TJ Harkins is the leading supplier of seeds and spices to the U.S. bakery industry.  Focusing on ingredients which contribute nutrition and flavor in the formulation of grain-based foods, the TJ Harkins group maintains a greater than 30% market share in the items that drive the category.

Headquartered in the greater Chicago area, Bakers Elements offers seed cleaning, spice/grain milling, custom blending, and custom packaging. Sesame Solutions, LLC, located in Paris, TX, is the only full-line sesame processing facility in the U.S. Both facilities are AIB Superior Rated and certified organic.

Our affiliated partners contribute an important set of strategic competencies. HP Schmid, Inc. is a pioneer in international food commodities trade and provides critical market knowledge and a vast network of sourcing and market alliances. Sesaco Corporation operates the world's most extensive sesame breeding program, is the leader in sesame agricultural development, and ensures the group competitive access to U.S. production of sesame.

By leveraging the resources of the group, HP Schmid / Organic Planet is able to offer effective supply risk management through competitive sourcing, extensive quality control programs, in-house processing, and efficiencies of scale.  In some core items, we are fully vertically integrated.