D.D. 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]
Founded | 1865 |
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Founder | Douw Ditmars Williamson |
Headquarters | Louisville, KY, USA |
Products | Food coloring |
Website | DD Williamson |
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 manafacturing 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]
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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, 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.