Brookside Flavors & Ingredients LLC announced the acquisition of the assets of Sterling Food Flavorings, LLC of Dayton, N.J.

Sterling boasts a history of creating and manufacturing flavoring systems that help customers succeed. Sterling has a strong service orientation and is respected by its customers.

Vitas Roman and Rick Englesbe, the owners of Sterling, are industry veterans with a long history of developing and producing flavor and spice products that have driven a track record of successful growth. They will continue serving Sterling's customers as part of BFI.

Brookside Flavors & Ingredients helps leading food and beverage companies create flavorful products across a wide range of sweet and savory applications. Built on a passion for unrivaled customer service with our "No Sleepless Nights" pledge, forward-looking capabilities, and enduring solutions, Brookside Flavors & Ingredients gets customers to market faster and more efficiently with great- tasting, better-for-all products preferred by today's more conscious consumers. Brookside Flavor & Ingredients is headquartered in Addison, Ill., and services customers from two production locations in Addison, Ill., and Branchburg, N.J.

www.brooksideflavors.com