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HISTORY

Spices and seasonings have been in my family for over 60 years. Originally located on First Street in Milwaukee, Asenzya® primarily serviced the meat industry in the Milwaukee area. The strong European influence in the city afforded us the opportunity to experience many different ethnic varieties of sausages and lunch meats, which gave Asenzya® its foundation in serving meat and sausage companies.

As Asenzya® continued to grow, we moved to Oak Creek, Wisconsin in 1970. This new location gave us room to expand our plant processing capacity, research and development, and quality assurance operations. In the 1990s our growth accelerated and we diversified our business to serve the protein, snack food, sauces & gravies, bakery and tortillas, and frozen foods industries. We have been privileged to enjoy continued growth into the new millennium, allowing us to staff exceptional talent and build a new state-of-the-art technical center to serve the needs of our customers and the ever-changing food industry.

Asenzya® was founded by my father [Ralph R. Hauser]. Over the years, he had a great influence on how we do business today. He taught me that hard work, customer satisfaction, creativity and perseverance will take you wherever you want to go. Responsive customer service and the belief that our customers and employees are our greatest assets are at the core of everything we do.

When my father transitioned the business to me in 1997, I was committed to ensuring we didn't lose sight of our history and that we honored the past while progressing into the future. That is Asenzya's® philosophy. As the food industry changes, we are at the forefront of innovation. This is illustrated by our portfolio of patented functional ingredients, and our expanded culinary unit, which brings a new dimension to our capabilities and resources offered to our customers.

It is a great privilege to serve our current and prospective customers and we will continue to exceed the highest standard of quality products and food safety practices, along with innovation and excitement! We are positioned as an extension of our customer's business and we look forward to working collaboratively with you to provide the best flavor-experience possible! As the president of a woman-owned business in the food industry, I work to inspire the same values and dedication in my Asenzya® family that my father instilled in me.

Patty Goto - President, Asenzya® Co., Inc.

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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Asenzya® has always been a strong advocate for corporate social responsibility. This includes taking care of our team through a focus on diversity, inclusion and employee safety programs. We also continue to increase our focus on environmental sustainability. By keeping these initiatives front and center we are providing employees with a great and safe place to work along with a company they can be proud to represent!

Diversity & Inclusion:

Diversity and inclusion are important values at Asenzya® and are at the core of what makes us unique. We strive to ensure that our workplace environment provides everyone at Asenzya® with an opportunity to excel and grow based on their performance and perspective. This type of workplace atmosphere ensures success for both Asenzya® and its employees and ultimately for our customers!

Employee Safety:

Asenzya® has always believed that its employees are at the center of our success. Ensuring a safe workplace environment has been and will always remain a key focus. We strive to ensure this occurs through ongoing worker safety programs that are focused on keeping safety front and center with everyone at Asenzya!™

Sustainability:

Doing our part to support sustainability is an ever increasing focus at Asenzya®. We are always striving to implement programs for reducing our environmental footprint. It's important to Asenzya®, our customers, and ultimately the environment. Several initiatives we currently have in place include:

- Company-wide recycling program for our electronics, paper, cardboard, plastic and metal – we are glass-free

- Low energy lighting in our plant

- Pallet reconditioning and recycling

- Floor cleaning process that uses electrolyzed water which reduces the amount of cleaning fluids required while also reducing water usage by up to 70%