How did we get to be a world leader in sustainable onions? It‘s all down to our practical knowledge, learned on the job. 

Over 75 years of proprietary seed development experience, to be exact. Plus, decades of consistent true-to-taste quality and seed-to-factory traceability.  

We’re also the world’s largest provider of dried onion, with our onions grown and processed in-house in the United States and Egypt. With that much hands-on experience, we’re well-placed to supply a great onion every time, in the format you want.

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How do you want your onions?

As the world’s largest dried onion supplier, we offer a comprehensive product line with a vast range of fractions, treatments and packaging.

We’re as passionate about consistency as we are about variety, so our onions deliver uniform piece distribution and integrity.

Product ingredient tiles - Powder

Powder

Perfect for adding onion taste to coatings, breading or as a topical flavoring for crackers, chips and other snack foods.

Applications of our onions

Bakery
Dips and dressings
Sauces and condiments
Ready meals and soups
Snacks

Processing

Processing with care

From seed to factory, we implement rigorous multi-stage control to give you the highest food safety and quality standards. See the journey.

Seeds that go further

Seeds that go further

For over 75 years, our proprietary seed has provided onions with consistency across flavor, color, shape and size. And, thanks to their uniformity, each onion has more dry matter, which boosts yield and reduces the amount of land and water they need to grow. That means we’ve saved 7 billion gallons of water, 55,000 metric tons of CO2 and 8,000 acres of production over 10 years.

Cultivating for impact

Cultivating for impact

As a global leader in dried onion production, we share our cultivation knowledge with our local farmer partners, which optimizes irrigation, reduces water content and helps support people.  

Harvesting with precision

Harvesting with precision

Our sustainably grown onions are harvested by our custom ofi-designed equipment with optical sorters to help us remove dirt, roots and foliage in the field.

Processing and dehydrating

Processing and dehydrating to bring out quality

Our onions are hand-inspected to ensure only the highest quality onions move onto the slicer where they are sliced to precise thicknesses. Afterward, the multi-stage drying process locks in their natural flavor and color.

Milling for unrivalled variety

Milling for unrivalled variety

Our onions are now milled into a wide range of fractions (sliced, minced, powdered, organic) with exceptional uniformity and consistency.

Supply chain

Our supply chain

We believe that an onion is only as good as its supply chain. Explore the journey of an ofi onion to see why it’s world-class for quality, safety and guaranteed consistency.

The right choices

The right choices

We select suitable land, develop optimum seed varieties and partner with the best growers to create an ideal environment for consistent quality.

Growers to count on

Growers to count on

We partner with onion growers who employ top agricultural practices. Many of our farmers have grown for us for more than 40 years.

Climate positive planting and cultivation

Climate positive planting and cultivation

Our onions are planted for more yield and harvested by our own equipment to reduce our environmental footprint. Being dried in the field means fewer trucks for transportation and less energy and water for processing.

Ongoing adaption

Ongoing adaption

We adapt varieties to each growing region through proprietary onion seed breeding, ensuring regularity, quality and optimum yield using minimal resources.

Involvement at entry level

Involvement at every level

Our manufacturing facilities carry out both primary and secondary processing, with our rigorous standards of food safety and quality maintained throughout. Through our involvement at every level of the ofi owned supply chain, we work towards the highest quality and most reliable supply on the market.

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Our onions in numbers

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We produce the most sustainable onion in the world*

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(and counting) we’ve been operating our dried onion program since 1943*

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We are the top dried onion supplier on the planet*

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Onions our Promise

Our promise

What’s so great about our onions?

Standards born from experience

ofi onions are grown and processed in-house in the US, with over 75 years of proprietary seed development, decades of consistent true-to-taste quality, and seed-to-factory traceability.

Industry-leading quality & credentials

As the world’s largest provider of dried onion, we offer the widest range of fractions, treatments, and packaging. Rigorous quality controls ensure uniform piece distribution and integrity, with Kosher, Halal, Organic, and British Retail Consortium (BRC) certified products.

Sustainable farming & proven practices

Our proprietary seeds and custom planting and harvesting equipment boost yield, reduce resource use, and lower our carbon footprint. Farmers benefit from high-yielding, low-risk crops, supporting both sustainability and livelihoods.

Onion Co-Create

Co-create

Dream up fantastic flavors with us

Thinking of boosting a tangy soup with a deliciously subtle onion powder as an essential double-act? How about a mouth watering curry powder for a delectable spice? If you’d like to harness the limitless flexibility of onion, our world-class R&D team, certified and sustainable ingredients and advanced labs can bring your vision to life. Let’s layer flavor into your product.

Collaboration

Let's put our minds behind something special. Delight consumers, grow businesses and make real change for people and the planet - by creating together.

Inspiration

People with different skill sets are the ultimate blend. We’ll bring our global solutions and products, and you bring the ultimate ingredient: your brand.

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