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Florida Food Products Celebrates 50th Anniversary

EUSTIS, FLA. - January 1, 2004 - This year, Florida Food Products, Inc. marks its 50th year as a supplier of high-quality agricultural ingredients to the food, nutraceutical, and personal-care industries. Founded in 1954 as a producer of orange juice concentrate, Florida Food Products since has expanded to become a leading grower and processor of premium aloe vera ingredients, the finest vegetable and fruit concentrates, and high-juice-content powders.

The company's Eustis, Fla., headquarters now boasts a 30,000 square-foot processing area, a modern drying facility, 150,000 square feet of warehouse and freezer space, and a state-of-the-art research and development center. The center is equipped for basic research, applications research, pilot-scale production, and finished product scale-up.

Our pure ALOE CON™ brand gel and extracts are produced from organically grown aloe vera plants and carry the International Aloe Science Council's Seal of Content and Purity. Florida Food Products gently expresses the gel from the leaves within hours of harvesting, then employs cold-temperature evaporation techniques to preserve the aloe polysaccharides and sensitive enzymes within the gel. The products provide a base for - or enhance - numerous personal-care, pharmaceutical and nutritional products, including skin and hair products, first aid creams and sprays, and health foods and drinks.

Available in intensely flavored liquids or high-color, highly flavorful crystals and powders, our vegetable and juice concentrates bring garden-fresh flavors to myriad food applications - ranging from bakery products to meat and poultry marinades to salad dressings. Florida Food Products grows and procures only the highest-quality fruits and vegetables, harvesting them at their flavor peak.

Liquid-solid separation, microfiltration, cold evaporation, and vacuum freeze-drying techniques fully preserve the flavors, colors, nutrients and functional properties of these farm-fresh products. Our vegetable receiving, preparation, and extraction lines can process juices in a variety of forms to meet individual customer requirements.