General media release

American Quality Foods Mixes Chemistry With Superior Quality
To Create Innovative Healthy Desserts

Mills River, NC (April 12, 2010) – American Quality Foods, located 15 miles from Asheville, NC, in Mills River, NC, is a wholesale manufacturer of low- or no-sugar, reduced fat, low calorie, low sodium dessert mixes. With over 100 offerings of muffins, cakes, cookies, brownies and bars, gelatins, puddings and mousses, drinks, frostings and fillings, the company has over 5,000 food services accounts across America with hospital and health care clients, churches, premiere retirement communities, hospitality management companies, corporate dining facilities and casinos. 

Begun as an entrepreneurial endeavor by Kathy Milner in Vermont in 1994, the company was founded to service diabetic populations with high quality, satisfying desserts. Milner, who studied polymer chemistry at New York Polytechnic Institute, moved the company to Arden, NC, in 1999, quickly outgrowing two facilities before building a 17,000-square foot facility in Mills River, NC in 2007.

Milner’s background in chemistry and new product development has been instrumental in creating and testing products for the company. What began as a three-person operation in a retrofitted Vermont barn (with Milner and her husband being two of the employees) now employs 32 people and continues to grow accounts annually as consumers look for healthier dessert options. 

American Quality Foods is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise and for the past three years has been listed as one of the top 100 fastest growing food companies in the United States by INC Magazine.  Additional information may be found by visiting www.americanqualityfoods.com.

Please direct inquiries to Randy Fluharty, American Quality Foods, 353 Banner Farm Road, Mills River, NC, 28759.  The company may also be reached by calling 1-800-348-7416 or by e-mailing randyf@americanqualityfoods.com.