Gold Coast Ingredients

About Us

Gold Coast Ingredients, Inc. (GCI) is a privately held, wholesale flavor and color manufacturer that has been satisfying taste since 1985. We are capable of serving all types of industries from food and beverage to nutraceutical and oral care. We work with customers to create custom formulations in a variety of forms including powder, spray-dried (encapsulated), freeze-dried, liquid, emulsion, and extracts that are compatible with any requirements.

GCI supplies QAI Certified Organic, ISA Certified Halal, OU Certified, KOF-K Certified Kosher, and Non-GMO project verified flavors upon request.

Our current manufacturing facilities are located in Commerce, California and Gilbert, Pennsylvania, while utilizing distribution facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, South Africa, and Australia.

For over 40 years, our company has taken enormous pride in our products and the way we do business. Everyday our customers bring us new and exciting challenges. In return, our employees work together as a team to provide each customer with the finest flavors and food ingredients at an excellent value and fair price, delivered with service that is unsurpassed in promptness, courtesy and consistency.

A brief example of Gold Coast Ingredients’ unique capabilities include:

– Custom Flavors
– Flavor Matching
– Flavor Conversions from One Declaration to Another
– Application Development
– Super Critical CO2 Extractions
– Natural and Vegetarian Reaction Flavors
– Color Blending
– All Natural Color Blends to Substitute Synthetic Colorings

We proudly present to you a full line of Organic, Natural, Non-GMO, N&A, and Conventional Flavors offered in a wide range of consistencies:

– Liquids
– Powders
– Powdered Encapsulations (Spray-Dried Flavors)
Emulsions
– Advanced Extractions
– Seasonings

From ripe yellows and greens to vibrant red and blue hues, GCI offers various colorants:

– FD&C Dyes
– Lake Blends
– Natural Plant Extracts
– Natural Fruit & Vegetable Extracts

Our Vision

Our vision at Gold Coast Ingredients is to continue to expand globally while maintaining the superior customer service and support we have provided throughout the past 40+ years. You, our customers, come first and we look forward to sharing our knowledge with you as we grow and prosper together.

R&D

Our Research and Development (R&D) team is where you can find  one of the keys to our superior customer service. Our team includes certified flavor chemists, analytical chemists, trained assistants and our very own in-house research chef. With the use of over ten separate laboratories within our walls and advanced technology, our R&D team collaborates to best solve the needs of our customers’ specifications.

An Example of Our Technological R&D Assistance

Gas Chromatography (GC) / Mass Spectrometry
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
Liquid Chromatography
Color Matching

Quality Control

Our Quality Control (QC) Department works together to reassure our customers they are using quality and safe products provided by Gold Coast Ingredients. Every day QC tests various specifications of products with the use of our UV / Vis Spectrophotometer, eNose, sensory evaluation and more.

All Documentation is Available upon Request

Allergen Statements

Certificates of Analysis

Certificates of Origin

GMO Statements

Nutritional Information

Safety Data Sheets

Specification Sheets

Technical Data Sheets