Bickford Flavors
Bickford Flavors is a 105-year-old, family-owned flavoring company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company offers over 260 stock and custom kosher-certified flavors formulated specifically to be free of added alcohol, salt, sugar, preservatives, GMOs, synthetic dyes, and artificial ingredients. Bickford has a dedicated nutraceutical flavoring vertical, providing natural flavoring solutions for supplement manufacturers working with powders, tablets, gummies, and liquid supplements. The company publishes educational content on selecting flavor profiles for nutraceutical products. Regulatory documents including FEMA GRAS documentation are available upon request for gallon-size and larger orders. Bickford also serves the baking, beverage, confectionery, and food service industries.
Cleveland, Ohio
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§1Editorial assessment
Bickford Flavors is a 105-year-old, family-owned flavoring company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company offers over 260 stock and custom kosher-certified flavors formulated specifically to be free of added alcohol, salt, sugar, preservatives, GMOs, synthetic dyes, and artificial ingredients. Bickford has a dedicated nutraceutical flavoring vertical, providing natural flavoring solutions for supplement manufacturers working with powders, tablets, gummies, and liquid supplements. The company publishes educational content on selecting flavor profiles for nutraceutical products. Regulatory documents including FEMA GRAS documentation are available upon request for gallon-size and larger orders. Bickford also serves the baking, beverage, confectionery, and food service industries.
§2Six-gate readout
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§3Inspection history
§4Certifications
0 of 1 certification independently confirmed. What this means
§5Capability matrix
- PRODUCT TYPES
- Natural Flavors · Extracts · Custom Flavors · Kosher-Certified Flavors
- CAPABILITIES
- Nutraceutical Flavor Development · Custom Flavor Formulation · Natural and Organic Flavoring · 260+ Stock Flavors · Kosher Certification · FEMA GRAS Documentation Available
§6Sources
- Bickford Flavors - Nutraceutical Products(2026-03-26)
- Bickford Flavors - Nutraceutical Flavor Collection(2026-03-26)
- BBB Business Profile - Bickford Flavors(2026-03-26)
Dietary supplement manufacturers must comply with 21 CFR Part 111 (Current Good Manufacturing Practice for dietary supplements). This includes requirements for personnel, facilities, equipment, production, laboratory operations, and record-keeping.
What We Couldn't Verify
- On-site facility inspection was not conducted
- FEMA GRAS documentation available on request but not publicly listed
- Kosher certification body not specified on website
- Nutraceutical is one vertical among several food industry segments
Last reviewed: March 26, 2026
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