Badia Spices is an American manufacturer of
spices
In the culinary arts, a spice is any seed, fruit, root, Bark (botany), bark, or other plant substance in a form primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of pl ...
and
herbs
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that began in 1967.
The spices are manufactured in
Doral,
Florida
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, where the company was founded and maintains its headquarters.
History
The company was started by José Badía, a
Cuban exile
A Cuban exile is a person who has been exiled from Cuba. Many Cuban exiles have various differing experiences as emigrants depending on when they emigrated from Cuba, and why they emigrated.
The exile of Cubans has been a dominating factor in C ...
who fled the island nation in the 1960s. Though he had a hardware business in Cuba, in the U.S. he started the spice business in a small shop in the
Little Havana
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neighborhood of
Miami
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. In 1970, José hired his son, Joseph "Pepe", to manage daily operations, and Pepe is now the majority owner and president of Badia Spices, Inc.
[
In November 2018, Gel Spice Co. was ordered to pay $564,000 to Badia Spices for trademark infringement.]chili peppers
Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli ( ), are varieties of berry-fruit plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. They are used as a spice to add pungency ( ...
, throughout the United States
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and more than 70 other countries.
See also
*List of food companies
This is a list of food companies, current and past businesses involved in food production or processing.
Africa
* All Joy Foods
* Bakers (bakery), Bakers
* BOS Ice Tea
* Cevital
* Choppies
* Clover Industries, Clover
* Colcom Foods
* Distel ...
References
External links
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Food and drink companies of the United States
Brand name condiments
Companies based in Doral, Florida
Companies based in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Economy of Miami
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