Maryland Health Food Companies

The George J. Falter Company
Maryland storeowners turn to The George J. Falter Company to stock their shelves. The company started out with the Falter family primarily distributing candy in 1878. Now, five generations later, it ships a whole line of goods -- from tobacco products, to dry and frozen food items, to automotive and cleaning supplies. The company also facilitates candy sale fund raisers.
3501 Benson Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21227
Phone: 410-644-6414
Fax: 410-646-3745
Toll Free: 800-322-3491

Medifast, Inc.
Medifast is helping people slim down and shape up. The company develops, manufactures, and markets health and diet products under its Medifast brand name. The products, which are manufactured by Medifast subsidiary Jason Pharmaceuticals, include meal replacement shakes, protein bars, and a variety of other food and drink items, as well as disease management products for diabetics. Medifast sells its wares online and through doctor's offices; in addition, its Take Shape for Life subsidiary markets the products through a relationship marketing network of independent distributors.
11445 Cronhill Dr.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Phone: 410-581-8042
Fax: 410-581-8070
Toll Free: 866-463-3432

Phillips Foods, Inc.
Phillips Foods wants to fill you up. The company owns and operates seafood restaurants and manufactures a line of value-added retail seafood products. It produces crabmeat and crab cakes for restaurants and food distributors; it also sells frozen seafood entrees for retail consumption. A shortage of local Maryland blue crabs prompted the company to open crab-processing facilities overseas, making it a major supplier of crabmeat (specifically blue swimming crab meat) to the US grocery and foodservice industries. Its restaurants are located in Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Washington, DC. The Phillips family has been in the crab processing business since 1916; it began operating restaurants in 1956.
1215 E. Fort Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: 443-263-1200
Fax: 410-837-8526
Toll Free: 888-234-2722

TIC Gums, Inc.
While TIC Gums doesn't spend the day blowing bubbles, its gums are found in everything from donut glaze to hand lotion. The company is a leading US provider of hydrocolloids (thickeners) used in cosmetics, food (including chewing gum), and pharmaceuticals. Products, including agar agar, gum arabic, guar gum, and pectin in powder, spray, and "pre-hydrated" forms, are shipped to customers worldwide. The company has agents and stock locations in the US as well as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Korea, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, and Turkey. TIC Gums was established in 1909 and is operated by the third generation of the Andon family, which has own
4609 Richlynn Dr.
Belcamp, MD 21017-0369 (Map)
Phone: 410-273-7300
Fax: 410-273-6469