Amerikoa Ingredients

A simple and resilient supply chain is vital for food manufacturers creating products ultimately headed to the shelves. This was more evident during the pandemic when supply-side pricing escalated and importing them became both complicated and time-consuming. Providing a set of supply chain solutions designed for the long term to the food industry even during the most difficult times, Amerikoa Ingredients finds its roots in a transparent and innovative approach to origin sourcing.

“During the pandemic, we established origin supplies and helped scores of food manufacturers across the U.S. more efficiently procure specialty organic, non-GMO, and sustainable ingredients at a competitive cost,” says Matt Dyer, CEO of Amerikoa Ingredients.

Its unconventional approach and the multiple facilities offered throughout the entire course of procurement made this highly challenging task possible. To begin with, Amerikoa set up their channels by disintermediating the conventional supply chains, sourcing ingredients direct from origin and cutting out unnecessary, redundant intermediaries. Instead of an importer buying the product at origin and selling it through a distributor, it directly imports and sells their ingredient portfolio directly to customers, adapting focused end-mile logistics to how and where they need it.

Opening offices in India, China, and Thailand during the pandemic allowed Amerikoa to bring quality-vetted ingredients from origin to client, working both ends to facilitate customer approvals and tying it to sustainable, multi-year deals scaled the organic component of the market. The firm has multiple internal and third-party warehouses, owns and operates manufacturing facilities, and has transloading stations located near its customers which solve storage issues for small food manufacturers needing just-in-time deliveries. Its last-mile customizable supply chains set it a notch higher. Amerikoa operates every piece of the supply chain required to store and distribute liquid deliverables, ranging from discharging various pack sizes and conversion of goods to meet optimal customer requirements; including various heating, blending, and manufacturing adaptations.

An extensive range of supply chain services allows Amerikoa to procure ingredients that aren’t readily available. For instance, one of its core clients, a US-based manufacturer, introduced a product that required a unique ingredient produced by only a handful of suppliers worldwide. Amerikoa helped them source that ingredient within six months, allowing this specific customer to raise the company’s new product demand by over 300 percent in less than 18 months.

Amerikoa is also capable of distributing one pallet at a time or a scheduling multiple trucks per hour depending on client requirements. In addition to supplying bulk ingredients, its value add is in delivering key formulary ingredients even in less than pallet quantities. Due to the incredibly strong partner network established over a short period of time, Amerikoa has satisfied clients with initial product solutions, creating necessary trust to eventually supply y added products across multiple organic ingredient categories.

Expanding its operations beyond product delivery, Amerikoa has dedicated R&D teams, Chemists, QA directors, and experts with in-depth industry experience who study the physical, chemical, and microbial aspects of raw materials and apply their findings to formulate nutritious and safer products.

This innovative platform helps reformulate ingredient applications, supply raw materials, and connect clients with the right partners to make the final product. Amerikoa stands apart as a provider of engineering and technical expertise to formulate products and leverages its supply chain expertise to procure ingredients at a fair cost.

An engineered approach to food processing brings a unique image to the multiple ingredients it provides. From flours to starches and protein powder, Amerikoa’s innovative food technology supplies sustainability and additional health benefits to all its products. Its depth in organic sweeteners, including tapioca, corn, and rice syrups are available with low sugar content, making it a healthier alternative to artificial sweeteners. Organic and natural food colors, hydrocolloids, pectin, and agar are also part of its product line.

Serving hundreds of food manufacturers with exceptional quality of food ingredients that continue to garner a strong demand, Amerikoa is geared to make its supply chain solutions more transparent and affordable for their premium product range.