Ingredients Corporation of America has purchased the Barzi Brand, and plans to carry on the 80 year old family tradition of specialty soup mixes, beans and spices.   This is a perfect fit for Ingredients Corporation of America, a purveyor of spices, seeds, herbs and related raw materials which are imported/exported, formulated, blended and packaged to customer specifications on a worldwide basis.

Added to Ingredients Corporation of America's extensive line of gourmet spices and products, the combination will facilitate expansion of Barzi Brand products into additional quality gourmet food items. All products are now Kosher certified and produced in an FDA registered facility. Plans are underway for several new items, including a line of organic food products.

Barzi Brand products are available in supermarkets, including Kroger Delta region, and gourmet food stores nationwide. It is stocked by some of the largest and finest specialty food distributors in the country including Kehe Food Distributing in the Midwest, Gourmet Award in the Southeast, DPI Distributing, Haddon House Foods in the East, Value Merchandisers, Millbrook Distributing and Giannini Foods in the Mid-South. Brazi brand products can also be purchased on line at www.memphi.net.

Ingredients Corporation of America is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Mercantile Corporation based in Memphis, TN.