Products

Capitol Food Company Cocoa Powder is obtained when cocoa butter, the fat portion of cacao beans, is removed during processing. The remaining dried solids are ground into a product that is sold as cocoa powder. This is a high-quality, cost-effective, and SQF-certified product.

Capitol Food Company Granulated Sugar is also called table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, and is commonly used in North America and Europe. It is made either of beet sugar or cane sugar, which has undergone a refining process.

Capitol Food Company Sesame Oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds. It is a high-quality oil with a distinctive nutty aroma and taste. This naturally derived product is used as a cooking oil and flavor enhancer in many cuisines.

Capitol Food Company Double Spice Mix is a blend of natural spice oils and flavors over a corn flour carrier. This high-quality, cost-effective, and SQF-certified product is used as a coloring and flavoring substance in sweet goods and specialty items.

Capitol Food Company Sea Salt is produced by the evaporation of seawater. This high-quality, cost-effective product is also called bay salt, solar salt, or salt. It is used as a seasoning in foods, for cooking, for preserving food, and in cosmetics.

Capitol Food Company Sugar is a sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrate used in food. Table sugar, also known as granulated or regular sugar, is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. By law, in the United States, sucrose is the only substance that can be called "sugar" on food labels.

Capitol Food Company Maltodextrin is a white powder made from corn, rice, potato starch, or wheat. It is produced by cooking the starches first, followed by the addition of acids or enzymes such as heat-stable bacterial alpha-amylase to break them down further to obtain maltodextrin. This highly processed plant product is easily digestible, rapidly absorbed as glucose, and may either be moderately sweet or almost flavorless.

Capitol Food Company Evaporated Food Grade Salt is a high-purity salt used in food processing and for human consumption. It has a minimum of 99.9% NaCl and contains virtually no insolubles. This product is SQF-certified, high-quality, and cost-effective.

Capitol Food Company Pretzel Salt is a coarse, large-grained white salt of uniform size. It does not contain any additives and is available in both kosher and conventional grades. This product is also known as coarse food-grade salt. It is a high-quality, cost-effective, and SQF-certified product.

Capitol Food Company Sodium Benzoate is an antimicrobial preservative and flavoring agent synthesized by combining benzoic acid with sodium hydroxide. This product does not occur naturally, but when mixed with water it produces benzoic acid, which can be found naturally in certain fruits such as plums, cranberries, and apples. It is mainly used in the food industry as a food preservative, but it can also be found in cosmetics, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and industrial settings.

Capitol Food Company Molasses is a viscous product resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. It varies by the amount of sugar, method of extraction, and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used for sweetening and flavoring foods.

Capitol Food Company Basic Spice Mix is a spice blend that is used to enhance flavor and tenderize sweet goods, donuts, cakes, and cookies. Our product is SQF-certified, high-quality, and cost-effective.

Capitol Food Company Invert Sugar is also called invert syrup. It is an edible mixture of two simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, and is made by heating sucrose (table sugar) with water. It is thought to be sweeter than table sugar, and the foods that contain it retain moisture better and crystallize less easily.

Capitol Food Company Dextrose is a simple sugar made from corn. It is chemically identical to glucose, or blood sugar, and is often used in baking products as a sweetener. This ingredient is commonly found in items such as processed foods and corn syrup.

Capitol Food Company Powdered Sugar is also called confectioners’ sugar, 10X sugar, or icing sugar and is used in food applications. It is a finely ground sugar produced by milling granulated sugar into a powder form. This product is SQF-certified, high-quality, and cost-effective.

Capitol Food Company Brown Sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content that can be produced by adding molasses to refined white sugar.

Capitol Food Company Brown Rice Syrup is a sweetener derived from brown rice. It is produced by exposing cooked rice to enzymes that break down starches and turn them into smaller sugars, followed by filtering out the impurities. This product contains three sugars, i.e., maltotriose (52%), maltose (45%), and glucose (3%).

Capitol Food Company Specialty Sugars are a range of nutritive sweeteners that include evaporated cane juice, turbinado sugar, sucanat, muscovado, fondant, icing sugars, coarse white sugar, Swedish pearl sugar, Demerara sugar, sparkling white sugar, and sanding sugar. Our products are SQF-certified, high-quality, and cost-effective.

Capitol Food Company Kosher Salt is an SQF-certified, high-quality, and cost-effective coarse edible salt for use in various food applications. This product does not contain common additives such as anti-caking agents and iodine.

Capitol Food Company Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees using nectar from flowers. It has high levels of monosaccharides (fructose and glucose) and contains about 70 to 80% sugar, which provides sweetness. It also has antiseptic and antibacterial properties.

Capitol Food Company Sorbitol is a type of carbohydrate called sugar alcohol, or polyol. It contains about one-third fewer calories than sugar and is 60% as sweet. This compound occurs naturally in a variety of berries and fruits (e.g., apples and blackberries).

Capitol Food Company Citric Acid is a sharp-tasting crystalline acid present in the juice of lemons and other sour fruits. This acid is produced commercially by the fermentation of sugar, and it is used as a flavoring and setting agent.

Capitol Food Company Crystalline Fructose is derived from corn-like high fructose corn syrup. Its extra processing steps result in a crystalline product that is close to 100% pure fructose. Federal standards define this product to be at least 98% fructose, with the remaining 2% being water and minerals. This nearly pure fructose sweetener is 20% sweeter than sucrose (also known as table sugar) and high fructose corn syrup and has been around for about 20 years.

Capitol Food Company Corn Syrup is obtained by extracting and refining the glucose in corn, which leaves a thick, gooey, light golden syrup that is pure glucose. It dissolves well in liquids and is used in foods to soften texture, add volume, prevent the crystallization of sugar, and enhance flavor.

Capitol Food Company Corn Syrup Solids is made by concentrating corn syrup to less than 10% water. It is a high-quality product with a soft texture. The glucose content of this syrup must be at least 88% by weight to qualify as a corn syrup solid.

Capitol Food Company Dry Malt Powder is obtained by drying and grinding sprouted grains into powder. They contain active enzymes (diastase) that help yeast grow by releasing sugars from the flour or starch. This product also promotes a nice golden crust, a good rise, and oven spring.

Capitol Food Company Malt Syrup is an unrefined sweetener extracted from sprouted, i.e., malted barley, containing approximately 65% maltose, 30% complex carbohydrate, and 3% protein. This dark brown, thick, sticky barley syrup possesses a strong distinctive flavor described as “malty”.