Krusteaz

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Krusteaz is a consumer food product brand in Washington state owned by Continental Mills. Its main product is a factory-prepared, shelf-stable flour and dried buttermilk mixture[1] that can be used to make baked items including biscuits, pancakes, waffles, cobbler and dump cake,[2] and another pre-mixed product makes pie crust. The brand name "Crust Ease", changed to "Krusteaz", was coined and the company founded in 1932 by people in a Seattle bridge club; co-founder Rose Gilbreath Charters was from a Columbia County pioneer family, and raised on a farm in Dayton before attending Washington State University.[3][4] The current product was developed in 1946 or 1947 at the home economics department at University of Washington.[5] The company Continental Mills now owns Krusteaz brand and is based in Tukwila. Production is in a Kent Valley facility constructed in 1986.[6] The company employs over 300 people in the Kent–Tukwila facilities as of 2020.[7]

Hundreds of pounds of Krusteaz may be used in a single pancake feed.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Yahoo! 2019.
  2. ^ Christian Science Monitor 1997.
  3. ^ Varriano 2020.
  4. ^ Puget Sound Business Journal 2016.
  5. ^ KCPQ 2018.
  6. ^ Seattle Times 1986.
  7. ^ Puget Sound Business Journal 2020.
  8. ^ Seattle Times 1999.

Sources[]

  • "Krusteaz firm builds Kent facility". The Seattle Times. Jul 23, 1986. p. H2.
  • Brian Flores (October 15, 2018). "Made in western Washington: Behind the scenes at Krusteaz". Tacoma: KCPQ-TV.
  • Jackie Varriano (March 1, 2020). "Mystery woman who co-founded Krusteaz in Seattle came from Dayton family". The Seattle Times – via Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.
  • Coral Ganick (December 7, 2016). "Continental Mills' family owners keep Krusteaz mix fresh". Puget Sound Business Journal. Seattle.
  • Andrew McIntosh (June 8, 2020). "Tukwila-based Continental Mills expands, acquiring new Midwest plant". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  • Annie Campbell (September 19, 2019). "We Tried 12 Boxed Pancake Mixes, and This Was Our Favorite". Sunnyvale, California: Yahoo!.
  • Willis, Bobbie (December 11, 1997). "My Humble Introduction To American Cuisine". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston.
  • Sharon Pian Chan, Lisa Jann (July 9, 1999). "Pancakes for the masses – flapjack fund-raisers are an American cultural icon – with butter and syrup". The Seattle Times. p. I6.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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