JSS Almonds is your partner in creating delicious, market-ready almond products. Our family-owned California almond company supports small and emerging food brands with unmatched flexibility, tailored packaging options, small batch production runs, personalized customer service, and exceptional quality almonds designed to help your products shine on store shelves.
We specialize in helping early-stage food businesses take the next step. Our team makes it easy to source the almond pastes, butters, or ingredients you need, with small minimums, quick turnaround, and packaging options that make you look as good as your product tastes.
Exceptional almonds produced with integrity, food safety, and a steadfast commitment to responsible farming.
From small jars to high-volume production, JSS Almonds helps CPG brands and retailers bring premium nut products to market. We offer packaging solutions for almond butters, mixed nut blends, and more, with the flexibility to support your private label or branded line.
Learn MoreCertified by BRCGS, we follow strict protocols to deliver clean, safe, and traceable almond ingredients.
Learn MoreOur grower relationships span thousands of acres, built on transparency, care, and maximizing returns for farming families.
Read MoreThrough solar energy, smarter irrigation, and cleaner equipment, we honor our role as stewards of the land and ensure every decision supports a healthier future for our farms and our communities.
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Almost every almond sold in the United States has been treated to reduce Salmonella risk before it reaches a food manufacturer. Since 2007, USDA rules have required California almonds to go through a validated pasteurization step, and processors meet that requirement in one of two ways: a steam process or a chemical fumigation. Steam pasteurized…
California grows more than 30 commercial almond varieties, though only a handful of classification types come up in most sourcing conversations. Each type carries its own kernel shape, skin, flavor, and price, and those differences decide how an almond performs once it is sliced onto a bar, ground into butter, or roasted and salted for…
Walk into any pastry kitchen and you will find two almond ingredients that look almost identical on the shelf. They smell alike, and recipes often swap one name for the other. Yet marzipan vs almond paste is a real distinction, and it shapes how a confection bakes, sets, and tastes once it ships. Getting it…
