BLUE MOUNTAIN FLAVORS

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Who is Blue Mountain Flavors?
What services does Blue Mountain offer?
Does Blue Mountain offer HALAL or KOSHER flavors?
What makes Blue Mountain products special?
What is reaction technology?
Who are Blue Mountain’s customers?
How long has Blue Mountain Flavors serviced the food industry?
What about facilities, equipment, and production capacity?
What are typical applications for Blue Mountain products?
What sample sizes are available?
What are typical lead times?
What are typical use levels?
How does Blue Mountain compare is terms of pricing?
How are Blue Mountain flavors packaged?
What are Blue Mountain’s most popular flavors right now?
What are some of the more popular notes?
What does grain #6000 do?
What kind of literature is available?

Who is Blue Mountain Flavors?
Blue Mountain Flavors is a division of Blue Mountain Enterprises, Inc. Blue Mountain flavors specializes in the use of advanced reaction technology in the manufacture of unique savory flavors for the food industry.

What services does Blue Mountain offer?
Our services include:

Product formulation
Flavor matching
Proprietary blending
Custom application consultation
Contract manufacturing
Custom packaging

More about services

Does Blue Mountain offer HALAL or KOSHER flavors?
Halal is a specialty at Blue Mountain Flavors. Many of our flavors are Halal approved.

Halal supervision is contracted through the Crescent M Halal Supervision Division of the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America.

Please visit our Halal supervisor at www.ifanca.org

Kosher is a specialty at Blue Mountain Flavors. Most of our flavors are kosher pareve or could be kosher approved.

Kosher supervision is contracted through Star-K Certification, Inc.

Please visit Star-K at www.star-k.org

More about our kosher specialty

What makes Blue Mountain products special?
Blue Mountain products require no refrigeration and are shelf stable.

Our products are retort and microwave stable, as well.

Many Blue Mountain flavors are truly unique such as our vegetarian pareve beef and chicken flavors.

These valuable features are in addition to the fact that most of our flavors are kosher pareve or could be kosher approved, and are also Halal certified.

What is reaction technology?
Reaction technology is used to mimic, or imitate, reactions that occur when animal cells are heated, during roasting or grilling, for example.

Raw materials are added in sequence to a reactor, which is like a giant pressure cooker. We maintain exact temperature and pressure for a specific time. The product is sterile after production.

Who are Blue Mountain’s primary customers?
A majority of Blue Mountain customers are food manufacturers and other flavor houses who use our flavors as bases and then add their own top notes.

How long has Blue Mountain Flavors served the food industry?
Blue Mountain Flavors has served the food industry since 1988. The company was founded by food research and development veteran, William L. (Bill) Baugher, Ph.D., in Arcadia, Indiana. Blue Mountian operations have been headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina, since 1991.

What about facilities, equipment, and production capacity?
Blue Mountain's technical focus can be seen in its 28,000 square-foot building complex in Kinston, North Carolina.

Blue Mountain Flavors has the current capability to produce more than five million pounds of product per year.

Equipment includes:
Kosher reactors

50-gallon glass lined
125-gallon stainless steel
600-gallon stainless steel

Non-Kosher reactors

50-gallon glass lined
500-gallon stainless steel

Dry blenders

400-pound double ribbon
2000-pound double ribbon

What are typical applications for Blue Mountain products?

Breadings
Dressings
Sauces
Toasted products
Microwavables
Institutional foods
Tortilla wraps
Home replacement meals
Marinades
Gravies
Frying oils
Confections
Baked goods
Snack foods
Pet foods
Soups

What sample sizes are available?
Blue Mountain provides samples in 2-oz., 4-oz., and 1-lb. plastic jars.

What are typical lead times?
Blue Mountain ships stock items on the same or next day of the purchase order for regular customers.

What are typical use levels?
Use levels vary with each application. However, 0.10% to 0.25% is common.

How does Blue Mountain compare is terms of pricing?
Blue Mountain prices are generally 25% to 50% less than the competition.

How are Blue Mountain flavors packaged?
Liquid and paste products are usually packed in 3-1/2-, 5-, or 6-gallon DOT approved polyethylene pails, 55-gallon drums, or 275-gallon totes.

Dry products are packed in plastic bags inside double-walled cardboard boxes.

Our flavors are generally sent 24 pails or 36 boxes on a pallet.

Each layer of 12 pails or boxes is held with strapping and metal seals. Between each layer of boxes, on the top and on the bottom of all shipments is a cardboard or plastic slip sheet.

The whole shipment is shrink wrapped to 4-way, 40 x 48 inch (GMA) oak pallets.

We do not currently charge for pallets.

Note: We will ship less than pallet load order.

We print warehouses codes on pails and drums, or we will use customer labels if requested.

We have excellent discounts for full load and LTL carriers, which we can prepay and add back to invoices. We handle international sea and air, third party, and collect shipments daily.

What are Blue Mountain’s most popular flavors right now?
Here’s the current top 10 list at Blue Mountain Flavors

Non-Kosher	Kosher/Vegetarian
Roast Beef	Steak type
Roast Chicken	Fried Chicken type
Boiled Beef	Bacon type
Roast Pork	Hamburger type
Bacon	Lard type

And, of course, we’re ready to develop a new popular favorite just for you!

What are some of the more popular notes?

Smoke
Grill
Char
Fried
Roasted
Toasted

What does grain #6000 do?
Grain #6000 is a wonderful product that holds moisture in baked foods, sealing in the juices. This 28% protein product has a wholesome, healthy grain flavor and improves the nutritional value of the food products in which it’s used. It serves to eliminate the off notes, especially in seafood products. Typical use level: 0.25% to 2.0%.

What print literature is available?
Company product brochure
Product specification sheet
Nutritional statement
Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
Continuing product guarantee
Certificate of analysis
Kosher certification
Allergen statement
GMO statement

Call or e-mail us to request information for specific products.