What Atlantic Sweetner does

Atlantic Sweetner Co. is a family-owned, private food ingredients distributor founded in 1978 and headquartered in Folsom, New Jersey, with offices and warehouses throughout the East Coast of the United States. The company functions as a multi-principal sales agent and distributor, representing ten premier global ingredient producers (ADM, Cargill, Ingredion, Tate & Lyle, Domino Sugar, Imperial Sugar, Morton Salt, Suzanne's Specialties, ICL, and Primient, plus United Sugar Company) and reselling an extensive portfolio of approximately 30 ingredient categories to food and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The catalog spans commodity and specialty inputs including sugars, starches, maltodextrins, dextrose, polyols, crystalline fructose, phosphates, acidulants, dairy proteins and commodities, plant-based proteins, dietary fibers, salts, gums, preservatives, humectants, emulsifiers, flavor enhancers, tomato products, condiments and sauces, alternative and high-intensity sweeteners, excipients and tablet aids, and invert sugars, among others. There is no proprietary technology platform; the company's core competency is supply chain management, supplier representation, and food-safety-compliant distribution logistics rather than software or automation.

The company reaches customers through direct sales via a dedicated internal sales management team and customer service bench, supported by a toll-free phone line (1-800-370-5272), email, and a company website catalog. Pricing is quote-based with no public disclosure, and the business model is transactional distribution (reselling ingredients purchased from supplier partners), with revenue recognition on each sale. End markets are organized into five named verticals: Meat & Seafood, Candy & Confections, Baking & Snacks, Beverage & Bottling, and Health & Pharmaceutical, allowing Atlantic Sweetner to address both industrial-scale producers and smaller specialty brands with one supplier relationship.

In parallel to ingredient distribution, Atlantic Sweetner operates the C&E Canners division, a wholly-owned plastic bottling and contract manufacturing business dating to 1938 that produces ketchup, lemon juice, lime juice, grenadine, sweet lime juice, and soy sauce in containers from 15 oz. to 64 oz. The division holds FDA, SQF, and Kosher approvals, and the broader Atlantic Sweetner distribution operation maintains 100% third-party Silliker ratings for Product Protection, Pest Control, and Food Defense. Ownership and senior sales management are concentrated within the Cappuccio family (Stephen M. Cappuccio, Robert Cappuccio, Jr.), with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or acquisition history.

Name

Atlantic Sweetner

Legal name

Atlantic Sweetner Co.

Website

https://atlanticsweetner.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlantic Sweetner Co. is a family-owned East Coast food ingredients distributor (founded 1978, Folsom NJ) representing premier global producers including ADM, Cargill, Ingredion, and Tate & Lyle, serving food and pharmaceutical manufacturers across meat, confectionery, baking, beverage, and health verticals, with an in-house bottling division.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Ingredient Distribution

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Sugar & Confectionery Products (2060)

akta.pro primary industry

Wholesale / Commercial Bakeries (B2B Supply) (THAFAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bakery & Confectionery Wholesale (AFAIABAG), Bakery Foodservice Supply Wholesale (Bulk/Institutional) (AFAIAFAJ)

Keywords

• Food ingredients distribution
• Specialty ingredient supply
• Contract bottling services
• Food manufacturer supply
• Ingredient sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Mays Landing

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food Ingredients Distribution: Atlantic Sweetner generates revenue as a food ingredients distributor, purchasing ingredients from supplier partners (ADM, Cargill, Ingredion, Tate & Lyle, Domino Sugar, Imperial Sugar, Morton Salt, Suzanne's Specialties, ICL, Primient) and reselling/distributing them to food manufacturers. The company also operates C&E Canners, a plastic bottling division offering contract manufacturing services since 1938.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Atlantic Sweetner Co. is a food ingredients distributor purchasing ingredients from premier global supplier partners (including ADM, Cargill, Ingredion, Tate & Lyle, Domino Sugar, Imperial Sugar, Morton Salt, Suzanne's Specialties, ICL, and Primient) and reselling/distributing them to food manufacturers across the meat & seafood, candy & confections, baking & snacks, beverage & bottling, and health & pharmaceutical industries. The company also operates C&E Canners, a plastic bottling division offering FDA-approved, SQF-certified, Kosher-approved contract manufacturing services for food products since 1938. Services are delivered via direct phone and email sales with offices and warehouses throughout the East Coast of the United States.

