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Santa Maria is a major Nordic brand specializing in spices, seasonings, and Tex-Mex products. The brand's history dates back to 1911 in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it originally operated as a small spice shop called Nordfalks. Over the following decades, it expanded from a local merchant into an international food brand, adopting the name Santa Maria in 2001 to align with its focus on global culinary flavors.
Today, Santa Maria is a flagship brand of the Paulig Group, a Finnish family-owned food and beverage company founded in 1876. While the brand remains deeply rooted in its Swedish heritage, its manufacturing reflects its international reach. Production of its BBQ sauces and spices is spread across modern facilities in several countries, most notably in Saue, Estonia, and Landskrona, Sweden. The Paulig Group, headquartered in Helsinki, continues to manage the brand's global expansion into more than 30 countries while maintaining a focus on Nordic quality and sustainability standards.
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