Edwards Baking is an American commercial manufacturer of
frozen desserts
Frozen dessert is a dessert made by freezing liquids, semi-solids, and sometimes even solids. They may be based on flavored water ( shave ice, ice pops, sorbet, snow cones), on fruit purées (such as sorbet), on milk and cream (most ice creams ...
. The company came into existence in 1995 when a group of investors purchased
Atlanta
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-based frozen pie manufacturer Edwards Baking Co. and
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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-based Tripp Bakers and merged the two to form a new national company.
Products
Edwards produces a complete line of
pies and
cheesecake. The company's
key lime pie
Key lime pie is an American dessert pie. It is made of lime, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk. It may be served with no topping, topped with a meringue topping made from egg whites, or with whipped cream; it may be cooked in a pie crust ...
has won several awards for quality. The company supplies prepackaged desserts for several national chains, including
Burger King.
It is now a subsidiary of Schwan's Consumer Brands, Inc.
External links
Company site
References
Food and drink companies of the United States
1995 establishments in the United States
American companies established in 1995
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