| Founded | 1865 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Douw Ditmars Williamson |
| Headquarters | Louisville, KY, USA |
| Products | Food coloring |
| Website | DD Williamson |
DDW, The Color House (D.D. Williamson) is a global, privately held corporation providing caramel color, burnt sugar & natural colorings for the food and beverage industry. In 1865, Dutch immigrant Douw Ditmars Williamson founded D.D. Williamson in New York to manufacture burnt sugars for the brewing industry. [1] The caramel industry moved into coloring cola and many other foods following Prohibition and the Great Depression. [2]
Now headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, DDW has nine manufacturing sites for naturally derived coloring on five continents with customers in 100 countries. [3] DDW's first international manufacturing facility was founded in Little Island, Cork. [4]
The company is an emerging leader for natural coloring in yellow, orange and brown hues. [5] Every day more than 2 billion servings of food and beverages containing DDW coloring are consumed around the globe. [6]
References
- ^ Wolfe, Bill (3 April 2008). "Williamson shares recipe for success". The Courier-Journal. Louisville: Gannett.
- ^ Kamuf, William; Nixon, Alexander; Parker, Owen (2000), "Caramel Color", in Lauro, Gabriel J.; Francis, F. Jack (eds.), Natural Food Colorants, IFT Basic Symposium Series, vol. 5, New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 253–272, ISBN 0-8247-0421-5
- ^ "Locations". D.D. Williamson. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ Cadogan, Stephen (2003-11-27). "D D Williamson serve up 25 years of ingredients". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "DDW Acquires DUPONT™ DANISCO® Food Colorings" (Press release). DD Williamson. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Company Info". DD Williamson. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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