Product overview

Atlantic Sweetner Co. is a food ingredients distributor founded in 1978, serving the United States market with offices throughout the East Coast. The company operates as a single unified distribution platform offering an extensive portfolio of food ingredients across multiple categories. The core product line includes sugars, acidulants, salts, starches, maltodextrins, dextrose, proteins, phosphates, corn syrup solids, specialty syrups, dairy products, and contract manufacturing services through its C&E Canners division. The company serves diverse industries including meat & seafood, candy & confections, baking & snacks, beverage & bottling, and health & pharmaceutical sectors, representing premier ingredient producers worldwide including ADM, Cargill, Ingredion, Tate & Lyle, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sugars Distributes a wide variety of sugar products including cane & beet sugar, brown sugar, organic cane sugar, coconut sugar, powdered sugar, sanding sugar, turbinados, and specialty sugar products like Domino Brownulated and Qwik-Flo granules for food industry manufacturers.
• Acidulants Provides food-grade acidulants including ascorbic acid, benzoic acid, citric acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, and tartaric acid for food and beverage applications.
• Salts Offers various salt varieties including flake salts, all-purpose granulated salt, flour salt, kosher salt, potassium chloride, pretzel salt, sea salt, topping salt, and specialty products like Culinox 999 and Salt Microsphers for food industry manufacturers.
• Corn Syrup Solids Distributes corn syrup solids from brands including Clintose, Globe, and Star Dri with 20-42DE specifications for candy and confectionery applications.
• Proteins Supplies plant-based proteins including pea proteins, soy proteins, soy protein isolates, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, soy concentrates, soy flour, soy grits, textured vegetable protein, vital wheat gluten, and wheat isolates.
• Mustard Products Provides mustard ingredients including mustard flour, whole ground, mustard brown, crushed seed, and deactivated mustard for food processing applications.
• Phosphates Offers a comprehensive line of phosphate products including dicalcium, dipotassium, disodium, monocalcium, monosodium, sodium acid pyro, sodium aluminum, sodium hexameta, sodium tripoly, tetra potassium pyro, tetra sodium pyro, tricalcium, tri potassium phosphates, as well as agglomerated and blended phosphates.
• Starches Distributes starches from major suppliers including ADM, Avebe, National Starch, and Tate & Lyle, including cold system, cook up, freeze thaw stable, heat stable, native, potato, pregelatinized, resistant, rice, tapioca, thin boiling, and unmodified starches.
• Maltodextrins Provides maltodextrin products in various DEs (1, 5, 10, 15, 18), including agglomerated forms and organic rice maltodextrins from Clintose and Star Dri brands.
• Dextrose Supplies dextrose products including Cerelose 2001 monohydrate, Cerelose 2401 anhydrous, Clintose dextrose, Dexstar agglomerated dextrose, and Staleydex 333.
• C & E Canners (Contract Manufacturing) A division of Atlantic Sweetner providing plastic bottling capabilities from 15 oz. to 64 oz. containers since 1938, specializing in ketchup, lemon juice, lime juice, grenadine, and sweet lime juice bottling under FDA approval, SQF certification, and Kosher approval.
• Tomato Products Provides tomato-based products including crushed tomatoes, ketchup, tomato paste, tomato puree, and tomato sauce.
• Sweeteners (Alternative and High Intensity) Offers alternative sweeteners including Ace-K, aspartame, calcium saccharin, erythritol, sodium saccharin, stevia Reb-A 97%, sucralose, Purefruit, and Tasteva.
• Specialty Syrups Distributes specialty syrups including agave syrup, brown rice syrup, ECJ invert syrup (conventional & organic), evaporated cane juice syrup, glucose syrup (organic), honey, honey replacers, medium invert ECJ syrup, sucrose, and tapioca syrup.
• Preservatives Supplies food preservatives including potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythobate, sodium propionate, and sorbic acid.
• Polyols Provides sugar alcohol products including maltitol syrup, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol powder, sorbitol, maltitol powder, and xylitol.
• Polydextrose Distributes polydextrose products including Sta-Lite brand polydextrose in dry and liquid forms.
• Molasses Products Offers molasses products including brown sugar molasses (regular/light/dark), dry molasses, Home Maid brand molasses, liquid molasses (full line), and refiners syrup.
• Invert Sugars Supplies invert sugar products including Freshvert brand invert (creamy/syrup), Inversweet (congealed/syrup), invert blends, and Nulomoline syrup.
• Humectants Provides humectant products including glycerin, invert sugar, and propylene glycol.
• Gums Distributes food-grade gums including carrageenan, CMC, guar gum, gum arabic (acacia gum), and xanthan.
• Flours Flour products distributor for food industry applications.
• Flavor Enhancers Supplies flavor enhancers including ethyl vanilin, monosodium glutamate (MSG), and vanillin.
• Fibers Provides dietary fiber ingredients including soluble corn fiber, soluble wheat fiber, and insoluble corn fiber.
• Excipients & Tablet Aids Supplies pharmaceutical excipients including dicalcium phosphate, Di-Pac sugar, lactose (anhydrous/monohydrate/DT), stearates, and stearic acid.
• Emulsifiers Distributes emulsifier products including lecithin in dry and liquid forms.
• Dairy Products Provides dairy commodity products including anhydrous milk fat, butter, lactose, milk replacer, nonfat dry milk, buttermilk powder, whey powder, whole milk powder; and dairy proteins including caseinates, caseins, dairy protein crisps, lactalbumin, milk protein concentrates, milk protein isolates, protein blends, whey protein concentrates, whey protein hydrolysates, whey protein isolates, and organic dairy proteins.
• Crystalline Fructose Distributes Krystar brand crystalline fructose products including Krystar 300, Krystar 450, Krystar liquid fructose, and powdered Krystar crystalline fructose.
• Condiments & Sauces Provides condiment and sauce products including soy sauce through C&E Canners.
• Commodity Syrups Distributes commodity syrups including corn syrup (all DEs), high fructose corn syrup (42 & 55), private label corn syrup, and molasses, available in pails, drums, totes, and tank trucks.
• Vital Wheat Gluten Vital wheat gluten product for food industry applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% Rating for PRODUCT PROTECTION, PEST CONTROL, and FOOD DEFENSE (Silliker certification)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADMcoreOthers
• CargillcoreOthers
• Domino SugarcoreOthers
• Imperial SugarcoreOthers
• IngredioncoreOthers
• Morton SaltcoreOthers
• Tate & LylecoreOthers
• Suzanne's SpecialtiescoreOthers
• ICL Food SpecialtiescoreOthers
• PrimientcoreOthers
• SillikercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner
• United Sugar CompanyminorOthers
• C&E CannerscoreOthers

