Baking Aids and Mixes

Baking is a millennial-old tradition in Germany and still popular among young and old families today.  Some of the world’s best German bread and cake mixes and baking aids are available in the US and Canada.

The following baking mix and baking ingredient companies sell products in North America. All listed products have been carefully screened by German Foods North America, and we can recommend them as perfect additions to your meals. Please email us with questions about any of the listed manufacturers.

Aurora — Germany's most famous flour brand originating in Cologne (arguably the world's capital for top quality breads). Popularized by TV advertising in the 1960 and 70s, this brand features many specialized wheat, rye or spelt flour varieties for different breads. Today the brand is owned by Hamburg based GoodMills Deutschland GmbH (North-Rhine Westphalia)
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De Ruijter — An iconic, traditional Dutch brand founded in the 1860s, producing varied bread toppings, such as aniseed comfit, chocolate sprinkles and chocolate flakes. (Netherlands)
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Diamant — Another well known German refined flour brand originating in Soest, with many varieties perfected for bread and cake making. The brand is owned today by Hamburg-based Aurora Mehl GmbH (North-Rhine Westphalia)
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Dr. Oetker — A well-known. global baking aids brand. Produces over 400 products in Gemany, in the baking mixes, baking aids, dessert mixes, ready to eat desserts, breakfast cereals, frozen pizza and frozen snacks categories. (North Rhine Westphalia)
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Edora — A specialty spice producer located in Western Bavaria with a fantastic assortment of seasoning mixes for Christmas baking, grilling and authentic dishes. (Bavaria)
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Girrbach — Located in the heart of the Black Forest, this company specializes on chocolate, sugar and marzipan decorations for cakes, desserts and other dishes. Hundreds of designs, shapes, sprinkles and color combinations are avaialble for pattissiers and retailer around the world. (Baden Wuerttemberg)
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Gut und Guenstig — German retail giant EDEKA's private label brand of biscuit cake base layers for fruit tortes and other cakes. Ready-made cake base layers are made by Bahlsen, Kuchenmeister, Wetzel and other baked goods manufacturers, located in Germany's dominant wheat farming area (Lower Saxony)
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Kathi — A brand of unique, authentic and innovative baking mixes and kits, such as Bee Sting Cake Mix or Black Forest Cake Mix. Produced by award-winning, family-owned Kathi Rainer Thiele Gmb, founded in the 1950s in Halle an der Saale. (Saxony Anhalt)
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Kuechle — Since 1864, this family-owned company produces baking wafers - used as base for gingerbreads (Lebkuche), religious ceremonies, and many other purposes - as well as other baking aids. Located in the Swabian region of Bavaria. (Bavaria)
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Leimer — A family owned producer of "Semmelbrösel" (fielz ground bread crumbs used to make Wiener Schnitzel or Bavarian Bread Dumplings). Located at the foothills of the Alp Mountains near Chiemsee. (Bavaria)
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Nordzucker — Headquartered in Braunschweig, this is one of the two large sugar refiners in Germany. The other one is Suedzucker.One of their unique, iconic products is the sugar cone, used for the Feuerzangenbowle (fire tongue bowl) a hot red wine-rum drink consumerd in winter times. (Lower Saxony)
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Ruf — Since 1920, one of Germany"s leading low cost, private label baking and dessert mix producers, based in Quakenbrück, near Oldenburg (Lower Saxony)
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Seitenbacher — Famous for creative, organic, natural muesli cereals, snack bars, broth and bread making kits. Located in Buchen, Odenwald, this family-owned company is dedicated to provide foods for a healthy lifestyle. (Baden Wuerttemberg)
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Wetzel Karlsbader — Wetzel Karlsbad Wafers are a crunchy specialty orginiatiang in Bohemia , characterized by a unique flavor and aroma of butter and caramel, its round shape and an engraving. Other products from Wetzel include cake base and waffles (Bavaria)
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