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.
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.
Perfect for adding onion taste to coatings, breading or as a topical flavoring for crackers, chips and other snack foods.
Processing
From seed to factory, we implement rigorous multi-stage control to give you the highest food safety and quality standards. See the journey.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our onions are now milled into a wide range of fractions (sliced, minced, powdered, organic) with exceptional uniformity and consistency.
When you source your spices from us, you’re buying high quality spice ingredients in bulk, directly from the source. Our products are handled with care, from farm to factory, right to your door.
Plus, we have a team of trusted spice experts available to pinpoint the right product, specification and certification to meet your needs.
On our website, you can request samples, view our transparent, real-time pricing, competitive shipping rates and all our technical documents.
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.
We select suitable land, develop optimum seed varieties and partner with the best growers to create an ideal environment for consistent quality.
We partner with onion growers who employ top agricultural practices. Many of our farmers have grown for us for more than 40 years.
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.
We adapt varieties to each growing region through proprietary onion seed breeding, ensuring regularity, quality and optimum yield using minimal resources.
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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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*
* Numbers are subject to change
Our promise
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.
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.
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.
Co-create
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.
Let's put our minds behind something special. Delight consumers, grow businesses and make real change for people and the planet - by creating together.
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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Our expert team is ready to work with you on delicious, tailor-made solutions.
