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]

DDW, The Color House
Founded1865
FounderDouw Ditmars Williamson
Headquarters
Louisville, KY, USA
ProductsFood coloring
WebsiteDD 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]

Beverages containing naturally derived food coloring

References
  1. Wolfe, Bill (3 April 2008). "Williamson shares recipe for success". The Courier-Journal. Louisville: Gannett.
  2. 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
  3. "Locations". D.D. Williamson. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. Cadogan, Stephen (2003-11-27). "D D Williamson serve up 25 years of ingredients". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  5. "DDW Acquires DUPONT™ DANISCO® Food Colorings" (Press release). DD Williamson. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  6. "Company Info". DD Williamson. Retrieved 14 May 2012.


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