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Azelis: Specialty ingredients and chemicals distributor with strong food and nutrition vertical coverage, including bakery, beverages, and confectionery. Competes on similar value-added distribution with technical sales support.
• Hawkins, Inc. US-focused specialty ingredient and chemical distributor serving food and pharmaceutical manufacturers with a regional/branch-based distribution model similar to Atlantic Sweetner's East Coast footprint.
• IMCD Group: Global specialty food ingredient distributor with deep supplier partnerships and technical sales support across bakery, beverage, confectionery, and dairy applications — directly comparable to Atlantic Sweetner's model and customer verticals.
• Ingredient Masters: Specialty food ingredient distributor focused on bakery, beverage, and confectionery categories with deep supplier relationships and technical service — closely aligned with Atlantic Sweetner's portfolio and customer verticals.
• J&K Ingredients: US-based specialty ingredient distributor with bakery, confectionery, and beverage focus, offering comparable product breadth across sweeteners, starches, and functional ingredients to food manufacturers.
• Tilley Company: Specialty food ingredient distributor serving bakery, confectionery, and dairy customers with technical sales support and a regional distribution footprint — directly comparable in product mix and customer base.

Others

• Corbion: Global producer of food ingredients and biochemicals (lactic acid, alginates, preservatives) that competes in the same end-markets Atlantic Sweetner serves (bakery, beverage, confectionery). Comparable as an upstream supplier counterpart.
• Innophos Holdings: Producer of specialty phosphates and other food ingredients — comparable because phosphates are one of Atlantic Sweetner's distributed categories, and Innophos supplies into the same food manufacturer customers.

Broad incumbents

• Univar Solutions: Largest North American distributor of chemicals and food ingredients, offering a comparable broad-line B2B distribution model serving food manufacturers with premier supplier portfolios. Significantly larger scale but directly overlapping business model.
• Brenntag: Global market leader in chemical and ingredient distribution, including food ingredients to manufacturers. Comparable in serving as an intermediary between premier producers (BASF, ADM, Cargill, etc.) and industrial/food customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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