Authenticity you can taste.
Success you can measure.

Not long after the fall of the Alamo, a small Texas milling company began building lasting relationships with area food providers. More than 160 years later, C.H. Guenther & Son, Inc. is still dedicated to its customers and to providing quality grain-
based food solutions. Superior ingredients, product expertise
and customer service have
kept us a foodservice leader.

Authenticity you can taste. Success you can measure.

— 1851 to 1899 —

In 1851, 24-year-old Carl Hilmar Guenther brings his milling expertise from Germany to America. He builds the San Antonio mill, where he crafts “Guenther’s Best” – a premium flour. By 1900, C.H. Guenther & Son had trademarked 12 new quality flour brands.

Authenticity you can taste.
Success you can measure.

— 1900 to 1949 —

Americans are faced with unique challenges, including two world wars and a severe economic depression. The company responds to wheat rationing by introducing “Cornserve” flour during WWI, ground from corn rather than wheat, and “Kaffarina” in WWII, made with two-thirds corn flour. Shortly after the end of WWII, the company introduces Pioneer Biscuit Mix to serve the emerging foodservice segment.

Authenticity you can taste.
Success you can measure.

— 1950 to 1999 —

The company increases its foodservice product offerings throughout the ’50s, with the introduction of pancake mix, cake mix, corn bread mix and tortilla mix.

The expansion continues with biscuit gravy in the mid-’70s, country, brown, chicken and au jus gravies in the mid-’80s and frozen foods in the late ’80s.