Dried chili peppers used in Chesapeake Spice seasoning blends

Custom seasoning manufacturer

Flavor built from the raw material up

We source, mill, blend and manufacture custom seasonings for the food companies that feed America — with the scale of a national supplier and the accountability of a family business.

1987

Family-owned since

600K

Sq ft of manufacturing

20,000 lb

Max batch size

1 oz – 2,000 lb

Packaging range

Why Chesapeake

Vertical integration you can taste in the consistency

We mill our own

Direct sourcing and in-house milling give us control of the raw material, from the field through grind spec.

Scale on both coasts

Roughly 600,000 sq ft of manufacturing, including a new ~210,000 sq ft plant in Belcamp, Maryland, plus Reno and West Coast capacity.

Culinary R&D

A dedicated culinary center takes concepts from benchtop to 20,000 lb production batches.

Quality as culture

BRC certified with Kosher and Organic programs, and a proactive food-safety mindset in every role.

Aerial view of a Chesapeake Spice manufacturing facility

Recognition

Four-time Snaxpo Flavor of the Year

Our culinary team has taken Snaxpo “Flavor of the Year” four times, and the American Dehydrated Suppliers association named us Supplier of the Year. Certifications include BRC, Kosher and Organic.

BRC CertifiedKosherOrganicADS Supplier of the Year
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Let’s talk

No project too small. No order too big.

Tell us your application and volume — we’ll come back with a program built around your line.

Since 1987 · ~600,000 sq ft · Batches to 20,000 lbs