Why Spice Admiral

• Direct relationships with growers, cooperatives and exporters in more than 30 origin countries
• SQF certified cleaning, milling and blending in our own facilities in New Jersey and California, with steam sterilization at Newark
• One hundred percent of inbound lots screened by automated vision and near-infrared inspection before release
• HELM forecasts crops, scores supplier risk and books freight, so our traders spend their time on judgment rather than paperwork
• Stocked items ship within 48 hours, with forward warehouses in Dallas, Chicago and Savannah
• A digital certificate of analysis and complete lot genealogy delivered with every order
• Custom blending, private label and research and development under one roof
• One email address for everything, and a person who answers it

An Old Trade, Run a New Way

The spice trade is thousands of years old and most of it still runs on telephone calls, spreadsheets and instinct. We respect the instinct. Our buyers have spent their careers in pepper gardens, chili fields and cardamom forests, and no model replaces that. What HELM does is make sure they never make a decision without the facts in front of them: what the crop looks like this week, what freight will cost next month, and what the last twelve lots from a given exporter actually tested at in our laboratory.

The result for our customers is simple. Fewer surprises, better documentation, and a supplier who can tell you where every pound came from and what it tested at, in minutes rather than days. Learn more about Spice Admiral.