization for food manufacturer customers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered parent and core.

• Parker ProductsparentStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative Food Ingredients is a Parker Products company, operating as a subsidiary or division under the Parker Products corporate umbrella. This parent relationship provides strategic backing and integration within a broader portfolio of food ingredient companies.
• Leaf BrandscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeaf Brands has brought back the iconic Hydrox chocolate creme filled sandwich cookie, and Creative Food Ingredients serves as an industrial and foodservice distributor for Hydrox products. CFI offers Hydrox in various grind sizes in bulk format, both with and without creme filling, for 'cookies and cream' concept applications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Ardent Mills: Major North American flour-milling and grain-based ingredient supplier serving industrial bakery and foodservice customers. Comparable B2B ingredient-supply model to CFI, though focused upstream on flour and grain-based formulations rather than finished cookie components.
• Bay State Milling Company: U.S.-focused flour and specialty baking ingredient supplier serving commercial bakers, foodservice operators, and industrial customers. Comparable as a B2B ingredient specialist serving the commercial baking channel, upstream of CFI's position.

Broad incumbents

• Flowers Foods: Major U.S. baker of branded and foodservice bread, buns, and snack cakes (including Tastykake and Dave's Killer Bread). Comparable in operating baked-goods facilities in the U.S. with a foodservice/retail distribution orientation, though larger and more diversified.
• McKee Foods: Manufacturer of Little Debbie, Drake's Cakes, and Sunbelt Bakery snacks, with substantial cookie, snack cake, and inclusion capabilities. Comparable cookie/snack manufacturing base, though primarily a branded CPG rather than pure B2B ingredient supplier.
• Mondelez International: Global snacks giant and the world's largest cookie manufacturer (Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Cadbury). Adjacent competitor for cookie inclusions, crumbs, and foodservice dessert ingredients at vastly larger scale; relevant benchmark for category economics even though it does not specialize in CFI's B2B inclusion niche.
• TreeHouse Foods: Large public private-label food manufacturer serving retail and foodservice customers across cookies, snacks, and bakery categories. Overlaps with CFI on private-label cookies and foodservice supply, but operates at significantly greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• Hearthside Food Solutions: A large U.S. contract and private-label bakery manufacturer supplying cookies, crackers, and related baked goods to retailers and foodservice customers. Directly comparable to CFI's B2B baked-ingredient and co-manufacturing business model.
• J&M Foods: Commercial cookie ingredient manufacturer producing cookie crumbs, crushed cookies, and inclusion products for foodservice and industrial customers. Closest head-to-head in the cookie-crumb ingredient category that defines CFI's core offering.
• Voortman Cookies: North American cookie manufacturer producing branded and private-label cookies for retail and foodservice. Comparable product mix and manufacturing focus on cookies at a similar scale.
• Pan-O-Gold Baking Company: Private-label and foodservice baked-goods manufacturer specializing in breads, buns, and cookie products. Comparable to CFI as a U.S.-based custom bakery supplier serving foodservice and industrial channels.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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